Whatever happened to Berlin’s deserted ‘ghost’ airport?
Not a single passenger has used this hi-tech European airport yet. Will they ever arrive?
17 surprising facts about snow
Whether you love frolicking in the white stuff at the first sign of a snowflake or prefer bundling up and hibernating until the spring thaw, or even if you’ve only ever dreamed of touching a snowball, here’s a blizzard of brrillliant snow-driven facts…
The animal mothers who kill for power
Female infanticide is found in nearly a third of mammal species. What is going on?
German dorms are so pricey, students are building their own
Students in many of the country’s university towns can’t afford the rents – so one enterprising group has proposed a constructive solution.
South Africa’s flammable floral kingdom
This scorched shrubland has three times as many plant species as the Amazon rainforest, and needs to burn to survive.
Four ways in which Leonardo da Vinci was ahead of his time
Leonardo da Vinci is generally recognised as one of the great figures of the Renaissance and one of the greatest ever polymaths. As the world marks the 500th anniversary of his death, it’s important to look at some of the ways in which he showed that – as well as being a painter, sculptor and engineer – he was a thinker who was way ahead of his time.
Why ‘worthless’ humanities degrees may set you up for life
Today, a degree is all but a necessity for the job market, one that more than halves your chances of being unemployed. Still, that alone is no guarantee of a job
Should we drink milk to strengthen bones?
For generations, we’ve been told milk helps build strong bones. But does science back this up?
A paradise in a buffer zone
Outside the last physically divided city on Earth, a small, olive oil-producing farm surrounded by barbed wire thrives in a UN-controlled buffer zone.
How to learn a language in an hour a day
Being bilingual has vast benefits – but getting there needn’t be a lifelong slog.