Prohibition aimed to curb male violence. Instead, it gave rise to female bootleggers, policy advocates, and a cultural shift ...

Video game tourism is on the rise as the games’ immersive and interactive worlds spark wanderlust in their biggest fans. From Oslo to Tokyo, here are eight places where gamers can level up.

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In Cape Verde, life feels at the mercy of the elements. But hikes on Santo Antão island reveal the West African archipelago as a place where the people are welcoming and days end in passionate ...

For years, scientists have experimented with engineering techniques that can safely modify rainfall. But experts say the ...

Thousands of solar tornadoes swirl above the sun’s surface at any given moment. These remarkable photos give us a glimpse at these stunning cosmic phenomena.

For more than 200 years, the São José Paquete d’Africa lay hidden off Cape Town’s shore. Its excavation in 2014 uncovered a ...

Child mortality has been halved in the last 25 years. Building on this progress, new innovations in immunization are working ...

Pesticides, habitat loss, and light pollution are threatening firefly populations worldwide, but even in urban areas, some ...

With a proven link between malnutrition and illness, human ingenuity is working to end the root cause of around half of all ...

Innovation is driving incredible new solutions to some of the biggest risks associated with pregnancy and childbirth in ...

Nefertari was the beloved wife of Rameses II, and her extravagant tomb proves it. Its restored paintings tell an interesting ...