Those lofty ideas you hear about like flying autonomous taxis, drone food delivery, and robot battery swaps aren’t just theoretical. China is jumping headfirst into these pie-in-the-sky concepts. As New York Times correspondent Keith Bradsher put it, “China has now raced far beyond the flirtation stage.” In Hefei, Bradsher explored the concept of autonomous flying…
A 100-year-old grandmother-turned food blogger in Shanghai has trended on social media thanks to her enthusiasm for eating a range of foods. The centenarian’s culinary likes include strong flavoured foods normally shunned by elderly people. The lifestyle of Zhong Wenyu, who turned 100 in September, is far different from that of many senior citizens who…
A museum in Beijing has launched a creepy-crawly coffee brew which has ground-down cockroaches sprinkled on the surface of the drink. Aside from the insect powders, the caffeine pick-me-up is laced with dried yellow mealworms. Drinkers say it has a “burnt and slightly sour” flavour, the news outlet The Cover reported. The insect-topped coffee brew…
Travis Hutchison, a soybean farmer, opens up a pod to show soybean kernels at his family’s farm in Cordova, Maryland, on October 10, 2025. ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images The United States’ soybean harvest is more than halfway complete, but farmers are hurting. China, once the largest buyer of U.S. soybeans, continues to boycott purchases…
Photo Credit: Getty Images Tech billionaire Elon Musk has once again turned heads, this time by announcing that his AI company, xAI, is working to develop a version of software-giant Microsoft run exclusively on artificial intelligence. “Join @xAI and help build a purely AI software company called Macrohard,” Musk posted to his social network X….
Lorenzo Antinori, the 37-year-old founder of the world’s second-best bar, hardly ever drinks. The Italian founded Bar Leone in Hong Kong in 2019. Just five years later, in 2024, The World’s 50 Best Restaurants ranked it the second-best bar in the world, clinching the top spot in Asia. It won the same award in 2025,…
Protected wetlands in Ghana have become dumping grounds for fast-fashion garments shipped from the United Kingdom and other European countries, negatively impacting the quality of life for residents. What’s happening? As the Guardian reported, the U.K. ships millions of tons of clothing to Ghana annually. While some residents make a living from selling secondhand clothing,…
Food meets fashion: Zesti Food Carts to host Forest Grove vintage pop-up Published 5:00 am Friday, July 4, 2025 Zesti Food Carts is hosting a vintage pop-up that blends retro style, local eats and live music. (Wade Evanson/Forest Grove News-Times) Zesti Food Carts is hosting a one-day vintage pop-up this summer where shoppers can grab…
Workers in Guangzhou are putting in 12-hour days, six to seven days a week, to keep up with the relentless pace of fast fashion giant Shein’s production demands, reported Le Monde. What’s happening? Behind the trendy clothes that cost just a few dollars lies a production system pushing both people and planet to the brink….
The Green Voice and Duquesne Light Company, in partnership with presenting sponsor Huntington Bank, will host the 10th Annual Pittsburgh Earth Day Ecolution Fashion Gala, a gala celebrating sustainable style and innovation on Wednesday, June 25th at Carnegie Museum of Pittsburgh. L’ESPRIT D’INNOVATION This year’s theme, L’ESPRIT D’INNOVATION, reflects a renewed focus on visionary design,…