Having recently moved to Prague, I have spent many of my weekends in the Czech countryside. Life there is slow, with a usual day involving a long walk in the forest as the main event. I am often...
From grocery stores to our medicine cabinets, dates stamped on products carry a subtle authority. These "best before" or "expiration" dates guide our consumption, influence our purchasing decisions...
For anyone who flies into Shanghai Pudong International Airport, it鈥檚 a rite-of-passage to take the Maglev -- short for magnetic levitation -- train into the city. The railway is as much a tourist...
Walk any marathon finish line and you鈥檒l see them: hundreds of sad, sticky rectangles decorating the asphalt like fallen soldiers of fructose. Energy gels, those gooey, neon-packet shots of 鈥渞ocket...
When removing a brain tumour, the distinction between healthy tissue and cancer isn鈥檛 visible to the naked eye. Even advanced imaging can miss what hides between those boundaries. For years, this...
If there鈥檚 one thing to know about me, it鈥檚 that I never quite outgrew the afternoon nap phase we all went through as kids. Among my friends, napping was (and still is) considered to be my 鈥渢hing."...
Let me set the scene: it鈥檚 the evening, I鈥檓 doomscrolling in bed (as is tradition), and a video from Emma Chamberlain pops up. She's slurping espresso with a 鈥渃offee expert鈥� who confidently...
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