In the 19th century, the linear idea of time became dominant – with profound implications for how we experience the world ...

A documentary connecting two Singapores: the Asian country expanded on imported sand and a town in Michigan buried by dunes ...

For India’s travelling stunt drivers, who risk their lives for a living, freedom lies on the other side of fear ...

A millennial and her centenarian friend take a unique road trip ...

is a German-born historian of science and magic who runs the Forbidden Histories website. His first book Psychical Research and the Formation of Modern Psychology is forthcoming. He lives in the UK.

Visually striking and intricately crafted, the traditional armour and weaponry of the Kiribati islands in the Pacific Ocean were built from coconut fibre, human hair, sharks’ teeth and porcupine fish.

Slavery in Latin America, on a huge scale, was different from that in the United States. Why don’t we know this history?

You notice an ant struggling in a puddle of water. Their legs thrash as they fight to stay afloat. You could walk past, or you could take a moment to tip a leaf or a twig into the puddle, giving them ...

As AI’s endless clichés continue to encroach on human art, the true uniqueness of our creativity is becoming ever clearer Should we simply assume that all animals can feel pain and are of moral ...

Young Europeans join far-Right movements less out of grievance than out of a profound yearning to believe and belong ...

Through her paintings, Georgia O’Keeffe laid claim to New Mexico’s desert landscape. But it was never hers for the taking ...

After decades of experimenting on animal brains, the US neurosurgeon Robert J White proposed executing a ‘whole body transplant’ on a rhesus monkey in the late 1960s. By performing a complex surgery ...