The big thinkers at Aperture examine inventions that dramatically changed human life and society.

Hello, everyone! In 1799, an Italian scientist named Alessandro Volta invented electricity, and one and a half centuries ...

Net zero wasn’t always the target – the consensus used to be that we could continue releasing greenhouse gases and maintain ...

Jeanne Villepreux-Power created the first scientific aquarium to study marine life live. Her invention disproved long-held ...

Our staff discusses the biggest moments and advancements that took place between 2000 and 2025. Then we asked travel industry ...

When Sweden named its national treasures, the list was condemned as blinkered and dated. But it was also a chance to see the ...

Mr Crais makes an even bolder argument, and applies it more broadly. Over 700 gore-splattered pages, he contends that ...

Davos, Switzerland is a relatively small town. Its population is roughly 11,000 people. Once a year, this grows to 30,000 ...

From smartphones to net zero, there has been no shortage of innovative ideas in the past 25 years, which is why we have taken ...

The marriage between Europe and the United States has been fraught from the first—and now it might be coming apart.

Sven Beckert has spent nearly a decade trying to understand the 1,000-year-old thing that capitalism is. "This is a ...

Tristan Jurkovich began his career as a journalist in 2011. His childhood love of video games and writing fuel his passion for archiving this great medium’s history. He dabbles in every genre, but ...