The portuguese man o’ war

Many birds have fabulous plumage to attract mates or send warning messages. Some of the colours in their feathers are produced by microscopic structures on the feather surface that absorb and reflect

After spending over a decade mapping our Milky Way, the European Space Agency’s Gaia satellite is now being put into retirement. The spacecraft has almost depleted its reserves of the cold nitrogen ga

How a Castilian knight fought Christians and Muslims alike to become a national icon

Amazing answers to your curious questions

WHETHER BIKING TO CASTLES OR KAYAKING THROUGH GORGES, A TRIP CENTRED ON THIS RIVER IS THE EPITOME OF EUROPEAN ROMANCE.

Reading the city sounds like something a psychogeographer might do, but in a sense we all do it whenever we move around, on foot or on wheels: route, encounter, diversion, disruption. That shop’s re-o