Ideas Of Beauty
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We are recreating Renaissance beauty recipes in the modern chemistry lab
To ‘make a beautiful face’, according to one 16th century recipe, you should take rosemary flowers and boil them with white wine.
Erin Griffey, The Conversation, Cather Simpson, The Conversation, Michel Nieuwoudt, The Conversation & Ruth Cink, The Conversation
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In 18th-century Europe, socialites were dying in their quest to get whiter skin
Research shows that some recipes of lead makeup caused the toxic element to get absorbed through the skin.
Fiona E McNeill, The Conversation
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Physicist Richard Feynman may have overstated the ‘beauty’ of science
It is a good idea for scientists and philosophers to check with each other before making statements that are hard to defend.
Massimo Pigliucci, Aeon
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Kotak firm’s Rs 60 crore donation to BJP coincided with crucial RBI decisions on Kotak Mahindra Bank
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Bharti group’s Rs 150 crore bond donation to BJP coincided with Modi government’s telecom U-turn
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‘The Goat Life’ review: A protracted saga of suffering and survival
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How the high demand for coaching classes reflects India’s employment and economic distress
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When an emperor came calling on a newly independent India to learn from its early successes
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The ‘right to beauty’ that subsidises plastic surgeries in Brazil has a dark side
Who’s really benefiting from a health care system that provides free or low-cost plastic surgeries for the poor?
Alvaro Jarrin, The Conversation
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From Mr Gay India to Dalit beauty queens: The changing face of beauty pageants in India
While awareness is on the rise, the journey to organise and hold pageants for oppressed communities is not always smooth.
Avantika Mehta
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Video: When Chinese women crushed their toes to attain ridiculous standards of beauty (set by men)
A ghastly reminder of how body modification has been imposed by men on women in the past for social acceptance.
Scroll Staff
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Watch: PTI posts video accusing male ANI reporter of assaulting and abusing its woman journalist
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Watch: Footballers give their jackets to young player escorts amidst heavy rain in New York City
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Caught on camera: Supermarket floor collapses, shopper falls through it
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‘Look at my wonderful costume’: Actor Anne Hathaway reacts to scenes from some of her popular movies
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Watch: Chef makes life-sized pencil and sharpener entirely from chocolate
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Watch: Japanese Indian Priyanka Yoshikawa is crowned Miss Japan, and faces racist protests at once
The new Miss Japan was born in Tokyo to an Indian father and Japanese mother.
Scroll Staff
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War of words: Why Miss Tibet is being trolled by traditionalists
The Miss Tibet pageant has always been dogged by controversy. This time, conservative Tibetans are criticising the beauty queen for not knowing their language.
Ambika Choudhary Mahajan