(CNN) — Shrooms, Alice, tweezes, mushies, hongos, pizza toppings, magic mushrooms — everyday lingo for psychedelic mushrooms seems to grow with each generation.Yet leading mycologist Paul Stamets believes it’s time for fans of psilocybin mushrooms to leave such childish slang…
The Swedish city of Malmö is taking dirty talk to a whole new level in its latest effort to clean up the streets.By installing talking garbage cans that dish out racy audio messages after being fed trash, authorities are hoping…
As chaos engulfs the aviation industry this summer, one airline CEO has come up with a novel way of cutting down on flight cancellations: telling staff to take less time off.József Váradi, CEO of Wizz Air, the European low-cost carrier,…
A Jeff Koons sculpture estimated to be worth up to £10 million ($12.5 million) will go on sale this month to raise funds for humanitarian aid for Ukraine.Billionaire businessman Victor Pinchuk, together with his wife Olena, are putting Koons' seminal…
"I came of age when the jet age came of age," says Ann Hood, an American novelist and New York Times best-selling author, whose latest book "Fly Girl" is a memoir of her adventurous years as a TWA flight attendant,…
Thailand on Thursday became the first country in Asia to decriminalize cannabis -- but tough penalties will still apply to those who use the drug to get high, according to the minister who spearheaded the change.Speaking to CNN in an…
Rainbow-themed Pride Month collections have become par for the course for fashion brands, but Versace's latest collaboration is shaking things up with a surprise celebrity. Singer and Oscar-winning actress Cher, a close friend of designer Donatella Versace, has joined forces…
An Arizona man is suing American Airlines, claiming the airline's negligence led to him spending 17 days in jail after he was misidentified to police investigating a burglary at a duty-free shop in Dallas Fort Worth International Airport in 2020,…
As summer heats up, the travel industry is struggling to cope -- and one company has seen the writing on the wall, canceling the launch of a new cruise ship.Virgin Voyages, the much-anticipated brand which has vowed to revolutionize the…
A 66-year-old British man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison in Iraq after he was found guilty of stealing antiquities while on an archaeological tour of the country, his lawyer has said.Fitton's family, who say they fear the…
Paula Rego, the acclaimed Portuguese-born British artist, has died at age 87.In a statement posted to Twitter, the Victoria Miro gallery, which exhibits some of Rego's work, wrote: "It is with immense sadness that we announce the death of the…
Italy has in recent years sold off hundreds of dilapidated homes for next to nothing, thanks to schemes to attract new residents triggering a wave of regeneration for rural communities.For one man, buying a single house wasn't enough. He bought…
A striking meditative temple made of painted black wood has been built in London's Hyde Park as part of a prestigious annual architecture commission.Conceived by Chicago-based artist Theaster Gates, the "Black Chapel" is the 21st Serpentine Pavilion commission and is…
Global mobility company ECA International has released its annual list of the world's most expensive cities to live in, and once again Hong Kong has landed at the top of the list.The company calculates the list based on several factors,…
The horrifying photograph of children fleeing a deadly napalm attack has become a defining image not only of the Vietnam War but the 20th century. Dark smoke billowing behind them, the young subjects' faces are painted with a mixture of…
There are those who take photos and those who make photos, to paraphrase the legendary photographer Ansel Adams.Michelle Watt is firmly the latter. Her richly hued, surrealist compositions -- whether she's shooting a magazine cover or working on a personal…
Ryanair has come under fire for asking South African travelers to take an Afrikaans test to prove their nationality before boarding flights.The low-cost airline is being accused of racial discrimination after presenting passengers with a test in the West Germanic…
Love them or loathe them, as the travel world re-opens, influencers are back on the move.That's welcome news for some hotels like the Langham on New York's Fifth Avenue."Ninety percent of the people we work with are amazing, they are…
Margaret Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale" has often provoked controversy, facing book bans over the decades since its release in 1985.In an effort to raise awareness around increasing censorship and a surge in book-banning efforts in American schools, Atwood and publisher…
Once every four years, influential Texas Monthly magazine comes out with one of its most highly anticipated cover stories.And it's not about oil or the economy or politics or tourism. It's about something that might be taken even more seriously…
The quality of Europe's bathing waters has improved dramatically in recent decades, and a new report released this week by the European Environment Agency (EEA) reveals that almost 85% of its bathing sites now rank as "excellent."The annual Bathing Water…
The UAE may have only just celebrated its 50th anniversary of independence but Abu Dhabi has a centuries-old past.The largest of the emirates boasts an array of UNESCO World Heritage sites as well as some of the country's most well-preserved…
Kim Cattrall has moved on from her days in "Sex in the City," but Samantha Jones is still with her.Cattrall, who played the sex-positive, powerful publicist Samantha in "Sex and the City" for six seasons and two movies, spoke with…
"Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" might be the most insanely Marvel movie ever, for good and ill. Unleashing the infinite possibilities of the multiverse throws open the studio's toy chest, but the anything-goes aspects of that can be…
