The Cheirosyphon, the portable Greek firearm
The Cheirosyphon, the portable Greek firearm
Greek fire was an incendiary weapon used by the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire that was first developed c. 672. The Byzantines typically used it in naval battles to great effect,...
Women are the power at Zan TV in Afghanistan
Women are the power at Zan TV in Afghanistan
Women appear on screens across Afghanistan reading news. But at Zan TV, launched earlier this year, they are the decision makers driving its content.
It's been more...
Ancient Roman neighbourhood discovered in France
Ancient Roman neighbourhood discovered in France
The ancient site revealed luxury homes, mosaics and items of furniture that date back to the 1st century AD.
Archaeologists work during the excavation of an ancient Roman neighborhood on...
Becoming a master sommelier might be the hardest thing in the world
Becoming a master sommelier might be the hardest thing in the world
Earning the accolade of Master Sommelier and winning the right to wear the coveted red pin is no easy task. Aaran Fronda looks...
Vinyl is back as a popular and profitable music medium
Vinyl is back as a popular and profitable music medium
Analogue formats were once thought dead, replaced by physical digital storage mechanisms that have themselves been usurped by online streaming services. Vinyl, however, is now...
Steeped in history but crumbling, Albania’s ‘slanted city’
Steeped in history but crumbling, Albania's 'slanted city'
Many of the centuries-old, fortified buildings, which won the southern Albanian town of Gjirokastra a place on the prestigious UNESCO World Heritage List in 2005 are at...
1,000-year-old China Song dynasty bowl sells for record $37.7m
1,000-year-old China Song dynasty bowl sells for record $37.7m
Bowl, originally designed to wash brushes, breaks record for Chinese porcelain, auction house Sotheby’s says.
A 1,000-year-old bowl from China’s Song dynasty sold at auction for $37.7m...
Rehab center in Turkey prepares addicts for life after drugs
Rehab center in Turkey prepares addicts for life after drugs
The Oya Bahadir Yuksel Rehabilitation Centre in Turkey's southeastern province of Gaziantep not only provides teenage addicts with treatment, but also offers them accommodation, education,...
Hazelnuts With Impact
Hazelnuts With Impact
Teresa Law
Teresa Law '81 shares the story of Mountain Hazelnuts — the largest hazelnut nursery in the world, which is planting 10 million trees, doubling the income of 15 percent of Bhutan’s...
Century Spice Road, Catch the Moon, Sagrada games review – fiendish fun
Century Spice Road, Catch the Moon, Sagrada games review – fiendish fun
Owen Duffy
A mission to track down exotic spices, building increasingly unstable ladders to the moon and designing glorious stained glass windows feature in...