How WW2 changed the French diet
(Credit: Getty Images) More than 80 years after D-Day, the recipes and ingredients introduced during France’s wartime occupation are slowly making a comeback. By June 1940, German forces had blitzed...
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The abandoned US quest to control hurricanes
A DC-6 plane used in US hurricane research (Credit: Office of Noaa Corps Operations) An ambitious project to weaken or divert hurricanes generated decades of suspicion and disagreement. What did...
The abandoned US quest to control hurricanes
A DC-6 plane used in US hurricane research (Credit: Office of Noaa Corps Operations) An ambitious project to weaken or divert hurricanes generated decades of suspicion and disagreement. What did...
How a little town became Japan’s unexpected art haven
Once polluted and suffering from depopulation, Naoshima has become Japan’s hottest contemporary art enclave – and there are signs that life there may be finally rebounding. Shinichi Kobayashi has idyllic...
Scotland’s epic 210-mile bikepacking adventure
(Credit: Getty Images) The Badger Divide lets bikepackers wind, climb, dip and slalom through some of Scotland’s most stunning scenery by day, and wild camp along its moors, glens and...
Scotland’s epic 210-mile bikepacking adventure
(Credit: Getty Images) The Badger Divide lets bikepackers wind, climb, dip and slalom through some of Scotland’s most stunning scenery by day, and wild camp along its moors, glens and...
‘Underwater needle in a haystack’ – how a diver found...
Shipwreck mystery solved after nearly 140 years Dr Harry Bennett said the SS Nantes sank “with the loss of a substantial number of the crew” The mystery of a maritime...
200-year-old condom ‘in mint condition’, says Dutch museum
200-year-old condom ‘in mint condition’ says museum The sheath is dated to about 1830, the museum says (image pixelated) An almost 200-year-old condom – in “mint condition” – has just...
India central bank delivers sharp rate cut as growth and...
India central bank delivers sharp rate cut as growth and inflation fall India’s inflation has fallen to a six-year low led by food prices going down India’s central bank has...
Suspect in Colorado fire attack planned for a year, FBI...
FBI officials say the suspect threw two incendiary devices into a group of pro-Israel demonstrators A man accused of throwing Molotov cocktails at demonstrators attending a march for Israeli hostages...
