[{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Arwa Mahdawi","ar_views":"431","ar_id":"2003826561","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Features","ar_pubdate":"2024-11-08","ar_head":"You shouldn\u2019t date anyone who wants to go into space","dp_urlname":"feat","ar_desc":"Olivia Rodrigo does not want to hear about Uranus. Or your planned trip to Mars, for that matter. The pop star recently told Netflix that she has an \u201coddly specific question\u201d that she asks guys on first dates. \u201cI always ask them if they would want to go to space \u2026 If they say yes, I don\u2019t date them,","ar_url":"News\/feat\/archives\/2024\/11\/08\/2003826561","photo":{"ar_id":"2003826561","ph_attr":"Photo: AFP","ph_cap":"There is no bigger red flag than your dog not liking your date or your date appearing to be indifferent to your dog.","ph_fpath":"2024\/11\/08","ph_fname":"P14-241108-324.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2024\/11\/08\/P14-241108-324.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2024\/11\/08\/thumbs\/P14-241108-324.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Hollie Younger","ar_views":"592","ar_id":"2003826507","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Features","ar_pubdate":"2024-11-07","ar_head":"Restaurant review: Three Wishes: Indian flavors that pack a punch","dp_urlname":"feat","ar_desc":"Nowadays, Taipei has no shortage of Indian restaurants. Just check my Uber Eats order history. But any authentic international feed needs knowledgeable chefs not only cooking their home cuisine, but unbending to local tastes. India\u2019s savory, spicy and creamy is not an immediate match for Taiwan\u2019s sw","ar_url":"News\/feat\/archives\/2024\/11\/07\/2003826507","photo":{"ar_id":"2003826507","ph_attr":"Photo: Hollie Younger","ph_cap":"The lamb vindaloo at Three Wishes. ","ph_fpath":"2024\/11\/07","ph_fname":"p13-241107-222.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2024\/11\/07\/p13-241107-222.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2024\/11\/07\/thumbs\/p13-241107-222.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Tomohiro Osaki","ar_views":"1981","ar_id":"2003826508","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Features","ar_pubdate":"2024-11-07","ar_head":"Company tries to de-stigmatize sexual pleasure with sex toys","dp_urlname":"feat","ar_desc":"Hourglass-shaped sex toys casually glide along a conveyor belt through an airy new store in Tokyo, the latest attempt by Japanese manufacturer Tenga to sell adult products without the shame that is often attached.At first glance it\u2019s not even obvious that the sleek, colorful products on display are ","ar_url":"News\/feat\/archives\/2024\/11\/07\/2003826508","photo":{"ar_id":"2003826508","ph_attr":"Photo: AFP","ph_cap":"Variations of the \u201cOriginal Vacuum Cup\u201d masturbation toy in the shop of Japanese sex toy manufacturer Tenga in the Harajuku district of Tokyo. \r\n","ph_fpath":"2024\/11\/07","ph_fname":"p13-241107-303.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2024\/11\/07\/p13-241107-303.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2024\/11\/07\/thumbs\/p13-241107-303.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"440","ar_id":"2003826509","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Features","ar_pubdate":"2024-11-07","ar_head":"Talent, toil and pleasing Kim bring North Korea women\u2019s football glory","dp_urlname":"feat","ar_desc":"Talent, discipline and a desire to please leader Kim Jong-un have helped propel North Korea\u2019s youth footballers to two Women\u2019s World Cup crowns in a matter of weeks, experts say.Nuclear-armed but impoverished, North Korea is more often in the news for sanctions-busting ballistic missile launches.But","ar_url":"News\/feat\/archives\/2024\/11\/07\/2003826509","photo":{"ar_id":"2003826509","ph_attr":"Photo: AFP","ph_cap":"North Korea\u2019s players on Sunday celebrate with the trophy after winning the FIFA U-17 women\u2019s football World Cup 2024 final match between North Korea and Spain at the Olimpico Felix Sanchez Stadium in Santo Domingo.","ph_fpath":"2024\/11\/07","ph_fname":"P14-241107-312.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2024\/11\/07\/P14-241107-312.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2024\/11\/07\/thumbs\/P14-241107-312.