‘Art transcends race’: Paris Opera Ballet’s first Asian etoile ballerina
When Park Sae-eun auditioned for the world’s oldest ballet institution, her Paris hotel room was so small she could not fully stretch her legs.
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New cocoa fruit drink to make hot chocolate a has ‘bean’
Sun, 17 Oct 2021 | 08:05Forget hot chocolate: a cold drink made from parts of the cacao fruit usually thrown away aims to lure health- and environmentally-conscious consumers.
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Indian festival crowds return as the horrors of Covid-19 dissipate
Sun, 17 Oct 2021 | 08:04India’s main religious festival season is back in full swing with huge noisy crowds thronging markets and fairs for the first time in two years, barely six months after a devastating Covid-19 surge.
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In Berlin, a street art show before it’s ‘game over’ for site
Thu, 14 Oct 2021 | 08:30From an image of Hulk who suddenly leaps over your head to a painting that changes its colours, one Berlin street art exhibition offers visitors a chance to experience paintings in 3D.
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Singapore patrol robots stoke fears of surveillance state
Thu, 14 Oct 2021 | 08:29Singapore has trialled patrol robots that blast warnings at people engaging in “undesirable social behaviour”, adding to an arsenal of surveillance technology in the tightly controlled city-state that is fuelling privacy concerns.
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Fake love, fetishes: the next-generation dating shows
Wed, 13 Oct 2021 | 09:18Bondage, threesomes and sex in the back of a van: dating shows are dialling up the raunchiness as they look for love – and viewers.
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South Korea’s Squid Game craze hits China
Wed, 13 Oct 2021 | 09:17It is not available in China but Netflix’s global sensation Squid Game has already built up a huge following in the country, with fans dodging strict internet controls to stream the show and snapping up merchandise such as its unique outfits.
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Nigeria’s palm tappers face uphill wine battle
Wed, 13 Oct 2021 | 09:15Every morning, Wilson Ovwiroro leaves home early to paddle a wooden canoe into thick rainforest in southern Nigeria, where he taps raffia trees, making palm wine from their fermented sap.
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Mine cleaning made easy with Chile’s bacterial metal muncher
Tue, 12 Oct 2021 | 08:46Starving microorganisms capable of surviving in extreme conditions have already managed to “eat” a nail in just three days.
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Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s ‘bisexual Superman’
Tue, 12 Oct 2021 | 08:45Superman fell for a reporter and now his son is doing the same, although this time the superhero’s love interest is a man called Jay.
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Life on Mars: Israel’s Negev desert provides Red Planet simulation
Tue, 12 Oct 2021 | 08:44Inside a huge crater in Israel’s sun-baked Negev desert, a team wearing space suits ventures forth on a mission to simulate conditions on Mars.
