smart & curious
A list of intriguing things
- Your chicken manchurian may soon be delivered by drones. The government has given Zomato, Swiggy et al permission to start testing.
- Did you know that Princess Di stopped wearing Chanel after her divorce because the entwined ‘C’s reminded her of Charles and Camilla? You can thank us later.
- Scientists have successfully grown tiny human livers that they’ve transplanted into mice.
- A key to losing weight is to convert ‘bad’ white fat cells to ‘good’ brown fat cells through a process called browning (duh!)—i.e. exercising and eating certain foods.
- Did you know that it is age not size that determines who is the highest ranking female gorilla? Even apes know that older women rock!
- The world’s most luxurious brunch is (used to be) served every Sunday at The Mulia in Nusa Dua, Bali. Now, this is an older pre-pandemic Buzzfeed gallery but the pretty pictures still make us happy.
A list of good reads
- BBC News has a must-read on how the pandemic is changing the world’s children.
- Travel’s next big thing is going to be contactless travel. For example: using the hotel app to open doors, change the temperature etc. Skift tells you what is real and what is hype.
- Ezeugo Nnmadi Lawrence in Hindustan Times explains why he is tired of being a black man in India. This is powerful and important.
- NDTV has a great and timely excerpt from Amitav Ghosh’s latest book ‘The Great Derangement’—and it’s all about Mumbai’s vulnerability to cyclones.
- Esquire explains why upcycling is the coolest part of ethical fashion. Hey, just look at these Burberry shorts!
Say hello to MONOSUIT!
This label apparently makes the “world’s first high-tech seamless jumpsuit made of recycled yarns.” It uses a technology that allows clothes to be recycled “without losing quality, without using new resources from the planet and without leaving a negative environmental footprint.” Its latest rollout, Second Skin, has a built-in mask and gloves—and looks like it belongs in a Blade Runner movie, which is exactly right.
