What is vaporwave? Much of today’s vaporwave art draws on Japanese anime and retro aesthetics from the 1980s and 1990s, yet the movement originated in the United States in the early 2000s. It began...
It’s the world’s most popular assault rifle. A weapon all fighters love. An elegantly simple nine‑pound amalgamation of forged steel and plywood. It doesn’t break, jam, or overheat. It will shoot w...
Have you ever met someone like this? Crude-mouthed, meddlesome, loathed by everyone around him. Greedy for every bite of food, useless at every task. The words “asking for a beating” practically st...
Researchers transplanted four clumps of brain tissue grown from human stem cells into mice whose cerebral cortex was almost entirely absent. Months later, these mice not only regained lost maze mem...
On February 13, 1960, deep in the Sahara, a camel’s pupils caught the glow of two suns. Dozens of kilometres away at a nuclear test site, soldiers stared, their tricorn insignia glinting. They burn...
June 22, 1986. World Cup quarter-final in Mexico: Argentina versus England. Six minutes into the second half, Diego Maradona put the ball in the net to give Argentina a 1–0 lead. Right after the g...
Who do you admire? Some look up to self-made wealthy people; others respect those who stay optimistic after enduring hardship. Our heroes vary, yet do they share something in common? Over a centur...
In 2001, the American film Black Hawk Down hit theaters. It recounted the botched 1993 capture operation by US troops stationed in Somalia. Thanks to its gritty, hyper-realistic style, Ridley Scott...
What comes to mind when you hear the Philippines? Bananas, Filipino domestic workers and tutors, or its call center industry? Home to over a hundred million people, the Philippines rarely grabs gl...
In February 2021, the UN Security Council held a video conference on Haiti and criticized the Haitian government. In recent years, Haiti’s political factions have repeatedly engaged in destructive ...