What the Russians thought of James Bond in the 1960s

The newspaper Izvestiya dismissed the film of Dr No as ‘rubbish’; but Novy Mir had a shrewder, more prescient take on the Bond ‘brand’, James Fleming discovers
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Egyptian pharaoh reveals his secrets after ancient mummy is 'digitally unwrapped'

Egyptian scientists have unwrapped a 3,500-year-old royal mummy without peeling away a single layer of embalming linen.
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Shipwrecks, Stolen Jewels, and Skull-Blasting Are Some of This Year's Best Mysteries

These unfinished tales still flummox historians, scientists, artists, and chefs.
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How are Rome's monuments still standing?

Nearly 2,000 years on, how are the Colosseum and the Pantheon still standing despite earthquakes, floods and military conflicts?
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China's road to homegrown chip glory looks to be going for a RISC-V future

The RISC-V Summit is over - here's what you need to know
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Long Long Man

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China Evergrande finally defaults. Now what?

Instead of resolving questions about the fate of the Chinese behemoth, the announcement that it has defaulted has only deepened them.
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Alaska’s Absent Snowy Owls

The only reliable snowy owl breeding site in the United States has a conspicuous shortage of owls.
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Why happiness is becoming more expensive and out of reach

New research from University of Sydney has found that the income level required to be happy in Australia has been increasing and moving out of reach of most Australians.
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Canadians all crash their cars on the first snow day, it's because we're idiots

If you cause a collision on the first snow day of the year, it’s not an “accident"; it's because you're a dope
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Satellite reveals Australian coal mines emit much more methane than expected based on national reporting

A group of Dutch scientists has used space instrument TROPOMI to calculate methane emissions from six Australian coal mines. Together, these account for 7 percent of the national coal production, but turn out to emit around 55 percent of what Australia reports for their total coal mining methane emissions.
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