Abschied (Parting) by Sebastian Haffner (1907-1999) is dominating the bestseller charts in Germany. It has been published posthumously, over 25 years after his death, after the manuscript was found in ...

Professional athletes from around the world spend years training to compete in some of the UK’s biggest summer sporting tournaments: Wimbledon and the British Open. But not all tournament hopefuls ...

Over the course of three nights in 1422, the woman had visions of aggressive pets and insatiable worms tormenting a beloved friend.

Countries have come to rely on a network of cables and pipes under the sea for their energy and communications. So it has been worrying to read headlines about communications cables being cut and, in ...

Sexting – the creating and exchanging of sexual texts, photos and videos – has become part of many people’s sexual and romantic lives. In an age where interpersonal relations often take place through ...

The same love of landscape that pushed wind farms out to sea now fuels opposition to the cables that bring power back to land.

Your bed is a buffet for bacteria, dust mites and fungi. Here’s how to clean it properly and why it matters for your health ...

An expert in public policy asks if it will ever be possible for political parties in Europe to be honest about the limits of growth – and still get elected.

Riprap can bury the spawning habitats of fish, increase river temperatures and exacerbate erosion elsewhere. There are alternative ways to stabilize riverbanks.

From sitcoms to stand-up routines, the idea that women have smaller bladders has become a cultural punchline. But is it anatomically accurate? The short answer? Not really. The full picture reveals a ...

What remains of Machel today is, above all, his ethical teaching. He died poor, committed to the cause of his nation.

Seattle astounded housing advocates around the country in February 2025, when roughly two-thirds of voters approved a ballot initiative proposing a new 5% payroll tax on salaries in excess of US$1 ...