The ancient city remains in the middle of a war zone. But a group has tried to save it — digitally.

The actor Simon McBurney talks about how he brings the Amazon to life in a New York theater.

Over several years in the 1940s, Michael Dillon underwent a groundbreaking physical transition from female to male through a series of surgical operations. It was just one part of his remarkable story of personal transformation. But all of that was just part of this Englishman’s remarkable story of personal transformation. Michael Dillon was outed by the newspapers after he transitioned from female to male in the 1940s. Dillon's pioneering journey is a fascinating story about gender, identity and spirituality.

"Europa" is an illustrated guidebook to Europe, written in four languages, and it's meant for refugees and migrants arriving in Europe.

Twenty-five of Uranus’ 27 moons are named for characters in Shakespeare’s plays. Why?

"Whenever something bad would happen, I would notice my mentions going up on Twitter, and the poem would sort of have a mini resurgence.''

In a recent essay for the Boston Globe, author Joan Wickersham makes that case that listening to Bach is not only good for the soul, but good in times of uncertainty.

We lost icons in 2016, but also musicians less well-known to American audiences. Here, we pay tribute to them all.

Real-life revolutionary women inspired those famous coiled buns.

Audric de Campeau has combined his two passions, beekeeping and winemaking, by making mead, an alcoholic beverage made with honey. And he ages his mead in the tunnels under Paris.