TOKYO (AP) — Some jobs in Japan, a nation known for its poor record on gender equality, have been off limits to women for ages. The sushi counter, for one. Sushi is emblematic of Japan’s profound cultural influence globally. It has crossed borders, a ...

Sushi has become well known and loved the world over. Granted, a lot of what you’ll find in your home country is altered from “traditional” sushi to cater to local tastes (and would have Jiro shaking his fist), but what food doesn’t go through a bit ...

As we floated over the Dubai desert in a hot air balloon at sunrise, I was captivated by the plays of light from the morning rays of sun over the repeating patterns of undulating dunes. It was like the desert was alive with motion, with sand waves mi ...

Frank Herbert’s “Dune”, the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning novel, turns 50 this year. Given the growing popularity of mainstream and science fiction concerned with climate change and other ecological issues, maybe it’s time the epic space adventure no ...

Crochet tutorials for basic and advanced crochet stitches, techniques and motifs as well as crochet projects and more. Whether you’re just learning how to crochet or seeking to explore something new in the craft, there are countless terrific tutorial ...

A new tool built by the Times’ data science team is trying to remove some of the guesswork involved in finding the right story to post to social. Blossom, an intelligent bot within the messaging app Slack, predicts how articles or blogposts will do o ...

Unlike fashion trends that come and go, transgender inclusivity is steadily growing. Nef and De Hingh are no strangers to the fashion scene. Amsterdam born De Hingh, represented by IMG Paris, has been featured in Love and Vogue Italia. Nef was recent ...

For the september issue of Harper’s magazine, founder and editor in chief Carine Roitfeld and photographer Jean Paul Goude have transformed celebrities such as Mariah Carey and Katy Perry into their favorite personal icons through quirky sceneries.

In January 2015, Turkish artist Sena Ruda bravely quit her job as a Human Resources specialist and started a business around her beautiful and elaborately quilled paper designs. So far Ruda has been quite successful, creating gorgeous pieces that are ...

The critically endangered black-footed ferret has been successfully reproduced using frozen sperm from a male that has been dead for 20 years. Scientists from the Lincoln Park Zoo say the accomplishment harks hope for the survival of the species, whi ...

I have spent most of the past two decades in daily ritual, waking to immediately sit with notebook, drafts of various works-in-progress, and a mound of reading material. Work comes from the accumulation: the momentums of routine, patience and attenti ...

Fascinated by the sprawling "garage towns" of Lithuania,, photographer Agne Gintalaite recently shot a series of amazing images documenting the beautiful play of colour and texture of old garage doors. The project titled "Beauty Remain ...

Utilising the oft-unused space of building roofs, Ella&Pitr transforms these spaces into canvases for their art. They fill roofs with illustrations of sleeping giants confined to the borders of the buildings they call home. It’s interesting to se ...

A famous researcher slams popular ideas in a controversial new paper. Hattie directs the Melbourne Education Research Institute at the University of Melbourne, Australia. He also directs something called the Science of Learning Research Centre, which ...

Sensewear isn't ordinary apparel. It's a wild-looking line of prototype clothing designed to help treat people with sensory perception disorders.

The long-necked women were the talk of the town. The Kayan Lahwi people, also known as Padaung, are a minority ethnic group with populations in Burma and Thailand. Padaung women are famous for their distinctive custom of wearing brass coils around th ...

Is a fascination with the macabre perverse, normal, or somewhere in-between? When Scott Michaels purchased the domain FindADeath.com in 1997, he had no sense of the phenomenon he was starting. He was just a regular guy who happened to be really inter ...

Australian artist Alex Louisa draws upon life and death in nature with fervor in her soft pastel artworks. Primarily using PanPastels on textured paper, she is able to exhibit her unique fascination for her subject’s peculiarities. Among her still li ...

Number of research participants soared to 22,000 during last year as Downing Street aims to find a cure or disease modifying therapy by 2025. The increased participation in 100 dementia research projects across the UK will boost scientists in their b ...

A new, small study found that however wildly divergent its participants' individual aesthetic preferences were, their brains reacted to art that moves them in a similar way.