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Saturday, April 25, 2026

Human–AI collaboration inside a mission control room

Factory engineer working with an AI system to improve solar panel efficiency

Human judgment at the center of intelligent systems: experts and algorithms working side by side to guide decisions that demand context, ethics, and accountability

Mission control room showing human oversight of AI systems

Factory engineer using AI to optimise solar panel efficiency under human oversight

Science & Technology

Keeping humans in the equation

Designing AI systems that remain accountable, ethical, and resilient

Two exchange language students in white T-shirts working in an office in front of a world map

What language do you dream in?

Fluency in a foreign language isn’t about being perfect; it’s about being understood

Members of the Newar community perform a traditional dance at Patan Durbar Square during the Lalit Carnival, celebrating World Tourism Day

Newari cuisine: the living heritage of Nepal’s culinary art

From ritual feasts to daily meals, Newari cuisine reflects centuries of tradition, spirituality, and cultural harmony

Brain development isn’t just about growth: it’s about refining connections based on experience

Science & Technology

The five stages of human brain development

Recent research identified five distinct, non-linear structural phases over a lifetime

On the Street

A man and his pain

Will it hurt forever?

But he is tough

Nazi officers on Acropolis, 1941

Economy & Politics

Greek Resilience

The German Resistance

PiaLauriCapri’s designs embody elegance, comfort, and cultural respect

Fashion with a soul: PiaLauriCapri’s ethical elegance

Pia Lauri’s vision of sustainable luxury and social responsibility in contemporary ashion

Sand baths

Sand Baths as Tourist Attraction

Morocco desert sands are used for curatives purposes

People celebrate Oktoberfest in traditional outfits

The Beer that Bonds Cultures

A splendid view of San Fernando Cathedral.

San Antonio's Historical Religious Sites

All the buildings clearly show a Spanish influence

Architecture & Design

The Burj Khalifa in Dubai among dense urban towers at night, highlighting how engineering mastery supports vertical expansion

When architecture meets geotechnics for sustainable design

Looking into the role of soil, water, and terrain in shaping high-performance built environments

The interior of the main entrance hall at the Acropolis Museum in Athens

Architecture as curatorial instrument: the Acropolis museum

Reuniting the Parthenon’s sculptures and monuments through architecture

Art

Digital art by Kerwin Williamson

The art of Kendell Kerwin in a distracted age

A New York artist reclaiming attention, humanity, and depth in a world where images disappear in seconds

An artist paints a wall while working on the street

Art as placing, displacing, transforming

Process, perception, and the artist within the relational field

Culture

General Dwight Eisenhower visits the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory in 1946

Did Eisenhower meet aliens?

The president's secret UFO meeting

Man gazing into a mirror, gripping his face in confusion

What does it mean to be a man today?

From inherited roles to self-reflection in an age beyond traditional masculinity

Economy & Politics

Today, countries like China, United States, Russia, the European Union, and India all influence global decisions

Social justice in the new world order

Geopolitics, inequality and the future of democracy in a multipolar world

“Cargo of newly released enslaved people on board HMS London,” albumen print from the Michael Graham-Stewart slavery collection

Britain, slavery, and the reparations debate

Between moral claims and practical realities in a globalized world

Entertainment

Set in a future, post-apocalyptic Los Angeles devastated by nuclear fallout, Fallout follows citizens forced to live in underground bunkers to survive radiation, mutants, and roaming bandits

Laughing through the apocalypse

The rise of existential comedy

The National Museum of Indian Cinema was inaugurated by Hon’ble Prime Minister of India on 19th January, 2019 at the Films Division Complex, Pedder Road, Mumbai, India

The great Indian cinematic universe

From larger-than-life storytelling to post-pandemic struggles in Indian cinema

Fashion

Women dressed in traditional Japanese attire: elegant kimonos with vibrant colors and intricate floral patterns are present in Japan's streets even nowadays

Traditional Japanese fashion up to the 20th century

From ancestral ritual to modern aesthetic identity

A fashion designer stands at her workspace, arranging and examining fabrics

Zero-waste design: rethinking fashion from the first cut

How a radical approach to pattern-making, creativity, and resource respect could reshape the future of clothing

Feature

Better to let go, start fresh somewhere new

I just can’t say goodbye, not on my own

A decaying street shadows the preserved façade of Edgar Allan Poe’s former home, where memory, myth, and neglect blur into one uneasy landscape

The house that madness built

Wandering through poe’s legacy in a landscape of ruin and hallucination

Food & Wine

Japan, women participating in a traditional Japanese tea ceremony

Tea: from ancient traditions to modern cups

Exploring the history, types, benefits, and drawbacks of the World’s Favorite Brew

Novello is a municipality in Cuneo Province in the Piedmont region of northern Italy by Federico Moznich

Nascetta: the rebirth of a forgotten queen

A Renaissance of an indigenous Langhe wine born in the tiny town of Novello

Science & Technology

Only highly developed technology endures in space. Manufacturing can benefit greatly from Space Science advancements

From life in space straight to manufacturing industries

High-performance ideas from rockets and satellites can help companies operate more efficiently and with fewer defects

Machine learning models can incorporate hundreds or thousands of variables at once, learning subtle combinations of signals that may indicate elevated risk

Understanding sudden cardiac arrest with machine learning

Predicting who is at risk has remained one of medicine’s toughest challenges

Sport

A man in a green sweater holding a soccer ball

The silent stories of the academy system

Understanding the craft, sacrifice, and casualties behind football’s talent pipeline

A young girl practicing on the court, representing the foundation of sport built on love for the game

Why Norway doesn’t count children in youth sports

Why reducing competition in childhood leads to stronger athletes in the long run

Travel

The Grootrivier lagoon at sunset, Nature’s Valley, photographed by Obie Oberholzer.

