Managing our emotions is said to be one way of improving the quality of our life. How much we really know about ourselves, according to psychologists, is a measure of our personal
What does it mean to seek stillness in a place that refuses to be tamed? Ven. Nanda Thera, a Czech monk who renounced the world, chose the caves of Kudumbigala to confront
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For a generation often caricatured as prudish, screen-obsessed, and risk-averse, the rise of Gen Z sex parties has surprised even those immersed in London’s nightlife scene. From secret warehouses in Islington to
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A new artificial intelligence-powered fashion tool from Google is drawing attention for its ability to let users virtually try on clothing, offering a glimpse into the future of online retail. The feature,
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It’s a snowy morning in east Berlin, but inside a tidy workshop tucked within modern offices, the hum of innovation is palpable. Tobias Zegenhagen, the 45-year-old product director of the Lovehoney Group,
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On the morning of October 2, 2025, Jonathan Gavalas, a 36-year-old executive vice-president at a Floridian debt relief company, was exhausted, paranoid, and armed. For four days, he had been driving around
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The Pentagon spent an unprecedented $93.4 billion on grants and contracts in the final month of the last fiscal year, according to a new report by government spending watchdog Open the Books.
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by Durga In recent years, the global market for spiritual self-improvement literature has been crowded with books promising resilience, clarity and self-mastery. Into this crowded field enters Shi Heng Yi’s Shaolin Spirit:
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In a dimly lit bar in Shanghai, customers don’t begin their evening by scanning a liquor menu. Instead, they extend their wrists across a wooden counter for a pulse diagnosis, an age-old
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Nearly five decades into one of the most influential literary careers of the modern era, Haruki Murakami still begins every novel the same way: without a plan. As he explained in a
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May I never not be frisky,May I never not be risqué.May my ashes, when you have them, friend,and give them to the ocean,leap in the froth of the waves,still loving movement,still ready,
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