Find out more about the props, practical effects and artistry behind some of cinema’s most imaginative worlds.

On September 14, at the 2026 Air and Space Cyber Conference in Maryland, Troy Meink, the 27 th Secretary of the United States Air Force, was giving a speech about how the military was stepping up to ...

In the 19th and 20th centuries, this fishing village transformed into a city of more than three million inhabitants. But capitalist speculation, drug trafficking, and bloody political struggles ...

Often mistaken for obesity, lipedema primarily affects women. Researchers are working to understand its biology—and develop ...

“I took a hundred pictures of it,” remembers Nogales-Ascarrunz. “I was so fascinated.” ...

The River Thames is the soul of England’s capital. Along its hallowed banks, it’s possible to glimpse the past lives and ...

In Peru’s Amazon, Indigenous women are opening their communities to visitors and sharing traditions shaped by centuries of ...

With a name that means ‘sunlight’, the town of Nikko in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, is intimately bound to the ...

For centuries, the Bayeux Tapestry has preserved the glory of the Norman Conquest and the drama between Harold Godwinson of ...

One of the world’s great open-air museums, Luxor’s West Bank is also a living, breathing neighbourhood best explored by ...

Her twins Alexander Helios and Cleopatra Selene were made prisoners. But they still had a big role to play in Roman history.

Crossing the lakes and woodlands to the border with Norway, the fäbodleden—or fäbod trail—blends nature, great food, and ...