A letter from Nature’s Valley

Ancient trees, a hidden hamlet, and the sacred land of Khoinania along the Garden Route of South Africa

Camps Bay, an affluent suburb of Cape Town, South Africa, as seen from Table Mountain

What no one tells you before visiting Cape Town

Here’s what I learned after spending time there

Wellness

A Renaissance portrait depicts a woman embodying the essence of the sun goddess, symbolizing the transformative power of feminine energy

Embracing feminine energy: unlocking intuition and empathy

Discover how feminine energy cultivates compassion and sustainability

A woman with white hair surrounded by white and pink flowers, symbolizing healthy aging and longevity

The longevity paradox for women

Healthspan, menopause, and the structural gaps shaping women’s aging

Discover our authors

Tracey Madeley Jones

Tracey Madeley Jones

Susanna Chabara

Susanna Chabara

Ijaz Ahmad

Setareh Tavakkoli

Setareh Tavakkoli

Daniel Gauss

Utkarsha Kesarkar

Utkarsha Kesarkar

Robert Smith

Tahash Yogendranathan

Tahash Yogendranathan

Hamreen Khan

Nadia Batok

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Alex Webb, Philadelphia, Rock ministries boxing club, 2016. Courtesy of Philadelphia Museum of Art

Rising up: Rocky and the making of monuments

25 Apr — 2 Aug 2026 at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Philadelphia, United States

Kathy Prendergast, Stasis field, exhibition view. Courtesy of Kerlin Gallery

25 Apr — 30 May 2026 at the Kerlin Gallery in Dublin, Ireland

Ron Arad, Good ping pong dining table, 2023. Courtesy of Opera Gallery

Ron Arad, from 1992 to 2026

27 Apr — 28 May 2026 at the Opera Gallery in Monaco, Monaco

Liz Trapp, Tea and oranges (detail), 2026. Courtesy of Contemporary Art Matters

1 — 31 May 2026 at the Contemporary Art Matters in Columbus, United States

Francisco de Zurbarán, Christ and the virgin in the house at Nazareth (detail), about 1640. Courtesy of the National Gallery © The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio

2 May — 23 Aug 2026 at The National Gallery in London, United Kingdom

Darren Waterston, Variation no. 3 (detail), 2026. Courtesy of Berggruen Gallery

A tiny radiance in a dark place

7 May — 25 Jun 2026 at the Berggruen Gallery in San Francisco, United States

Michael Gregory, Blush (detail). Courtesy of Berggruen Gallery

Far side of town

7 May — 25 Jun 2026 at the Berggruen Gallery in San Francisco, United States

Judy Chicago, Bigamy hood (detail), 2022, Mixed media on stamped aluminum form, 13.25 x 15.25 x 0.75 in, 33.66 x 38.74 x 1.91 cm, © Chicago Woodman LLC, Judy Chicago/Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York; Photo © Chicago Woodman LLC; Donald Woodman/Artists Rights Society, New York

The materiality of Judy Chicago

8 May — 22 Nov 2026 at the Alberta Pane Gallery in Venice, Italy

Patrick Puckett, Watermelon (detail), 2026. Courtesy of Wally Workman Gallery

Daze of our lives

9 — 31 May 2026 at the Wally Workman Gallery in Austin, United States

Amy Metier, Real and imagined (detail). Courtesy of William Havu Gallery

15 May — 3 Jul 2026 at the William Havu Gallery in Denver, United States

Henry Jackson, Ava (detail), 2026. Courtesy of LewAllen Galleries

Primal field. Interval

15 May — 20 Jun 2026 at the LewAllen Galleries in Santa Fe, United States

Spatial poems. Courtesy of MASS MoCA

23 May 2026 — 27 Apr 2027 at the MASS MoCA in North Adams, United States

Joana Vasconcelos, Gestalt, 2017. Courtesy of Museo Picasso Málaga

Joana Vasconcelos. Transfiguration

28 May — 26 Sep 2026 at the Museo Picasso Málaga in Málaga, Spain

Alfredo Jaar, The end (GSL_a) (detail), 2025. Courtesy of MoCP

Prix pictet storm

29 May — 22 Aug 2026 at the MoCP in Chicago, United States

Wendy McMurdo, Young Girl (iv) (detail), 2016. Courtesy of National Galleries of Scotland

The digital mirror

30 May — 25 Oct 2026 at the National Galleries of Scotland in Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Aesthetics of Change. Courtesy of MAK

Aesthetics of Change

15 Dec 2107 — 15 Apr 2018 at the MAK in Vienna, Austria

William Shepherd, In bedroom (detail), n.d. Courtesy of LewAllen Galleries

Western reliquaries

24 Apr — 23 May 2026 at the LewAllen Galleries in Santa Fe, United States

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