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Creating gastrocosms
Life, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 05/07/2024
» Virgilio Martínez, Peruvian chef and restaurateur, is synonymous with Central, his flagship restaurant, which has been voted one of the world's best.
Fix needed for high-altitude farming
Oped, Published on 01/02/2023
» The government has a set pattern for trying to solve the "plight" of farmers. It describes their problems as being low farm product prices, insufficient income and labour shortages, and the authorities have their own playbook for solving these.
A stroll in another world
Life, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 23/06/2022
» After Thailand's first zoological park closed in mid-2018, Dusit Zoo relocated to Pathum Thani and reopened earlier this year to serve as a new recreational attraction for families interested in learning about wildlife and biological systems.
'Pad Kaprao' goes into atmosphere
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 11/02/2022
» A team of researchers on Thursday sent the Thai dish Pad Kaprao into the atmosphere using a high-altitude balloon as a part of the Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency's (GISTDA) space programme.
Global glacial meltdown happening fast
Oped, Published on 05/01/2022
» We've all heard the tragic stories of glaciers in peril: pieces of ice, the size of continents, breaking off of Antarctica or melting away in the Arctic Ocean near the North Pole, leaving polar bears starving and clutching onto remnants of crumbling sea ice.
Complex culture clash as Venezuelan migrants flood into Chile
AFP, Published on 01/03/2021
» COLCHANE (CHILE) - Anyier sits at the side of the road gasping for breath as the beating sun and 3,700-meter (12,000-foot) altitude take their toll.
In the land of the Lisu
Life, Published on 02/03/2018
» The Lisu: Far From The Ruler, by award-winning journalist and historian Michele Zack, documents 30 years of globalisation for this hill-dwelling ethnic group whose name in China means "those who have come down from the roof of the world", a possible reference to the eastern Tibetan plateau.
Christmas Day comes deliciously artful at Siam@Siam Design Hotel Bangkok
Holiday Time, Christopher Lombardi, Special publications, Published on 18/12/2017
» Siam@Siam Design Hotel, Bangkok’s most artistically unique high-end hospitality venue, presents a Christmas Day dining experience of sweeping selection and masterful preparation.
Scientists explore new hi-tech ways to cool planet
Reuters, Published on 26/07/2017
» OSLO -- Scientists are sucking carbon dioxide from the air with giant fans and preparing to release chemicals from a balloon to dim the sun's rays as part of a climate engineering push to cool the planet.
Everybody wins
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 21/02/2017
» Row after row of green vegetables lie under the blistering Sun within Ban Nam Duk Tai community in Phetchabun province. Despite the heat, local farmers weren't deterred from heading out to their field with baskets in tow. Not before long, they returned with a handful of cabbages -- fresh, crisp and ready to be transported to the local Nam Duk Tai Vegetable Co-operative.