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Gavin Francis","ar_views":"86","ar_id":"2003826510","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Features","ar_pubdate":"2024-11-07","ar_head":"Book review: Valuable insight into a curious mind","dp_urlname":"feat","ar_desc":"A few months after the death of the neurologist and writer Oliver Sacks in 2015, I visited his office in midtown Manhattan to pass on my condolences to his friend and longtime editor Kate Edgar. Shelves were stacked with editions of every translation of Sacks\u2019s books; piled on every surface were rea","ar_url":"News\/feat\/archives\/2024\/11\/07\/2003826510","photo":{"ar_id":"2003826510","ph_attr":"","ph_cap":"<i>Letters: Edited by Kate Edgar<\/i>, by Oliver Sacks.","ph_fpath":"2024\/11\/07","ph_fname":"p14-241107-book.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2024\/11\/07\/p14-241107-book.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2024\/11\/07\/thumbs\/p14-241107-book.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Courtney Donovan Smith \u77f3\u6771\u6587","ar_views":"601","ar_id":"2003826451","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Features","ar_pubdate":"2024-11-06","ar_head":"Donovan\u2019s Deep Dives: The Frozen Garlic academy of political science","dp_urlname":"feat","ar_desc":"The most popular Taiwanese political commentators in my opinion are not that good. Mostly, they just state what seems obvious. This is not to say that excellent Taiwanese political analysts do not exist, but they usually can only be found in more obscure outlets. I could name perhaps one or two doze","ar_url":"News\/feat\/archives\/2024\/11\/06\/2003826451","photo":{"ar_id":"2003826451","ph_attr":"Photo: Lin Yi-chang, Taipei Times  ","ph_cap":"People in Chiayi on April 12, 2014 hold sunflowers to show their support for the Sunflower movement, a protest against a trade pact with China.","ph_fpath":"2024\/11\/06","ph_fname":"P13-241106-002.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2024\/11\/06\/P13-241106-002.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2024\/11\/06\/thumbs\/P13-241106-002.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Travis Loller","ar_views":"579","ar_id":"2003826452","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Features","ar_pubdate":"2024-11-06","ar_head":"Vying for the \u2018murder audience\u2019","dp_urlname":"feat","ar_desc":"In 1989, Americans were riveted by the shotgun murders of Jose and Kitty Menendez in their Beverly Hills mansion by their own children. Lyle and Erik Menendez were sentenced to life in prison and lost all subsequent appeals. But today, more than three decades later, they unexpectedly have a chance o","ar_url":"News\/feat\/archives\/2024\/11\/06\/2003826452","photo":{"ar_id":"2003826452","ph_attr":"Photo: AP","ph_cap":"This combination of two booking photos provided by the California Department of Corrections shows Erik Menendez, left, and Lyle Menendez.","ph_fpath":"2024\/11\/06","ph_fname":"P13-241106-302.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2024\/11\/06\/P13-241106-302.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2024\/11\/06\/thumbs\/P13-241106-302.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Sian Boyle","ar_views":"1012","ar_id":"2003826393","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Features","ar_pubdate":"2024-11-05","ar_head":"How dating apps \u2018exploit\u2019 their users","dp_urlname":"feat","ar_desc":"\u201cDesigned to be deleted\u201d is the tagline of one of the UK\u2019s most popular dating apps. Hinge promises that it is \u201cthe dating app for people who want to get off dating apps\u201d \u2014 the place to find lasting love.But critics say modern dating is in crisis. They claim that dating apps, which have been downloa","ar_url":"News\/feat\/archives\/2024\/11\/05\/2003826393","photo":{"ar_id":"2003826393","ph_attr":"Photo courtesy of Pixabay","ph_cap":"A woman texts in this undated photo. An investigation has found that dating apps are increasingly pushing users to buy extras that have been likened to \u201cgambling products.\u201d","ph_fpath":"2024\/11\/05","ph_fname":"p13-241105-aaa.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2024\/11\/05\/p13-241105-aaa.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2024\/11\/05\/thumbs\/p13-241105-aaa.