Tech house of the future: take a look around

Smart ovens, living carpets, robot butlers and beds that remind you to have sex – then make themselves. Welcome to your home of tomorrow

The Paris climate summit at a glance

Get up to speed on the most important climate change event ever with our bite-size guide

World’s first Porsche classic car center opened its doors to historic car connoisseurs

Arnhem in the Netherlands is the location of the world’s first Porsche centre for classic cars. Porsche, one of the most collectable and desired marque of all sportscars, announced the opening of the first center dedicated to restoring and selling vintage Porsches. By 2018, Porsche intends to open a global network of 100 centers. Locations … Read more

How humans are driving the sixth mass extinction

Scientists have been warning for decades that human actions are pushing life on our shared planet toward mass extinction. Such extinction events have occurred five times in the past, but a bold new paper finds that this time would be fundamentally different. Fortunately, there’s still time to stop it.

Global demand for cruising has increased 68 percent over the past decade. Cruising’s Top Ten Countries

Global demand for cruising reached 22.04 million passengers in 2014, up 68 percent from 13.1 million passengers in 2004, according to a new study from Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), the largest cruise industry trade association and the leading authority of the global cruise community. Since 2013, demand for cruising grew 3.4 percent, from 21.3 … Read more