Refugees of the war in Sudan tell their story in horrific detail, narrowly escaping perhaps the greatest massacre of our times.

By promising humanity’s survival through an escape into space, New Space may be contributing to the destruction of our planet.

Mina, a 20-year-old Inuk, has escaped homelessness and social exclusion, which affect Indigenous peoples in Canada on a massive scale. Now she wants to become a psychologist.

Raw materials can bring prosperity but also economic ruin. Is there a way to escape the curse of resources?

Between 1618 and 1748, thousands of German-speaking people fled to North America and Eastern Europe to escape famine, disease and religious persecution. 

One year after the fall of Assad, the threat of Islamic State is still present in a divided Syria.

All the great scientists have tried to come up with a theory of everything. All have failed.

For some he is an idol, for others an enemy of the state: Assange's revelations challenged US hegemony.

Boredom has a bad reputation. But it could hold the key to our existence.

In Thomas Harris’s novel Hannibal, psychopathic serial killer Hannibal Lecter escapes from prison in the USA and goes to live in Florence.

It was during the Communist era that Polish fantasy emerged, reflecting a desire to escape to a better world.

They make wine, bake bread or weave carpets: In San Patrignano, Italy's addicts are finding their way back to normal life.

There were no serpents on Gran Canaria until a pet snake escaped no more than twenty years ago. Now they are a serious problem.

A journey in the footsteps of a man to whom many families owe their lives: Aristides de Sousa Mendes.