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Michael Turton","ar_views":"1472","ar_id":"2003826336","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Features","ar_pubdate":"2024-11-04","ar_head":"Notes from Central Taiwan: Natunas past, present and future","dp_urlname":"feat","ar_desc":"While global attention is finally being focused on the People\u2019s Republic of China (PRC) gray zone aggression against Philippine territory in the South China Sea, at the other end of the PRC\u2019s infamous 9 dash line map, PRC vessels are conducting an identical campaign against Indonesia, most important","ar_url":"News\/feat\/archives\/2024\/11\/04\/2003826336","photo":{"ar_id":"2003826336","ph_attr":"Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons\r\n","ph_cap":"South-east facing aerial view of PRC-settled Woody Island (Yongxing Island). Taiwan, China and Vietnam claim all or part of the Paracel Islands.","ph_fpath":"2024\/11\/04","ph_fname":"p13-241104-Aerial_view_of_Woody_Island.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2024\/11\/04\/p13-241104-Aerial_view_of_Woody_Island.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2024\/11\/04\/thumbs\/p13-241104-Aerial_view_of_Woody_Island.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Han Cheung","ar_views":"1353","ar_id":"2003826289","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Features","ar_pubdate":"2024-11-03","ar_head":"Taiwan in Time: The magazine that wouldn\u2019t play by the rules","dp_urlname":"feat","ar_desc":"Nov. 4 to Nov. 10Apollo magazine (\u6587\u661f) vowed that it wouldn\u2019t play by the rules in its first issue \u2014 a bold statement to make in 1957, when anyone could be jailed for saying the wrong thing.However, the introduction to the inaugural Nov. 5 issue also defined the magazine as a \u201clifestyle, literature a","ar_url":"News\/feat\/archives\/2024\/11\/03\/2003826289","photo":{"ar_id":"2003826289","ph_attr":"Photo courtesy of National Central Library","ph_cap":"A page from the 1986 revival issue of Apollo showing various covers from past years.","ph_fpath":"2024\/11\/03","ph_fname":"P13-241103-HHH.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2024\/11\/03\/P13-241103-HHH.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2024\/11\/03\/thumbs\/P13-241103-HHH.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Courtney Donovan Smith \u77f3\u6771\u6587","ar_views":"1365","ar_id":"2003826248","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Features","ar_pubdate":"2024-11-02","ar_head":"Donovan\u2019s Deep Dives: Ko as 'sacrificial martyr': the cult-like rhetoric of the TPP and its supporters","dp_urlname":"feat","ar_desc":"Since their leader Ko Wen-je (\u67ef\u6587\u54f2) and others were jailed as part of several ongoing bribery investigations, the Taiwan People\u2019s Party (TPP) has risen in the polls. Additionally, despite all the many and varied allegations against Ko and most of the top people in the party, it has held together with","ar_url":"News\/feat\/archives\/2024\/11\/02\/2003826248","photo":{"ar_id":"2003826248","ph_attr":"Photo: Liu Wan-lin, Taipei Times\r\n","ph_cap":"Taipei People\u2019s Party Chairman Ko Wen-je is pictured in this file photo. Ko remains held incommunicado.","ph_fpath":"2024\/11\/02","ph_fname":"P13-241102-003.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2024\/11\/02\/P13-241102-003.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2024\/11\/02\/thumbs\/P13-241102-003.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Steven Crook","ar_views":"1164","ar_id":"2003826199","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Features","ar_pubdate":"2024-11-01","ar_head":"Highways & Byways: A trek through Tanghu Historic Trail","dp_urlname":"feat","ar_desc":"Chiayi County is blessed with several worthwhile upland trails, not all of which I\u2019ve hiked. A few weeks ago, I finally got around to tackling Tanghu Historic Trail (\u5858\u6e56\u53e4\u9053), a short but unusually steep route in Jhuci Township (\u7af9\u5d0e).According to the Web site of the Alishan National Scenic Area (\u963f\u91cc\u5c71\u570b\u5bb6\u98a8\u666f","ar_url":"News\/feat\/archives\/2024\/11\/01\/2003826199","photo":{"ar_id":"2003826199","ph_attr":"Photo: Steven Crook","ph_cap":"Much of the land near Road 166 and Chiayi Local Road 154 is devoted to growing tea or betel nut.","ph_fpath":"2024\/11\/01","ph_fname":"P13-241101-Gb.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2024\/11\/01\/P13-241101-Gb.