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Volkswagen Previews Next Amarok, SUV Version Possible

Still camouflaged, the new generation goes hybrid when it launches in 2027.

Motor1 · Aug 24

What Narmada Valley Dinosaur Fossils Revealed About India's Prehistoric Past and Gondwana

The Femur That Started EverythingIn 1828, William Henry Sleeman, better known for suppressing the Thuggee cult, pulled a massive fossilised femur from the banks of the Narmada near Jabalpur. He sent it to Calcutta, where it was eventually identified as belonging to a creature no living person had ever seen.…

Times Life · Aug 24

Tanzania Serengeti and Zanzibar: The Africa Safari Indian Travellers Keep Postponing and Should Book

The list that never becomes a ticketYou have had this trip on your mind for a while. Maybe since you watched a wildlife documentary and the Serengeti looked so enormous and so quiet that you felt something shift. Maybe since a colleague came back from Tanzania and you asked too…

Times Life · Aug 24

Cardi B's Minimalist New York City Entryway Architecture Speaks for Itself, No Furniture Needed

Sculptural lines and sloping stairwells create a striking focal point in the rapper's entryway without a single table, rug, or vase – let's step inside her technique

Homes & Gardens · Aug 22

Spider Silk Is Being Tested as Surgical Sutures, Wound Dressings, and Biomedical Protein Material

The thread that outperforms steelA dragline silk thread spun by Nephila pilipes, the giant golden orb-weaver found across South and Southeast Asia, has a tensile strength of roughly 1.3 gigapascals, stronger than high-grade steel at a fraction of the weight. That single biological fact is what has made spider silk…

Times Life · Aug 22

5 Cooking-for-One Hacks for Indian Singles That Are Quick, Nutritious, and Simple

The Pressure Cooker Is Your Best Single-Serving ToolMost solo cooks default to instant noodles because a full pressure cooker feels like overkill. Flip that logic. A 2-litre pressure cooker, the smallest size widely available in Indian kitchens, cooks a single serving of dal, rice, or sabzi in under ten minutes.…

Times Life · Aug 22

Why Older Women With Younger Partners In India Face A Social Stigma That Men Never Do

The Punishment Has a Name, Even When Nobody Says ItYou know the look. It arrives before anyone opens their mouth, at a family dinner in Pune, at a colleague's wedding in Chennai, in the comment section under a photo you almost didn't post. It is the look that says you…

Times Life · Aug 22

TCS Laptop Tracking Raises New Workplace Privacy Questions

While your office laptop is busy aiding you in completing your regular tasks for the day, it might be working much harder than what meets the eye. TCS has allegedly implemented the Digital User Experience Monitoring software on their company laptops, which is now threatening the privacy of employees at…

MyLifeXP · Aug 21

'Green on Green' Gardens Are Trending — Here's How Landscape Designers Keep Things Looking Interesting All in This Color

As an integral part of garden design, 'green on green' planting offers a timeless, elegant feel that is never boring and so much more than simply a background color

Livingetc · Aug 21

How Cone Snail Venom Became a Powerful Painkiller: The Ocean Toxin That Changed Medicine

A Shell That Can Kill YouPick up a cone snail on a beach and it will not wait. The animal fires a hollow, harpoon-like tooth called a radula through its flesh, through yours, and injects venom in under a second. There is no antidote. In documented fatalities, death from respiratory…

Times Life · Aug 21