All Strange Things About India and world
Photo: RodClementPhotography (Shutterstock) Within the span of only a few years, remote office work went from being considered a perk—or something that wasn’t feasible for most people—to a necessity during…
Outside every front door, life reigns. The air teems with pollen and spores. Bacteria the weight of a cow multiplies underneath a half-acre of soil. Studies in North Carolina and…
On June 3, 2022, as United Nations members gathered to celebrate the 50th World Environment Day, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said it was time to eschew using gross domestic product as…
When was the last time you walked down a street with new buildings and felt anything positive? Or anything at all? Modern buildings have become boring—flat, plain, shiny, rectangular, monotonous,…
Photo: Rawpixel.com (Shutterstock) Every year, unfounded urban legends and mythical hype get caregivers all worked up about trick-or-treating. While you’re not going to find razors or fentanyl in your kids’…
Photo: Yevhen Roshchyn (Shutterstock) Necessity being the mother of invention and all, it’s not surprising that when the economy turns the screws on people, they tend to get creative about…
Photo: VGstockstudio (Shutterstock) If a relative uses a wheelchair and wants to come for a visit or someone in your family finds themselves suddenly needing to use one, even temporarily,…
Photo: rawmn (Shutterstock) Every suburbanite is familiar with a “city day.” Why shouldn’t the reverse be true? Why shouldn’t stressed-out city dwellers use their local suburb as a way to…
In the vision of the “frictionless” city that is held by many in tech, where virtually every city service, human interaction, and consumer experience is to be mediated by an…
Photo: Alexander Raths (Shutterstock) What do Oprah Winfrey, Julia Roberts, and Jake Gyllenhaal have in common? Yes, they all have more money than me, but they also each have an…