Interesting

Forbes called reclusive 5-Hour Energy founder Manoj Bhargava the wealthiest Indian in America in 2012 — worth $1.5 billion, though almost nobody knew his name.

February 11, 2012 · 1 min read

Gottman's research says contempt is the strongest predictor of divorce. An argument that maintaining a baseline of respect is a condition for good behavior

February 8, 2012 · 1 min read

A viral video by competitive eater Furious Pete showed how before-and-after fitness photos can be faked in five hours with chips, soda, oil, and a tanning bed.

February 8, 2012 · 1 min read

M.I.A.'s middle finger during the Super Bowl XLVI halftime show in February 2012 became one of the most discussed — and legally disputed — halftime moments.

February 7, 2012 · 1 min read

Teen pregnancy, drinking, and risky behavior are all in long-term decline in America. The data says today's teenagers are more cautious than the generations

February 4, 2012 · 1 min read

A humorous taxonomy of Facebook archetypes — the humble-bragger, the vaguebooker, the philosophical memer — and why most of us are two or three of them at once.

February 2, 2012 · 1 min read

On the Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu sets, Imran Khan turned photographer and exhibited candid portraits of co-star Kareena Kapoor, shot on iPhone and SLR, in Mumbai.

February 2, 2012 · 1 min read

Arnold Schwarzenegger made his first trip to India in February 2012, attending TERI's 12th Delhi Sustainable Development Summit in New Delhi as guest of honour.

February 2, 2012 · 1 min read

In January 2012, two British tourists were detained at LAX and deported after tweets about destroying America — slang Homeland Security didn't find funny.

January 30, 2012 · 1 min read

The pencil-thin eyebrow of the 1990s is giving way to fuller, more natural brows — a shift toward a more individual, less over-groomed beauty ideal.

January 30, 2012 · 1 min read

Paper-thin fabric, fake pockets, sizes that mean nothing: seven things the women's clothing industry gets wrong that men's clothing gets right.

January 21, 2012 · 2 min read

TMZ reports Heidi Klum will file for divorce from Seal after nearly seven years of marriage — the end of the couple famous for their lavish annual vow renewals.

January 21, 2012 · 1 min read

Vanity sizing: how clothing manufacturers label garments with sizes bearing little relation to real measurements — a quiet, decades-long consumer deception.

January 21, 2012 · 1 min read

Dismissing walking as not exercise gets it backwards. Studies of millions of adults link regular brisk walking to sharply lower risks of death and disease.

January 14, 2012 · 2 min read

The returnee NRI: mid-Atlantic Hindi, unfavourable comparisons, suitcases of American brands. An affectionate roast of the annual NRI season in India.

January 13, 2012 · 1 min read

UK researchers found breastfed babies cry more and fuss more easily than formula-fed ones — reassuring mothers that fussiness is normal, not a feeding failure.

January 12, 2012 · 2 min read

Zhang Jun, the first Chinese dancer to study Indian classical dance in India, has died — a life of Bharatanatyam, Kathak and cultural diplomacy between

January 11, 2012 · 1 min read

In January 2012, a New York Papa John's printed 'lady chinky eyes' on an Asian-American customer's receipt. She tweeted the photo — and the internet did the

January 8, 2012 · 1 min read

Fifty rules for fathers of daughters — on presence, respect, courage, and the template you set for how she'll expect to be treated.

January 8, 2012 · 3 min read

Software merged the faces of beautiful celebrities into one ideal. From Galton's 19th-century composites to the averageness hypothesis — what the exercise

January 5, 2012 · 1 min read