Today, archaeologists are still debating just how old the hoard is—and what it tells us about the end of the Roman Empire in Britain

This urban society in South Asia survived a weather apocalypse 4,000 years ago.

Nice guide for anyone looking to up their photography game.

I've always loved the smell of old books — and now, strangely enough, there's a new perfume that will help me smell them all the time. J.T. Siems, the founder of Sweet Tea Apothecary, has developed a new scent, Dead Writers, inspired by her many trips to the library. It's a rich and smoky unisex fragrance.

Plantain sellers, fruit vendors and market stalls line the road as taxis and local tro tro buses dart through the busy high street. The lively centre of Koforidua, hemmed in by lush green mountains, appears to be the typical Ghanaian city. A short drive outside town, atop the roof of the All Nations University College (ANUC), history is in the making. Members of Ghana’s first university space science laboratory, joined by a NASA engineer, are busily installing meteorological instruments.

It’s hard to imagine Steven Northington killing two people. The 43-year-old says he likes to make people laugh, “like a comedian”. He’s a loyal son to his troubled mother and father. He sends his younger sister birthday cards from prison and draws elaborate smiley faces on them. His defense team laughs with affection when they hear his name because he is, they say, “a character”. Between 2003 and 2004, Northington was slinging for a drug ring that flooded his...

He captured a crumbling city and almost went down with it. Then one man saw his photos. By Dan Zak.

There’s no need to spend money when you can fix something yourself. If you’ve popped a button on your shirt, worn down a hem on your pants, or busted a seam in your dress, these five hand sewing techniques can help you fix things in snap. By Patrick Allan.

Two Octopi fight for their lives with a stubborn restaurant cook in a comical escape through the streets of a small Greek village. By Julien Bocabeille, François-Xavier Chanioux, Olivier Delabarre, Thierry Marchand, Quentin Marmier and Emud Mokhberi, from the French school Gobelins. This animated short film has won several international awards.

Watch this fantastic and breathtaking science fiction short film by the incredibly talented Richard Mans! See how a strange mechanical device lands on a desolate world and uses the planet to undergo a startling transformation, that has profound implications for an entire galaxy. For more information about this film, please see the details and links below:

The museum closes when dusk falls, and when the darkness strikes, the 'Night Light' fills the hushed spaces. It wanders along vulnerable paintings and awakens the mysterious girl who knows her place in the painting the Night Watch, by the Dutch painter Rembrandt When she steps into the nocturnal world of the museum, the Night Light leads her through the spaces, and she opens doors behind other iconic Dutch masterpieces.

Our cultural history is crumbling. Not because of bad education—though one might make that argument—but because of chemistry. By Katherine Gammon.