First look at Dubai’s $56 billion international airport makeover

The new Al Maktoum International Airport will serve 100 million people in 2035, and has capacity for a staggering 260 million annual passengers in the years beyond. Dubai International Airport – or DXB, as it is known – was the busiest international airport in the world in 2023, according to Airports Council International. It is […]

What’s brewing with Emma Chamberlain

The 22-year-old YouTube sensation earned an estimated $20 million last year while building her eponymous coffee brand. Meet the creator who’s full of beans. When Emma Chamberlain started her YouTube channel in 2017, she had no intention of becoming an internet phenomenon—let alone the multihyphenate multimedia mogul she is today. But through hundreds of videos, […]

Meet the Sydney mattress-maker selling $90,000 beds

Neville Middleton is a bloke who works in a mattress factory in Sydney’s southwest, yet his grey-bearded, bald-headed noggin appears on glowing billboards across multiple lux shopping centres in China: “From Australia – since 1899”.  Middleton, not quite that old, is the “sleepsmith” in charge of building AH Beard mattresses that sell for up to […]

Manna Shilajit

From Byron to LA: Meet the mates biohacking their way to liquid gold

Manna Vitality leveraged the world’s biggest biohackers to generate $1 million a month. Now, after launching in LA, its creators are planning to double that by adding gold to their black Himalayan goop. In a monastery somewhere in the Himalayas, an order of monks sworn to silence is about to start toiling at reducing 3kg […]

Koh Yao Yai, Thailand

The Island Time Forgot

Want to re-live your gap year without the grog, the grunge and the go-go bars? Try Koh Yao Yai. God is important here. The evocative call to prayer is carried on the island breeze five times a day. A subtle reminder you may be in Thailand, but Koh Yao Yai offers a more ethereal experience. […]

Do collagen supplements really even work?

Oral collagen is hot. It has exploded into a multi-billion-dollar industry. But do these “ingestibles” actually work? And might there be a cheaper way? Do collagen supplements work? There is no evidence that collagen in skin lotions has any benefit, but numerous studies have suggested oral collagen supplements do work. They make skin more moist […]

Ranked: The 20 happiest countries in the world in 2024

Finland has done it again. The 2024 World Happiness Report is out, and for the seventh year in a row, Finland has been named the happiest country in the world. But the news isn’t as good for the United States—which has hit a new low. The U.S. didn’t even make the top 20 list—the first time it […]