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2024\/11\/01\/thumbs\/P13-241101-Gb.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Jake Coyle","ar_views":"778","ar_id":"2003826200","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Features","ar_pubdate":"2024-11-01","ar_head":"Film Review: Tom Hardy\u2019s double act can\u2019t save \u2018Venom: The Last Dance\u2019","dp_urlname":"feat","ar_desc":"For three films now, Tom Hardy has smushed Jekyll and Hyde into one strange and slimy double act. In a Marvel universe filled with alter egos that cloak stealthy superpowers, his investigative reporter Eddie Brock doesn\u2019t transform. He shares his body with an ink-black alien symbiote (voiced with a ","ar_url":"News\/feat\/archives\/2024\/11\/01\/2003826200","photo":{"ar_id":"2003826200","ph_attr":"Photo: AP","ph_cap":"This image released by Sony Pictures shows a scene from <i>Venom: The Last Dance<\/i>.","ph_fpath":"2024\/11\/01","ph_fname":"P14-241101-325.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2024\/11\/01\/P14-241101-325.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2024\/11\/01\/thumbs\/P14-241101-325.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Ellie Violet Bramley","ar_views":"469","ar_id":"2003826201","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Features","ar_pubdate":"2024-11-01","ar_head":"Burgers, avocados, cucumbers: why chefs can\u2019t stop smashing their food","dp_urlname":"feat","ar_desc":"It started with meat \u2014 burgers, to be precise. But now the moment for \u201csmashed\u201d food has come for everything from brussels sprouts to cucumbers, tacos and toasties. In restaurants and kitchens across the world, the sound of pounding can be heard as chefs and home cooks take rolling pins to their ing","ar_url":"News\/feat\/archives\/2024\/11\/01\/2003826201","photo":{"ar_id":"2003826201","ph_attr":"Photo: AP","ph_cap":"We taste better smashed.","ph_fpath":"2024\/11\/01","ph_fname":"P14-241101-329.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2024\/11\/01\/P14-241101-329.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2024\/11\/01\/thumbs\/P14-241101-329.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Hollie Younger ","ar_views":"674","ar_id":"2003826141","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Features","ar_pubdate":"2024-10-31","ar_head":"Restaurant: Pizza Bear: Eat square, eat happy","dp_urlname":"feat","ar_desc":"Word of mouth spreads fast in this city. Why do I keep hearing about Pizza Bear? Well, these guys take \u201chouse-made\u201d and \u201cmade with love\u201d to a whole new level, and their Detroit-style square pizza pies, with a chewy sourdough base, cheesy crispy sides and creative flavor combinations, are well worth ","ar_url":"News\/feat\/archives\/2024\/10\/31\/2003826141","photo":{"ar_id":"2003826141","ph_attr":"Photo: Hollie Younger","ph_cap":"The 4 slice flight at Pizza Bear: clockwise from top, Chicago sausage with white sauce, beef noodle, pepperoni and spicy chicken.","ph_fpath":"2024\/10\/31","ph_fname":"p13-241031-Photo3-10.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2024\/10\/31\/p13-241031-Photo3-10.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2024\/10\/31\/thumbs\/p13-241031-Photo3-10.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Helena Horton","ar_views":"406","ar_id":"2003826142","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Features","ar_pubdate":"2024-10-31","ar_head":"Talk to your plants? Now the first AI-powered garden will allow them to talk back","dp_urlname":"feat","ar_desc":"Hardcore gardeners sometimes, when no one else is listening, talk quietly to their prize blooms. But at next year\u2019s Chelsea flower show, visitors will be encouraged to have a chat with its first ever AI-powered garden.The garden designer Tom Massey has partnered with Microsoft to create the Avanade ","ar_url":"News\/feat\/archives\/2024\/10\/31\/2003826142","photo":{"ar_id":"2003826142","ph_attr":"Photo: AFP","ph_cap":"A model on Monday presents a creation by Colombian designer Marivel Cedeno. Garden designer Tom Massey has partnered with Microsoft to create an AI trained on the UK\u2019s Royal Horticultural Society plant data and gardening advice.","ph_fpath":"2024\/10\/31","ph_fname":"P13-241031-307.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2024\/10\/31\/P13-241031-307.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2024\/10\/31\/thumbs\/P13-241031-307.