We don’t often think of our clothing as plastic, but much of it is. Polyester, nylon, acrylic and other synthetic fibers are commonplace in the blended fabrics we wear every day. As a result, textiles ...

THE DEVELOPMENT of synthetic beef reminds me of what in Kinyarwanda we used to call “nilo” or, more crudely, “niro”, in the 1950s. These were shirts that were worn by the heavyweights of the time; ...