Tibetan children as young as four are taught in Mandarin in boarding schools. A Tibetan sociologist says the schools replace Tibetan children’s mindset with a “Chinese mindset.” ...

Restaurants across India, Nepal, and Bhutan are serving momo tasting menus, yak carpaccio, butter tea ice cream, and ...

Traveling along the Tea Horse Road unlocks a land of teahouses, centuries-old monasteries, and epic valley views.

Not all guys talk about their clothes. Most, like me, stay mute unless the item in question boasts a cool fabrication detail ...

White piedra is a superficial fungal infection of the hair. Several species of fungus that live in soil or dirty water can cause it. Piedra is the Spanish word for stone. White piedra appears as ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

Yellow Mongoose (Cynictis penicillata) at the London Zoo. By Steven G. Johnson - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11326536 ...

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As for the yak itself? It’s a lumbering bovine that grunts rather than moos and, in the wilds of the Tibetan Plateau, assumes vast dimensions that evoke a hairy Cybertruck. Were it not a strict ...