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Franco-German chef Lucie Fischer-Chapalain discovers unusual ingredients and creates her own tasty and original dishes with them.

A giant ball of gas with a temperature of up to 15 million degrees, the Sun is the origin of life on Earth and still holds many secrets...

What if it was exhausting to live up to the ideals of masculinity? From Antiquity to the present day, this is the story of virility.

How did Iran become the sworn enemy of Israel and the United States, despite being allies of Iran’s Shah in the 1970s? A look at shifting geopolitics and war in a troubled region.

Said to drive away evil spirits, the pagan tradition of kukeri is alive and well in Bulgaria.

Originally covering some 600,000 square kilometres, Canada's prairies have been largely converted to farmland over the last fifty years.

It’s the most popular drink in the world after water and a major global industry.

ARTE Book Club studies Virginia Woolf’s original and influential essay on what has held back women from contributing to the arts.

The saint that became a gay icon

25 naked and languid women loll about as the viewer becomes the voyeur: this is The Turkish Bath by Ingres

From the frontiers of the Roman Empire to the European Schengen area, a fascinating trip through the origins of borders.

Originating in Japanese manga culture from the 1980s, Cosplay has gone global in the decades since

In February 1996, a creature arrived out of nowhere that would become the world's most profitable franchise.

The myth of Monaco: from a remote fishing village to one of the richest countries in the world.

According to a widely believed story, the vibrator was invented by male doctors to treat hysteria with orgasms.

Life emerged about four billion years ago, but exactly where and how it started is unclear. 42 tries to find out the answer.

The painting that caused a scandal

The Sistine Chapel could have looked very different...

Spectacular architecture for new museums and opera houses is now commonplace. But is the often eye-watering price tag worth the investment?

Lose weight effortlessly without dieting? That's what the weight-loss jab promise. A weekly injection and the pounds melt away.