Six months after a ceasefire was announced in Gaza, conditions remain dire. The cost of rebuilding the enclave’s infrastructure alone is estimated at more than $71 billion. Also, Spain takes the lead ...

Over the weekend, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez hosted a first-ever summit of progressive leaders. He used the event to condemn the US-Israeli war on Iran and called on the European Union to ...

How long is the English coast? Or, for that matter, the coast of Portugal, Brazil or Kenya? Turns out, experts are not in agreement, thanks to a phenomenon of measurement called the coastal paradox.

On Sunday, a robot called Lightning, made by Honor, a Chinese smartphone maker, won a half marathon in Beijing in just 50 min, 26 sec. That’s several minutes faster than the human world record-holder, ...

Hatshepsut is likely a name many people have never heard. Even though she was pharaoh of Egypt for 22 years and one of the most powerful women in antiquity. That’s because two decades after her reign ...

New York City stalwart rockers The Strokes made headlines with their second set of the final weekend at Coachella. They ended with a song they rarely play, “Oblivius,” and its chorus “What side you ...

Hidden for centuries, music by women composers of the Renaissance has largely remained outside the public canon. Musica Secreta is a British ensemble dedicated to researching and performing this ...

Copenhagen once had a Human Library, where you could go on a weekend and borrow a person — for a conversation. The nonprofit’s mission to “unjudge” people has caught on globally in over 85 countries.

They’re dolls, but you might not realize it unless you pick one up. They’re known as “reborn babies,” and they originated in ...

Vande Bharat trains can reach speeds of 100 miles per hour and have reduced travel times on routes across India. Although ...

National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek has been walking across continents for his project, the Out of Eden Walk. In that time, his perception of the flow of time has changed drastically from his ...

Pope Leo XIV was in Algeria on Tuesday as part of his 10-day visit to African nations. While visiting the Muslim-majority ...