Pamukkale in Turkey looks like a snowy paradise but its hot springs have been a geothermal tourist attraction for millennia, long before today’s Instagrammers found them.

Already home to the world’s tallest skyscraper and the world’s largest mall, Dubai has just opened another record-breaking attraction – the deepest dive pool in the world. With a staggering depth of ...

NANTERRE, France — We are taught, rather early in life, that correlation is not causation. But something is keeping the world’s best swimmers from swimming their usual fastest at these Summer Games.