Rhino horn, bowmouth guitarfish rings—social algorithms facilitate a $23 billion business. In the summer of 2020, Jennifer Pytka spent...

And humans are desperately trying to mimic its properties in boats and swimsuits. Not many people get close enough to a shark to pet it....

On the southern tip of Galiano Island, a diagonal, 28-kilometer-long strip of land suspended off the coast of southern British Columbia,...

But critics caution the online test isn’t quite ready for prime time. The classic eye exam may be about to get an upgrade. Researchers...

These traditional handicrafts require exoskeletons, magnolia buds, and a steady hand. Along the gray brick houses of Beijing’s hutongs,...

A conservation tale 120 years in the telling. When visitors enter Nanhaizi Milu Park, they step onto a long wooden bridge that stretches...

New to the colorful exhibit halls of the Centre Pompidou in Paris, a robotized silicon nose and mouth spouts AI-generated prayers in a...

A historical head-scratcher inspired the world’s worst jelly bean flavor. (Atlas Obscura) EVERY OCTOBER, AROUND 200,000 PEOPLE gather in...

Meet some of the troupes taking an ancient tradition to new heights. (Atlas Obscura) At the biannual Genting World Lion Dance...