Features

Luca Guadagnino's new film about Open AI and its co-founders Sam Altman and Ilya Sutskever offers a stark warning. Given recent news, its release couldn't be more provocatively timed.

The myth of Nicolas and Pernelle Flamel, medieval Parisians said to have made gold with a philosophers' stone, sparked a centuries-long obsession. Here's the real story.

Born following a nasty case of frostbite, the Sourtoe Cocktail has become a rite of passage for locals and visitors – and it might just be the world's most unusual drink.

Artworks depicting the ancient Greek goddess of love and beauty, have long been branded obscene. How did she become one of the most controversial figures in the history of art?

Some scientists think that temperature could be just as important as light at training the body's circadian clocks.

A Russian lab technician has died at a plague research centre in Siberia, but there are many reasons pneumonic plague is usually easily contained.

This sequel to The Social Network dramatises how a Facebook whistleblower exposed the company's secrets. But with a "dead-eyed" Jeremy Strong as Mark Zuckerberg, it lacks thrills.