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Japan's first Setouchi Art and Industry festival (3-31 Oct 2026) turns seven working factories - a 197-year-old salt works, a uniform maker, a battery plant, a denim street - into a dispersed art museum across Okayama and Ehime. Here's what's inside, and how to visit.
At Don Yai Thong in Phetchaburi, two small gold rings—one plain, one inscribed in ancient Brahmi—are helping archaeologists read a much larger story about ritual, status, and long-distance connections in Iron Age Thailand.
A new Smithsonian display makes one deep-time lesson instantly vivid: some ammonite shells still flash rainbow color 69 to 72 million years after they formed. Here’s why those fossils glow, what they reveal about North America’s inland sea, and why shell lovers should care.
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is now fueled and aiming for an Aug. 30 launch, and the mission promises something delightful: a much wider view of space, faster sky surveys, and a new way to glimpse distant worlds.
In Kyoto this July, Gion Matsuri’s great Yamaboko Junko processions turn city streets into a living museum of woodwork, textiles, music, and neighborhood pride. Here is what makes the festival’s giant floats so special, and why the evenings before the parade may be just as memorable.
In Phang Nga, small beginner-friendly waves are being reimagined as part of a science-based wellness journey. A June pilot and a July rollout are turning surf time, breathwork, and coastal calm into one of Thailand’s freshest travel ideas.
Off Croatia’s Mljet island, a decade-long excavation has brought up gold buckles, coins, and a signet ring from a 7th- or 8th-century shipwreck. The finds are dazzling, but the deeper wonder is how one wreck is helping historians see the Adriatic’s early medieval travel world with fresh clarity.
For two evenings on July 22–23, Chidorigafuchi swaps spring pink for summer gold as 2,000 lanterns glide across the Imperial Palace moat. Here is what makes the ritual special, how it works, and where to stand if you want the full glow.
Astronomers have found strong evidence for a giant companion circling the brown dwarf CD-35 2722 B, and the discovery is exciting for two reasons at once: it may be the clearest exomoon candidate yet, and it also shows that the universe can be more imaginative than our vocabulary.
A 26-day NOAA and Cook Islands expedition is turning one of the Pacific’s least-seen seafloors into a live public classroom. With dives planned as deep as 6,000 metres, the project makes serious marine science feel surprisingly close and wonderfully watchable.
Pick up a shell on today’s shoreline and you are holding the long afterglow of one of Earth’s biggest turning points. A new Stanford-led study shows how the Great Dying 252 million years ago helped decide which shells would become the familiar stars of modern beaches.
Jurassic World: Rebirth has given Phang Nga’s limestone lagoons a fresh moment in the spotlight. Here is what makes the real bay so memorable, plus the practical details that help visitors enjoy it with a lighter footprint and a richer sense of place.
On July 20, officials began clearing structures at Phuket’s Nui Beach in a move that could return one of the island’s most talked-about coves to wider public use. The story is less about drama than about how a shoreline, step by step, is being prepared to feel open again.
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