It doesn’t stick to the rules’: The reason Sinners has become a true box-office sensation

After great reviews and buzz, Ryan Coogler’s vampire film had an extraordinary second weekend at the box office. It’s a victory for a wholly original big-budget film in a cinema landscape dominated by familiar franchises. In less than a fortnight since it was released, Sinners has already made more money at the US box office … Read more

Can Mount Everest really be climbed in a week?

A commercial expedition is planning to take clients up the tallest mountain in the world in record time with the help of xenon gas. But some in the climbing and medical world worry whether the strategy is an unnecessary gamble. When Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary made their first successful ascent of Mount Everest in 1953, … Read more