Dogs
March 5, 2026

Dog Helped Save the Lives of Husband and Wife by Detecting Cancer in Both of Them

Animals have a sixth sense, as the adage goes, but this is especially true of Ceto. When the Labrador-retriever mix suddenly grew anxious around his owner and began poking at her, she decided to visit a doctor. It turns out that the dog’s odd behavior had predicted her cancer diagnosis. The story begins in Cary, North Carolina, in January 2021, when Ceto began acting strangely around 36-year-old Chase Johnson.

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Design
March 4, 2026

Art Basel Awards Trophy Eschews Gold for Cloud-Like Glass That’s One of a Kind

When the newly established Art Basel Awards invited Swiss architect Jacques Herzog to design its inaugural trophy in 2025, he knew exactly what he did not want. Herzog rejected the idea of a gilded statuette or a triumphant knight. Instead, he pursued something lighter and more poetic. The final design is a hand-blown swirl of clear glass that is shaped, in part, by breath, evoking a drifting cloud caught mid-formation.

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Photojournalism
March 4, 2026

A Photojournalist’s Tireless Quest to the Heart of Mongolia’s Altai Mountains [Interview]

Keeping track of all of Claire Thomas’s adventures is no easy task. Throughout her career, the photojournalist has ventured to the West Bank, chronicling the lives of Palestinians under military occupation; she has documented burning oil wells in Qayyarah, Iraq, set alight by retreating ISIS soldiers; she has investigated the Ghanaian women accused of witchcraft and banished to remote camps; and she has traveled across the vast expanse of the American West.

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Archeology
March 3, 2026

700-Year-Old Shipwreck Reveals a Trove of Ceramics Challenging History Itself

Near the eastern entrance of the Singapore Straight lay a trove of centuries-old ceramics just waiting to be discovered. But it wasn’t until the late 2010s when archaeologists excavated the site and recovered about 3.5 tonnes of ceramic shards, now part of what’s known as the Temasek Wreck. It marked the first ancient shipwreck ever found in Singapore’s waters. Researchers worked on the site between 2016 and 2019.

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