A Voyage Into the Art of Finding One’s Way at Sea

When leaving an atoll of the Marshall Islands, in the Pacific, Alson Kelen prefers to sail after sunset. It’s like navigating ...

Surf's down! Munich, until now an inland surfing hotspot, has lost its biggest wave

Munich's famous river wave, the Eisbachwelle, vanished after a dredging in early November. Authorities are working to ...

Surfers off Midtown Beach carved waves during Veterans Day cold front in Palm Beach

Temperatures in the low 40s on Nov. 11 did little to dissuade surfers, who spent hours riding the waves at Midtown Beach in ...

They chose to die together on the Titanic. Now a reminder of their love story is going on sale

Isidor and Ida Straus are remembered as two of the highest-profile victims of the Titanic disaster. More than a century after the tragedy, the pocket watch Isidor was wearing at the time has come up ...
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“This World of Tomorrow” and “Oedipus” Dramatize the Power of the Past

Tom Hanks plays a time-travelling tech titan, and Mark Strong and Lesley Manville star in a modern tragedy.
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80-Foot Rogue Waves Are Predictable...But Are they Rideable?

The first and largest documented rogue wave was an 84-foot behemoth, which struck the Draupner platform oil rig, off Norway ...