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China Now Has a 20th-Century Architectural Heritage List
A country with an uneasy relationship to its past will preserve 98 buildings of the 20th century for future generations
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Reach Out And Touch This Version of Klimt’s “Kiss”
A 3-D printed version of the classic painting lets blind people appreciate the artwork
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New Art Exhibition Celebrates 5,000 Years of Syria’s History
Syria is more than just a refugee crisis
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Did the Greeks Help Sculpt China’s Terra Cotta Warriors?
New analysis and DNA evidence suggests the 8,000 life-sized figures in emperor Qin Shi Huang’s necropolis owe their inspiration to the Greeks
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Commercial Modules Are Coming to the International Space Station. But You Can’t Visit Anytime Soon
Small, slow steps for private spaceflight
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This Is What 18th-Century Paris Sounded Like
A bygone age comes back to life in this painstaking reconstruction of the sounds of 1739
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Check Out This 3D Tour of a Villa in Ancient Pompeii
The Swedish Pompeii Project has digitally recreated a wealthy bankers villa and an entire city block using 3D scans from the devastated city
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“Extinct” Variety of Tree Rediscovered at Queen’s Palace in Scotland
Two Wentworth elms identified at Holyroodhouse escaped Dutch elm disease, which destroyed millions of other trees
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October Skies Herald Meteor Showers Throughout the Month
The Draconid and Orionid meteor showers will streak across night skies this month
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Channel Edward Hopper With a Night in His Bedroom
Stay in the childhood home of one of history’s greatest painters
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This Art Project Breathes New Life Into Blighted Buildings
Breathing Lights will illuminate hundreds of abandoned structures throughout New York
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Tour the World’s Biggest Manmade Cave in China
The 816 Nuclear Plant stands as a reminder of a paranoid past
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Vibrant Lightning Sprites Spark Above Hurricane Matthew
A photographer’s good eye captures an elusive phenomenon
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People Really Hate a Newly Repaired Stretch of the Great Wall of China
And for good reason
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Why Iceland’s Biggest City Turned Off Its Lights for One Night
Reykjavik decided to pause in the dark to witness one of Earth’s most beautiful phenomena
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An 1885 Ship Just Sailed Back to New York City
After a 16-month-long overhaul, the Wavertree has been restored to her former glory
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Chinese Malls Are Filled With Sad Animals
As cities spread, so do depressing mall zoos
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Getty Instagram Grant Winners Document the Drama of the Everyday
From teen moms to slices of street life
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