Our world has been shaped by two all-consuming conflicts - and by a global superpower stand-off that brought the world to the brink of destruction. Explore the in-depth sections below.

This article was originally published with the title “ Mathematics in the Modern World ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 211 No. 3 (September 1964), p. 40 doi:10.1038 ...

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Lila Pereira, a successful media executive, rises to the top of her career but has to reckon with her youngest daughter, Grace, resenting her for not being a PTA mom. Grace also dredges up the ...

Our series focusing on mid-century modern design profiles the designers and architects responsible for one of the most enduring and influential design styles of the 20th and 21st centuries.

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The band, Varihnaz, has gained fans by offering an alternative to China’s hyper-polished, fast-paced modern life ... or get banned from world sports. With money from an oil boom, Norway ...

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At least two polling sites in the US election battleground state of Georgia were briefly evacuated on Tuesday after fake bomb threats that election officials in the state blamed on Russian agents.

Charles Baxter’s novel charges along so boisterously that it’s easy to forget the author is batting around some of the weightiest concerns of human experience. John le Carré’s son Nick ...