Just a few years ago, Microsoft was seen as a lumbering has-been. Now it’s a contender for the title of the world’s most valuable company.

VILSHULT is an IKEA ready-to-hang photo of Amsterdam that has been sold over 427,000 times. After many of my friends asked me why I bought such a “mediocre” photo for my living room, I decided to find out how this photo was made and how it ended up o ...

Instruments picked up the seismic waves more than 10,000 miles away—but bizarrely, nobody felt them.

The author of '1984' created a set of writing guidelines that are more valuable today than when he created them.

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Ars chats with author Deborah Blum about her new book, The Poison Squad.

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How did Choc, a quirky calligraphic typeface drawn by a French graphic designer in the 1950s, end up on storefronts everywhere?

In our two-part series, Ars looks at what Snowden's disclosures have wrought politically and institutionally.

Cash is disappearing in the country faster than anyone thought it would. Now, officials are trying to slow its demise as they determine the societal costs.

The social network is criticised for allowing a 16-year-old child bride in South Sudan to be auctioned off to the highest bidder on its platform, with her father receiving 500 cows, two luxury cars and two bikes among other gifts.

If you really want to understand how Silicon Valley works today, you should watch the HBO series “Silicon Valley”.

DeepMind now wants its health app to become an AI assistant for nurses and doctors around the world.

Plants are boring. They just sit there photosynthesizing while animals have all the fun. Right? Not so much. Take a look at the interactions between ants and plants—plants have evolved features specifically to make them enticing to ants, like juicy n ...

In Mozambique, researchers are racing to understand the genetics of elephants born without tusks—and the consequences of the trait.

A top Egyptian antiquities official says local archaeologists have discovered seven Pharaonic Age tombs near the capital Cairo containing dozens of cat mummies along with wooden statues depicting other animals and birds.

US whistle-blower Edward Snowden yesterday claimed that Saudi Arabia used Israeli spyware to target murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Hustle is everywhere, but it isn’t just hard work -- it’s showing that you’re working hard.