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Crystal Couture

Inspired by the sartorial stars of London’s Savile Row, Absolut released its classic vodka in a brand-new suit. The Absolut Crystal Pinstripe bottle is hand-blown by fellow Swedish company Reijmyre, which, at just over 200 years old, is the oldest currently operating glassworks in Sweden. Priced at $1,500 and limited ...

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Tempest in a Snifter

Islay, rising out of the stormy Atlantic off the west coast of Scotland, is the southernmost island of the Inner Hebrides and is home to eight windswept distilleries.

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A Brief History of Plastic’s Conquest of the World

Editor's Note: The following is an excerpt from Susan Freinkel 's book, Plastic: A Toxic Love Story . Combs are one of our oldest tools, used by humans across cultures and ages for decoration, detangling, and delousing

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Researchers butter up the old ‘scratch test’ to make it tough

It might not seem like scraping the top of a cold stick of butter with a knife could be a scientific test, but engineers at MIT say the process is very similar to the "scratch test," which is perhaps the oldest known way to assess a material's hardness and strength — or, in scientific language, its resistance to deformation.

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