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A retired consultant in Wales represents Kiribati from his house. Can you engineer that on purpose? The playbook, the vetoes, and the plaque.

From a Poozeum in Arizona to Tokyo's parasite museum, we explore the world's most oddly specific collections and the obsession behind them.

The Arctic has a binding rescue treaty. Antarctica has nothing. Here's who actually comes when you're stranded at the poles.

One pole is a militarized chessboard, the other a treaty-bound science preserve. Same frozen water — completely opposite outcomes.

Before automation, someone had to trim the wick, crank the clockwork, and keep the light burning through the storm. What was that job really like?

Voter turnout is one reading from one instrument. What else tells us whether a democracy is actually engaged?

Eight countries keep consulates in Jerusalem that bypass their own Tel Aviv embassies. The reason goes back four centuries.

Israel's Academy of the Hebrew Language can coin words the state must use — but it can't make anyone say them. Why 10 million speakers might be the...

Sleeper trains, cargo ships, and vehicle relocation — the surprising alternatives to flying that already exist.