Offbeat

Offbeat

Six-year-old Chinese speedcuber Lian Yunzhi solves a Rubik’s Cube during a competition. Photo: BSS/AFP

Six-year-old Chinese girl sets world record with Rubik's Cube

Lian, who is from Chengdu, is "the first female speedcuber to average under 4.5 seconds".

Salman Khan and Katrina. Photo: Collected

Salman Khan skewers those trolling Katrina Kaif: 'When she returns to movies, she will be fit again'

Traditional Japanese art of ikebana.Photo: UNB/AP

Centuries-old Japanese art of ikebana attracts those seeking calm

Wife Appreciation Day. Photo: Representational Image

Wife Appreciation Day: She does so much. When was the last time you said thank you?

A human brain and a laboratory mouse, illustrating a study in which human brain tissue was grown inside mice to help scientists better understand neurological disorders. Collage: TBS

What happens when human brain cells grow inside a mouse?

Representational Image. Photo: Collected

Pay to ghost your boss: Japan's resignation business

Elderly people work out in Tokyo. Photo: Yoshikazu Tsuno

Japan’s centenarian population crosses 100,000

'Madame Colonna Romano', a painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir stolen at the Renoir museum, in Cagnes-sur-Mer, Tuesday, 8 September, 2026. Photo: Collected

Stolen Renoir paintings worth millions could be nearly impossible to sell

Photo: Collected

The '80s are back - this time, through AI

Artistic reconstruction of the new dinosaur from Maranhão state. It was 20 meters long and had a European relative. Credit: Jorge Blanco

20-metre dinosaur fossil unearthed at construction site in Brazil

Think you know the map of the world? Test your geography skills.

Think you know the map of the world? Test your geography skills.

Uchenna Chukwuka, a 29-year-old data analyst and part-time stylist based in Atlanta, pictured in Bali, Indonesia. Courtesy Uchenna Chukwuka/Handout via Reuters

How Gen Z is finding quality clothes on a budget

Collage: TBS

Penguin India drops Sonia Gandhi memoir over comments on Modi, RSS and China