Why 2016 Was The Year Of The Algorithmic Timeline

2016 was the year of "post fact" news, but it was also the year of post-new news. 2016 was the year of the algorithmic timeline, in which tech companies dismantled the conc...

Why We Put A Transgender Girl On The Cover of National Geographic

Since we shared photos of the cover of our special issue on gender on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, tens of thousands of people have weighed in with opinions, from expr...

Knitting, baking and painting improve well-being and mental health, study finds

It’s hard to pinpoint when exactly it happened, but at some point over the past few years, wool got cool.

No longer the preserve of grannies, knitting is now ...

An Illustrator's Brutally Honest And Witty Take On Living With Mental Illness

Ruby Elliot was 14-years-old when she was diagnosed with anorexia. Then came the depression, bulimia and bi-polar.
She loved drawing as a young child – emulatin...

Six Photojournalists Who Will Open Your Eyes To Unseen Parts Of India Through Instagram

Instagram is one of the largest photo sharing platforms on the internet. It has more than five million users logging in everyday to share anything and everything from pictu...

Esha Gupta Is Ambassador For Kids’ Charity

Touching Little Heart provides free heart surgeries for children under the age of 16 Bollywood actress Esha Gupta is glad to be named the Goodwill Ambassador for a charity ...

Ranveer Singh Bats For Mental Health, Supports Deepika's 'Live Love Laugh'

DeepikaPadukone and Karan Johar have both spoken about their trysts with depression. Ranveer Singh decided to shed his flamboyance for a noble cause and came out in support...

Toronto Now Has An Instagram Film Festival

Lights, camera, Instagram. That's right, the Toronto International Film Festival is teaming up with Instagram to present the TIFFxInstagram Shorts Festival. Filmmakers...

Five Young Indian Women Get Real About Masturbation

“Why don’t you just start asking people for their pooping stories?” one slightly peeved commenter posted on Homegrown’s instagram page. Shortly afte...