Bistro in Vitro: Would you like dodo nuggets with that?

Bistro in Vitro is a virtual restaurant that lets you imagine the culinary possibilities with cultured meat. Dutch artist Koert van Mensvoort has created an online, “food for thought” restaurant that showcases the potential of cultured meat. Cultured meats are sustainable meats created from the stem cells of…

Female viagra is nearly here!

Can this little pill deliver another step towards equality? Flibanserin, a drug dubbed the ‘female viagra’, is one step closer to being available to women suffering from low sexual drive. The drug boosts female libido for sufferers of hypoactive sexual desire disorder. According to Sprout Pharmaceuticals, the…

A 14-year-old is the new muse for Dior

She has been dubbed the young “Claudia Schiffer”. 14-year-old Sofia Mechetner has been plucked from obscurity and catapulted into the world of high fashion, opening the recent Dior Haute Couture show in Paris. It wasn’t long ago that Sophia, from Israel, shared a bedroom with two younger…

Obama condemns mistreatment of women and homophobia in Kenya

Obama addressed women’s and gay rights during his first presidential visit to his late father’s homeland, Kenya. In a speech at State House in Nairobi on Saturday, the US president criticised Africa’s homophobic culture, comparing it to racial discrimination in the United States. “When a government gets…

Bra-clad protesters in Hong Kong

Activists in Hong Kong donned bras over their shirts to show support for a woman who was found guilty of ‘assaulting’ a police officer in the strangest way. Up to 200 protesters took part in a “breast walk” outside police headquarters in the Wan Chai district…

Special Migration Report: Liza Palomata

Liza Palomata and her husband Ding Dong had never left their home country of the Philippines until they moved to Kuwait in 1995. Their decision was motivated by a sense of adventure, but more so due to the difficulty in being able to find and…