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In Kenya, Using Fungi to Fight a War on Weeds

Farmers having been battling the Striga “master weed” for years. Thanks to the Toothpick Project, a fungus might be their most powerful ally yet.

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From South Africa, a WonderBag for the Future

The WonderBag is a slow-cooker designed to reduce cooking time, fuel use, and carbon emissions. It also lightens the load for women in countries where open-fire cooking and hours of unpaid labor daily falls to them.

16 Things to Know Before You Go to an Andalusian Cave

Yeah, we said cave. Just go with it.

“These Shells, They Travel.”

Collecting seashells is as old as humanity. What we do with them can reveal who we are, where we’re from, and what we believe.

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Making Waste Less Wasteful

In rural British Columbia, Catalyst Agri-Innovations Society is harnessing the power of poop.

A Cold Room for a Warming World

A Nigerian start-up takes on the problem of food spoilage at all steps of the production chain, one solar-powered cold room at a time.

The Light Fantastic

New Zealand startup BioLumic is producing radically healthier and more productive crops, simply by exposing them to novel “recipes” of UV light

Eme Alfonso on old and new challenges for Cuban musicians

Eme Alfonso on Cuban music education, new challenges for Cuban musicians, and growing up as the daughter of Cuban rock royalty.

Afro‑Cuban artist, cook, and queer activist Nancy Cepero on questioning everything

Nancy Cepero, vegan chef, queer anti-racist activist and artist, on trying to change Cuba’s food culture, self-care, and queer activism after the backlash against same-sex marriage.

Raiding the wine cellar with Billy Wagner

Drinking unique wines in Kreuzberg at the home of Billy Wagner, sommelier and proprietor of Berlin’s Michelin-starred Nobelhart & Schmutzig.

Mónica Baró on committing independent journalism in Cuba

Cuban independent journalist and Nathan Thornburgh talk about their respective arrests in Cuba, and about why she does what she does, despite all the risks.

Ailed Duarte on the unique pressures and pleasures of tattooing in Cuba

Ailed Duarte is co-founder of La Marca studio, which has helped bring tattoo art, once illegal throughout Cuba, into the mainstream.

Simon Shuster: Reporting on Russia in the Trump era

Moscow-born foreign correspondent Simon Shuster on reporting the world in the Trump era, Russian-American drinking styles, and life in Berlin.