Lori Mooney’s one-bedroom apartment looks like it was clipped right from a magazine. Or, rather, thousands of them. The 40-year-old resident of the Bronx, New York, covers every surface of her 525-square-foot living space — from the kitchen floor to the blinds on her windows — with collages of magazine clippings. It’s “a visual assault,” … Read more
Computer monitors are displayed at a store in Havana April 1, 2008. Cubans crowded shops on Tuesday to buy DVD players and electric bikes that went on sale for the first time as new President Raul Castro moved to lift many restrictions in the one-party socialist state. Shops were authorized to sell electric appliances that … Read more
TEHRAN – Iran Red Crescent Society (IRCS) volunteer organization started on Saturday distributing some 10,000 packages of essential household appliances to the flood-hit families, head of IRCS, Ali Asghar Peyvandi, has said. After flood hit many provinces in the country, people joined hands and donated over 2 trillion rials (nearly $47 million), which was a … Read more
New Delhi: In an attempt to blend tradition and technology, Prime Minister Narendra Modi used the digital payments method to donate Rs 39,421 at the famed Lord Krishna temple in Guruvayur area of Thrissur He also performed the thulabharam ritual for which the temple authorities had reportedly arranged over 100 kg of lotus flowers. The ritual is an … Read more
We can tell you all day about stylish, functional, and just plain cool ways to upgrade your kitchen (and every other room of the house), but if you’re really looking to turn your cooking quarters into a fashion statement—and drop a little cash while you’re at it—then Dolce & Gabbana has you covered. The Italian luxury house … Read more
Most people regard hierarchy in human societies as inevitable, a natural part of who we are. Yet this belief contradicts much of the 200,000-year history of Homo sapiens. In fact, our ancestors have for the most part been “fiercely egalitarian”, intolerant of any form of inequality. While hunter-gatherers accepted that people had different skills, abilities and … Read more
Congress successfully retained the Chitrakoot Assembly seat in Madhya Pradesh, earning a thumping victory over the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Congress candidate Nilanshu Chaturvedi defeated BJP’s Shankar Dayal Tripathi by a significant margin of 14,135 votes. After Congress MLA Prem Singh’s demise in May this year, the seat from Chitrakoot province had fallen vacant. Heavyweight … Read more
When Dutch archaeologist D. A. Hooijer first saw a pair of weathered teeth recovered from a remote cave on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, he noted that they were about the right size and shape to belong to modern humans. But in 1948, he couldn’t be sure of their identity or their age. Now, harnessing … Read more