A cnidarian is attached to a dead sponge stalk on a manganese nodule in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone. Diva Amon and Craig Smith, University of Hawaii at MānoaPicture an ocean world so deep and dark it feels like another planet – where creatures glow and life survives under crushing pressure.
Mae Reeves and her husband, Joel, pose with her hats at Mae's Millinery in Philadelphia, circa 1953.
EQRoy/ShutterstockIn 2024, Heathrow was the busiest airport in Europe by passenger numbers and the fourth busiest worldwide. Nearly 84 million passengers passed through its five terminals during the year.
Great news for the greater horseshoe bat? ATTILA Barsan/ShutterstockFor years, nature has been blamed as a blocker of economic growth.
The Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny is one of the biggest stars of the music world. After becoming Spotify’s most-streamed artist for three years in a row – the first and only artist ever to do so – he sold out all 49 dates of his 2024 U.S. tour, netting US$211 million.
Experts predict that egg prices will keep climbing in 2025. Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty ImagesThere may be no kitchen table issue in America more critical than the price of food.
So when the price of eggs rose over 40% from 2024 to 2025, it became a headline news story in Colorado and across the nation.
A movement that wanted to merge North America into one nation and extend its borders as far as the Panama Canal might sound incredibly familiar. But this group, called the “technocracy movement”, was a group of 1930s nonconformists with big ideas about how to rearrange US society.
richardjohnson/ShutterstockThe UK government is calling it the “biggest shakeup to the welfare system in a generation” – prompted by what the prime minister described as the “devastating” cost of sickness and disability benefits.
SObeR 9426/ShutterstockLegend has it that William Tell shot an apple from his young son’s head. While there are many interpretations of the tale, from the perspective of the theory of technology, a few are especially salient.
H_Ko/ShutterstockThe cannabis-derived product CBD has been hailed “the wonder drug of our age”, offering potential health benefits without the high. From juices and coffee to truffles and ice cream, CBD products have flooded the market for consumers looking for an answer to health problems from anxiety to insomnia.
