Runes were the first writing system of the Germanic people, appearing in the early centuries AD and used in Scandinavia until ...

You’re behind two locked gates up a private road and the rest of the world is so far out of sight, it’s as if you’ve been ...

The sea around this island boasts a rich marine life, with seals, jellyfish, porpoises, whales and dolphins 'not uncommon'.

On Sunday, 59.2 million German voters go to the polls at a time of unprecedented domestic and international tensions ...

For a religion that preaches the transience of all things, the ever shifting sands of China's western deserts might seem the ...

Welcome to Smartphone Picture of the Week! Each week, we select and share your best smartphone photos in an online feature here on our website, and on our social media. We’ll be updating this page ...

The British Museum has just unveiled the winning design in an international architectural competition for the substantial ...

Khalil Morad El Ghilali is aiming to construct 200 houses, each between 75 and 100 square meters across 7 hectares. El Ghilali is an enthusiastic exponent of these rammed earth buildings, this ...

In the past 30 years, they’ve been helped in these studies by digital tools like geographic information systems (GIS). GIS is a computer system that uses software and data to map, analyse and manage ...

How Federal Employees Are Fighting Back Against Elon Musk Some civil servants are using whatever levers they have to resist the orders of the world’s richest man, both in public and behind ...

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