In Reality Blues, Meaghan Garvey tries to find out what is real, song by song. This week, Wren Kosinski, a.k.a. Ghost Mountain, talks about his avant-garde cinematic influences, his years-long break ...

Hair braiding is a beauty rite of passage for many people of color, including me. I’ve been wearing braids in my 4A hair since before I can remember, as well as adding extensions to them since ...

Dermatologists have urged people to protect their skin, hair and eyes from harsh effects of synthetic colours and prolonged ...

This is a novel in which sharp contrasts – life and death, good and evil, light and dark, warm and cold, sweet and sour – are skilfully braided as the narrative moves towards its 13 pages of ...

Using Navajo words for red soil, war chief, clan, braided hair, beads, ant and hummingbird, for example, they came up with a glossary of more than 200 terms, later expanded, and an alphabet.

Your hair had been freshly braided and your coach, she said it wasn't the "elite international look." So she takes you into the bathroom, as you write, and cuts your hair — not just the ...

Braids are both a culturally significant hairstyle as well as a convenient and protective one. Across several cultures, braiding hair is a tradition that people pass down through generations, with ...

For most of the 20th century, virtually every naval ship had asbestos aboard in some capacity. Now, the U.S. Navy is the military branch believed to have the highest rate of mesothelioma, a cancer ...

Asbestos can cause serious illnesses that develop 20-50 years after the inhalation or ingestion of asbestos fibers. These fibers can also result in fluid and plaque buildup over time. Many companies ...