[ad_1] French luxury brand Hermès International has filed a trademark application covering non-fungible tokens (NFTs), cryptocurrencies and the metaverse, joining a flock eagerly hoping for broader general adoption of Web3 technology. joined. The trademark allows users to display, store, and manage virtual goods, digital collections, virtual currencies, and NFTs “for use in the online world,” ...

[ad_1] Perched among the fronds of the world’s loneliest tree, Viswambharan Sarasan had an important decision to make. Sarasan had worked for years to get access to this palm — the last living member of the species Hyophorbe amaricaulis, which grows in Curepipe Botanic Gardens, Mauritius. He reached up towards a cluster of its walnut-sized, ...

[ad_1] All photos courtesy of Inspired by India, Roli Books. In Louis XIV’s France, Indian chintz and chintz were so coveted that the government was forced to ban their importation and sale. Yet French aesthetics continued to wear them indoors, personally defying the law. Fashion history is replete with similar anecdotes of Europeans’ fascination with ...