99% Invisible: Where the Fuck Are We?
For centuries, the world's greatest minds were stumped by the deadly mystery of longitude, until an obsessive underdog entered the fray and changed navigation forever.
Not Just the Tudors: When Elves & Fairies Lived Among Us
In the mist‑shrouded Highlands, a quiet minister dared to trespass into forbidden realms. Convinced that fairies were not mere fables but a hidden nation with laws and lives of their…
99% Invisible: The Longest Fence in the World
How a fence meant to protect sheep transformed the entire Australian landscape.
What’s In A Watershed? Connection, Responsibilities, and Opportunities for Change
This comic zine takes a playful approach to teaching readers about connections between us, the water, other people, and other life in and around the water, through how water -…
Scientists discover why high altitude protects against diabetes
Thin mountain air may fight diabetes by turning red blood cells into sugar sponges.
US FDA reverses course, will review Moderna’s flu vaccine application
Dr. Jesse Goodman, former FDA chief scientist, called the approach the agency finally settled on very sensible, but said it was a "really badly done process" to get there. If…
‘Smiling’ fossil discovered on Holy Island
Christine Clark, 64, was hunting for fossils during a Boxing Day walk on Holy Island, Northumberland when something caught her eye. A tiny pebble seemed to be "smiling at me",…
History Extra podcast: What your hands say about you – according to history
What do your hands reveal about you? Historian Alison Bashford joins Elinor Evans to explore the extraordinary history of how people have interpreted the human hand. From ancient divination to…
Italy’s famous Lovers’ Arch collapses into the sea on Valentine’s Day
Rock structure which served as backdrop to countless proposals disappears into the Adriatic after storm
As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries and misidentified body parts
Medical device makers have been rushing to add AI to their products. While proponents say the new technology will revolutionize medicine, regulators are receiving a rising number of claims of…