The Taliban Made Life Ugly. Now Her Life Is All About Creating Beauty.

These two young women are budding jewelry makers in Kabul, thanks to the Turquoise Mountain Institute for Afghan Arts and Architecture, which runs training programs in traditional Afghan crafts. Their work is beautiful, but it’s nothing compared to the gorgeous glimmers of hope and possibility in their faces.

Innovation

Video of a 1949 kitchen design has people drooling over its brilliant features

Culture

A hairstylist with no archaeology degree solved an ancient Roman mystery scholars got wrong for centuries

Pets

Gramma and Grampa’s photobook after spending 2 weeks watching Ricky the kitten is everything

Conservation

Scientists left cinderblocks in a barren part of the sea. 3 months later they were ecstatic.