The Japanese Kimono has long been an epitome of grace. Literally translating to ‘a thing to wear ‘, this piece of clothing only came into existence after Japan opened up to the outer world. Before Kimono, the […]

The greatest of inventions and discoveries are made by accident. Gravity, fire – you name it. One such phenomenal invention that has left the whole world wondering is pule donkey cheese, the most expensive c […]

Hey, we gotta do what we gotta do. Some might call us leeches, others misers. Some might even go as far as using huge words like parsimonious. But in the end, it is us who have saved a nickel. Most of the time, […]

The powerful longing for the past has driven humans to come up with inventions that can accurately capture what occurred. From photography and videography to scents reminiscent of yesterday, puissant nostalgia […]

Nature has bestowed upon us beauty incomprehensible for just a lifetime. Wherever we go, whatever we see, our mind clicks a mental image of the alluring natural wonders. Some of the most beautiful things we’ll see […]

Ever walked into a bakery, surrounded by the aroma of freshly baked bread, croissants, cakes and coffee, and thought to yourself if there’s a heaven, this is it? This is exactly what happened with Yukiko Morita, […]

Whoever said pizza is always a good idea clearly had it all figured out. There’s a reason we have breakfast pizza, even though pizza was clearly not made for breakfast. But whether you have it at 9am, 2pm, 10pm or […]

Can you imagine being stuck in a room all day, all week, all your life? If humans and animals were meant to stay at one place, they’d have roots. Our urge to explore what lies outside – out of our rooms, our h […]

We are instantly hooked to anime that have meaning – some motivation, a goal that the characters aspire to fulfill. And no anime genre portrays this better than sports anime. From common, everyday sports to s […]

Till a few years back, it was believed that the silk that spiders produced caught on the wind and helped the creatures travel. But that never did make much sense. Spiders would produce this silk when it wasn’t […]

Have you ever considered how many trees are sacrificed to create the billions of wooden pencils we use every single day? The pencils we carelessly chew the ends of, the pencils we sharpen over and over, the same […]

As much as we love how the weather's getting warmer, our bodies getting lighter and the hearts getting happier, there's one side of summer we're dreading. Turn off the freaking air […]

When the island of Socotra in Yemen separated from mainland Arabia millions of years ago, curious things sprouted up. Even though we are familiar with trees endemic to certain regions of the world, 37% of plant […]

Perhaps the most humane way to go about cooking is to keep tasting what you’re preparing – checking how salty, spicy or sugary what we’re making helps us get a better grasp of the process and the final dish. C […]