In Paris, women were banned from wearing trousers in 1800 – many flouted the law and bravely fought for their sartorial freedom. Here are 10 images capturing their distinctive style.

It involves the fracturing of a patient’s ribs, before they spend three months laced into a corset. Some of those who have had this cosmetic procedure say it is like being ‘hit by a bus’. Why is it ...

Botanists have described Carex ensiformis, a new sedge species from southern China, using morphological, micromorphological ...

“Das bunte Leben,” the Russian artist’s dreamlike panorama, bridges folklore and early modernism. The sale follows a 2023 ruling concluding that the work was seized from its rightful Dutch Jewish ...

Researchers were inspired by Lycurgus Cup, a chalice from the fourth century C.E. that appears opaque green under reflected light but wine red when lit directly. “To me, it’s magic,” the lead ...