When restaurants close, Americans lose much more than a meal
Restaurants have always been about more than feeding city residents. During the 1918 flu pandemic, they were kept open as sites of social solidarity.
March 20, 2020 • ~8 min
Hunters of rare Swiss ibex stir Alps wildlife row
A Swiss region allows trophy hunters to shoot ibex, but the elusive animal remains rare in the Alps.
Nov. 6, 2019 • ~6 min
Pesticide poisoned French paradise islands in Caribbean
France has a pollution crisis in the Caribbean caused by toxic chlordecone sprayed on banana crops.
Oct. 24, 2019 • ~7 min
Paralysed man moves in mind-reading exoskeleton
A man who had not walked for two years was able to move all his limbs thanks to new technology.
Oct. 3, 2019 • ~5 min
Why are Nike trainers washing up on beaches?
From Bermuda and the Azores to Ireland and France, large numbers of shoes are washing ashore.
June 19, 2019 • ~8 min
Normandy sand holds relics of D-Day
Sand from a 1988 visit to Omaha Beach—site of the ferocious D-Day invasion—reveals that traces of the battle remain there long after June 6, 1944.
June 6, 2019 • ~5 min
Lonely teens don’t all reach for social media
Facebook isn't always the go-to coping strategy of lonely teens, research in France shows.
June 6, 2019 • ~3 min
Prehistoric stone engraved with horses found in France
A carving believed to be about 12,000 years old has been discovered in south-western France.
June 6, 2019 • ~2 min
Spain alarmed by French bear's attacks on sheep
France released two brown bears in the Pyrenees - but one has now killed eight sheep in Spain.
May 17, 2019 • ~3 min
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