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London Metropolitan Police forensic photographer used crime scene expertise to develop a process for revealing human fingerprints on porous elephant tusks, in this image from our photography archives.

After more than a century of work, the Sagrada Família's crowning tower is in place. Here's how architects executed the 19th-century masterpiece design with 21st-century tools.

More than a thousand years after a ship vanished off the coast of modern-day Croatia, archaeologists have uncovered a wreck that might reshape our ideas of the medieval world.

Gran Canaria and Lanzarote offer year-round sunshine, a mild climate, and delicious food and wine. Here’s how to plan your trip to one—or both.

Each spring, amateur astronomers attempt the ultimate stargazing challenge—an overnight quest to spot every galaxy, nebula, and star cluster in Charles Messier’s famous catalog. Photographer Alan Dyer ...