Caroline Chaboo’s eyes light up when she talks about tortoise beetles. Like gems, they exist in myriad bright colors: shiny blue, red, orange, leaf green and transparent flecked with gold. They’re members of a group of 40,000 species of leaf beetles, the Chrysomelidae, one of the most species-rich branches of the vast beetle order, Coleoptera….
From Latin America to Saint Lucia, the April 2024 travel trends reveal that wellness-oriented excursions are more popular than ever before. Though wellness and travel have gone hand in hand for some time now, these kinds of health-themed vacations are becoming increasingly popular and more widely accessible. For instance, Naya Traveler specializes in trips to…
Michael Bloomberg ranked 12th on Forbes’ rich list with an estimated $106 billion fortune. The Bloomberg LP founder doesn’t appear on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index due to editorial policy. That’s a striking omission given the Bloomberg is worth more than Ford and GM combined. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized…
A team of archaeologists from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki have uncovered a well-preserved marble head of the Greek god Apollo during excavations in Philippi, northwest Greece. Dated to the 2nd or 3rd century C.E., the head presents a fine-featured young man with a wave of curls and his customary laurel crown—details, archaeologists said, that mark…
First came containers loaded with equipment for a secluded property under renovation on the edge of the forest. It had housed a horseback riding academy and a cafe, but was being reconfigured for a mysterious enterprise. Then muscular young men appeared, jogging through the trees at strange hours and speaking to one another in English….