Education

By shooting an apple off his son’s head, William Tell inspired both the Swiss people to fight for independence and a world-famous opera. Yet the celebrated marksman was more myth than man.

A German cryonics start-up is offering a chance at a second life for the cost of a sports car. Is cryogenics within reach, or still an empty promise?

Houses are still standing in the burn zone in Los Angeles, ones that made it through the fires. Experts on the ground are finding those homeowners made some key preparations.

As the college admissions landscape grows ever more competitive and cutthroat, families with high school students are increasingly taking education into consideration as they make major decisions about professional growth, personal finance, and where they choose to live.

The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, introduced by the Government of India, marks a significant turning point in the country’s educational landscape.

Chicago, where I live, is a city of striking architectural uniformity. Rows of sturdy two- and three-story flats stand at attention on countless streets. Their fronts come in different colors and have idiosyncratic decorative flourishes.

It was​ all sweetness verging on smugness. On the evening of Monday, 6 January we sat in the hot tub in the backyard and looked at the unfull moon. There were really only two small questions preoccupying me.

Spurred on by a New York Post story about Pope Francis opening "five sacred portals" this Christmas, the goofier corners of the social media world are breathlessly sharing warnings that the Pope is planning to open the "Tomb of Lucifer," or the Devil's Tomb this holiday season.

Every Irish person abroad has experienced a moment of excited recognition from a well-meaning local. Ah, they say. You must love this famous Irish stalwart: U2, The Cranberries, Colin Farrell, Paul Mescal, or—for a grim period—convicted sex offender Conor McGregor.

I once owned a photograph of Yukio Mishima squatting in the snow, dressed in nothing but a skimpy white loincloth, brandishing a long samurai sword. Mishima’s torso is buffed from years of bodybuilding, his legs almost spindly by comparison.