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Vanessa Viegas

Vanessa Viegas

Articles by Vanessa Viegas

Sleeper cell: Could Conan the Bacterium survive on Mars?

(Michael J Daly / USU)

Updated on Jul 27, 2023 17:29 IST

Chatty, hangry, Lazarus-like: Astonishing new findings on how bacteria work

(Pixabay)

Updated on Jul 27, 2023 17:26 IST

A bug’s life: Could bacteria help us clean up our mess?

(Images: Wikimedia Commons; Imaging: Puneet Kumar)

Updated on Jul 27, 2023 17:24 IST

Air India and the 747: Emperors that carried palaces in the sky

The early 747s had iconic first-class decks. This Air India one featured couches, full table service, multi-course meals, and murals inspired by the frescoes at the Ajanta caves. (HT Archives)

Updated on Aug 11, 2023 15:30 IST

Flying colours: A tribute to the Boeing 747

The Boeing 747 wasn’t just bigger than every other commercial airline of its time, it was at least double the size of every other plane in the skies. (Adobe.stock)

Updated on Aug 11, 2023 15:29 IST

What is a genome, anyway? The myths, a timeline and links to the stars

(Pixabay)

Updated on Aug 12, 2023 10:28 IST

Inner piece: The final secrets of the human genome

Updated on Aug 12, 2023 10:26 IST

Grey matter: Are colours fading from our world?

The gradual leaching of colour from American cafes of the 1970s to the 1990s and today. (New Castle County Government, Shutterstock / Starbucks)

Updated on Aug 10, 2023 11:50 IST

Potion control: The simplest guide to great skin right now

Skincare can be overwhelming but some products, like water-based broad spectrum sunscreen, deserve the hype. (Shutterstock)

Updated on Jul 24, 2023 14:18 IST

HT Brunch Cover Story: Saba has you covered

Actor, musician and cover girl Saba Azad says, “Boredom is such a valuable tool. I’m not sure we allow ourselves to be bored anymore”.

Updated on Jul 24, 2023 14:37 IST

Every season gets the blues: A denim timeline

Kelly Rowland, Beyonce Knowles and Michelle Williams of the band Destiny’s Child in the bling and bubblegum palettes of the Aughts. (Getty Images)

Updated on Aug 12, 2023 10:59 IST

All you need is laugh: Meet some of 2022’s top viral video-content creators

Zoha Sanofer, Zervaan Bunshah, Srishti Garg, Satshya Tharien and Sanaea Bubber.

Updated on Dec 24, 2022 15:59 IST

Glazing at the future: Inside India’s studio glass movement

Ismail Plumber and Arjun Rathi at their open studio, Rural Modern Glass, in Mumbai.

Updated on Oct 29, 2022 09:11 IST

Rewind to the studio glass movement of 1950s USA

(Shutterstock)

Updated on Oct 29, 2022 08:04 IST

Are your secrets costing you more than you know?

(HT Illustration: Malay Karmakar)

Updated on Oct 22, 2022 08:43 IST

Is this seat taken? A time-lapse look at the chairs of India

The Pierre Jeanneret, monobloc plastic, Godrej CH-4, Bombay Fornicator and bentwood chairs.

Updated on Oct 15, 2022 11:20 IST

And the winner is...? See how India’s indie films are wowing the world

A still from Dostojee, winner of the Golden Shika Award at the Nara International Film Festival, Japan.

Updated on Oct 7, 2022 12:07 IST

The long shot: How independent Indian filmmakers are making their mark

Updated on Oct 8, 2022 07:02 IST

Now streaming in India: The world’s longest river cruise

The lounge and deck of the 18-cabin Ganga Vilas. ‘Our mission is to regenerate our riparian routes, forgotten since the advent of the railways and thereafter the roadways,’ says Raj Singh, chairman of Antara cruises.

Updated on Sep 17, 2022 11:27 IST

Bound by blood: ‘Vampires’ in the real world

At one of fangsmith Father Sebastiaan’s Endless Night Vampire Balls. The 47-year-old American (not pictured) has identified as a vampire since age 17. He has taken on the mission of rallying the vampire community of New York City since 1995, also the year he launched his prosthetic fangs enterprise.

Updated on Sep 16, 2022 13:35 IST

The Indian ghoul guide: Monsters of our making

A vetala or Betaal exists in the realm between life and death. In some tales, the vetala is wise and offers sage advice, in others, he is a dreaded being who takes delight in sucking human blood and driving people insane by filling their heads with his voice that never stops talking.

Updated on Sep 16, 2022 13:19 IST

The newest hits: K-pop without the K

Priyanka Mazumdar (second from right) joined Z-Girls in 2019. Each member of the band is from a different country; none is from South Korea.

Updated on Aug 27, 2022 10:06 IST

What purpose do dreams serve? The science is stranger than the fantasy fiction

Fairies Descend to the Chamber of Prince Manohar, a painting from 18th-century India that depicts a prince being transported, in his sleep, to his beloved princess Madhumalati, for whom he pines. (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Updated on Aug 27, 2022 09:42 IST

Forgiveness vs revenge: Should you just... let it go?

(HT Illustration: Jayachandran)

Updated on Aug 26, 2022 14:18 IST

Shots fired: A Wknd interview with Ma Anand Sheela

Ma Anand Sheela at the Royal Opera House in Mumbai. Her new book is titled By My Own Rules. (Satish Bate / HT Photo)

Updated on Aug 5, 2022 13:08 IST

Skating in a sari: Meet South Asians shattering stereotypes abroad

Paris-based Usha Jey (centre) combined hip hop and Bharatanatyam to create her own style, Hybrid Bharatham. Her choreography to Lil Wayne’s Uproar went viral in May, getting over 4 million views on Instagram. (@Signature.ch)

Updated on Jul 30, 2022 09:48 IST

Mumbai will host Lollapalooza next January

The line-up in Paris, where it took place on July 16 and 17, included Pearl Jam, Imagine Dragons, A$AP Rocky, and David Guetta, while in Sweden on July 1and 2, the big names included Post Malone, Doja Cat, Kacey Musgraves and Polo G among others. (Lollapalooza)

Updated on Jul 27, 2022 18:54 IST

She sleuths to conquer: A new murder mystery is set in Bangalore of the 1920s

‘The book is not just about a single woman; it’s also about the sisterhood of women, the communities they form and the ways in which they support each other. That has always fascinated me,’ Nagendra says.

Updated on Jul 9, 2022 07:19 IST

Will your love keep you alive? Couples’ games test levels of collaboration, care

In It Takes Two, two cloth dolls on the brink of divorce must work together to stay alive and find a way back into their human bodies.

Updated on Jul 9, 2022 05:16 IST

Punching out: Burnout simmers in songs, books, videogames

Green Day’s 1994 song Burnout invokes industrial-age imagery of shuffling lines of workers and calls them “walking dead”.

Updated on Jul 1, 2022 16:55 IST

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