Thirteen museums built to be worth the journey on their own, from a grain silo carved into galleries in Cape Town to a mirrored bowl in Rotterdam holding an entire collection.
This is not a Star Wars museum. It is a billion-dollar argument that the hierarchy we inherited, the one that puts oil painting at the top and comics somewhere near the service entrance, was never anything more than a habit.
The complete guide to Googie architecture: where the name came from, the architects behind it, 20 buildings to know, a one-day Los Angeles route, and why the space-age style is finally being taken seriously.
Cambridge scientists and a bio-designer built a living battery from blue-green algae. It has been generating power for six years. No charging required.
The sleek hideaway in Ex Machina is real. It is the Juvet Landscape Hotel in Valldal, Norway, and its glass-walled rooms are still bookable today.
Off Le Morne Brabant in Mauritius, sand and silt pour over an ocean shelf, creating a stunning underwater waterfall illusion best seen from the air.