Marina Wang

3 weeks ago | bbc.co.uk | Marina Wang

In Uji, Japan's historic matcha capital, demand for premium green tea is outpacing supply. As tourists scramble for tins, locals fear that tradition may be getting diluted. 10:00 is an important time in Uji, Japan. It's when the matcha shops open. The town is just a half hour train ride from Kyoto and is world-renowned for matcha, the pulverised green tea traditionally frothed with hot water.

3 weeks ago | bbc.com | Marina Wang

Who drank all the matcha? How tourism drained a Japanese townAlamyIn Uji, Japan's historic matcha capital, demand for premium green tea is outpacing supply. As tourists scramble for tins, locals fear that tradition may be getting diluted. 10:00 is an important time in Uji, Japan. It's when the matcha shops open. The town is just a half hour train ride from Kyoto and is world-renowned for matcha, the pulverised green tea traditionally frothed with hot water.

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Marina Wang

These Airlines Are Adding More Legroom in Economy ClassFlying long-haul in economy class is about to get a little roomier—and more comfortable. Flying in economy class is not exactly associated with comfort. Especially in recent years, the go-to strategy for most airlines has been to shrink coach passengers’ personal space to fit in more seats and make …

1 month ago | nationalobserver.com | Marina Wang

To understand what Bolin found, it helps to first understand some basics about how vision works. Visual acuity, or sharpness of vision, is dependent on two factors: focal length and the number of retinal ganglion cells. Focal length is measured from the lens, near the center of the eye, to the retina, near the back. A large eye has a longer focal length, which generally means sharper vision. Retinal ganglion cells are located in the back of the eye and transmit visual information to the brain.

1 month ago | livescience.com | Marina Wang

One day in June 2022 Chérine Baumgartner, a researcher at the Icelandic Orca Project, was watching from a dinghy as a pod of killer whales fed on herring — when she noticed something very odd about what seemed to be a young member of the pod. "At first, we were like, 'Oh my god, this killer whale calf has a problem,'" she says. It was far tinier than normal and lacked an infant orca's characteristic black-and-pale-orange coloration.