Ntsiki Biyela Launches Aslina Wines

The first South African black, female winemaker's latest palate-pleasing wonders

Remarkable stories seem to follow Ntsiki Biyela, South Africa’s first black woman winemaker. Perhaps that’s because she’s earned them—through hard work, dedication, a preternatural understanding of wines and an impressive four-wine release from her new brand Aslina. The dawn of her winemaking future hinged upon a scholarship from Stellenbosch University to study oenology. The program—which she entered in 1999, five years after the end of …

Animals That Love Touchscreens

“Orangutans at the Miami Zoo are already using tablets to give their keepers dinner suggestions,” explains a new report by Atlas Obscura. We’ve long observed or heard about cats’ reactions to iPad games or penguins playing with tablets. But touchscreen use has grown beyond this and found value within scientific studies, rehabilitation efforts and plain old fun. Species ranging from tortoises to silverback gorillas and …

Oscar Mayer’s Healthier Hot Dog-Delivering WienerDrone

The newest member of Oscar Mayer’s WienerFleet, the WienerDrone will be making a hot dog delivery in Weiner, Arkansas for the Fourth of July. Joining the WienerMobile, WienerRover, WienerMini and a new WienerCycle, all vehicles in the fleet will be distributing a healthier variety of the product. The brand has removed all nitrates from its line of classic hot dogs. There will be no price …