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Katie Forster and Hiroshi Hiyama, \r\nwith Paula Ramon in Calif","ar_views":"446","ar_id":"2003826143","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Features","ar_pubdate":"2024-10-31","ar_head":"\u2018CEO of supercute\u2019: Hello Kitty  turns 50","dp_urlname":"feat","ar_desc":"Hello Kitty, the cute, enigmatic character that adorns everything from handbags to rice cookers, turns 50 tomorrow \u2014 still making millions for her Japanese creators.The simple design of the character \u2014 who is not a cat, but a little girl from London according to Sanrio, the company behind Kitty \u2014 ha","ar_url":"News\/feat\/archives\/2024\/10\/31\/2003826143","photo":{"ar_id":"2003826143","ph_attr":"Photo: AFP","ph_cap":"This picture shows items that are part of Helen\u2019s collection, founder of the \u201cHello Kitty SoCal Babes\u201d fan club, inside her \u201cshe-shed\u201d in Riverside County, California.","ph_fpath":"2024\/10\/31","ph_fname":"P14-241031-304.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2024\/10\/31\/P14-241031-304.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2024\/10\/31\/thumbs\/P14-241031-304.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Andrew Anthony","ar_views":"93","ar_id":"2003826144","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Features","ar_pubdate":"2024-10-31","ar_head":"Book review: Tipping point: Same theory, but a bit dreary","dp_urlname":"feat","ar_desc":"It\u2019s almost 25 years since Malcolm Gladwell published The Tipping Point, which sought to understand social phenomena \u2014 the drop in crime in New York or the sudden popularity of Hush Puppies shoes \u2014 from an epidemiological perspective. Its main thesis was that cultural changes don\u2019t take place as a m","ar_url":"News\/feat\/archives\/2024\/10\/31\/2003826144","photo":{"ar_id":"2003826144","ph_attr":"","ph_cap":"<i>Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders and the Rise of Social Engineering<\/i> \r\nby Malcolm Gladwell","ph_fpath":"2024\/10\/31","ph_fname":"P14-241031-XXX.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2024\/10\/31\/P14-241031-XXX.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2024\/10\/31\/thumbs\/P14-241031-XXX.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Steven Morris","ar_views":"386","ar_id":"2003826083","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Features","ar_pubdate":"2024-10-30","ar_head":"Should secrets of magic ever be revealed?","dp_urlname":"feat","ar_desc":"For decades, possibly centuries, magicians have fretted and argued over if and when it is acceptable to reveal the secrets of their tricks and illusions.Now two British academics \u2014 who are magicians themselves \u2014 have written what is believed to be the first detailed study examining what is known in ","ar_url":"News\/feat\/archives\/2024\/10\/30\/2003826083","photo":{"ar_id":"2003826083","ph_attr":"Photo: AFP","ph_cap":"Ukrainian clairvoyant Sergiy Kobzar in October last year works with a customer in an hotel room in Kyiv.","ph_fpath":"2024\/10\/30","ph_fname":"P13-241030-301.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2024\/10\/30\/P13-241030-301.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2024\/10\/30\/thumbs\/P13-241030-301.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"864","ar_id":"2003826084","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Features","ar_pubdate":"2024-10-30","ar_head":"Taiwanese worry about \u2018transactionalist\u2019 Trump as US votes","dp_urlname":"feat","ar_desc":"While US arms sales to Taiwan will likely continue whoever wins the presidential election, analysts say there are concerns in Taipei over a re-elected Donald Trump\u2019s willingness to defend the country against China.American voters will choose between Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and Republ","ar_url":"News\/feat\/archives\/2024\/10\/30\/2003826084","photo":{"ar_id":"2003826084","ph_attr":"Photo: AFP","ph_cap":"A member of the honor guards is seen on Friday during a ceremony commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Guningtou in Kinmen.","ph_fpath":"2024\/10\/30","ph_fname":"P13-241030-304.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2024\/10\/30\/P13-241030-304.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2024\/10\/30\/thumbs\/P13-241030-304.jpg"}}]