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Cédric Kouamé travels across Ivory Coast to collect old vinyl records before restoring them. The Ivorian DJ hopes to bring national attention to his passion through an official centre dedicated to the country's historical archives, as FRANCE 24's team on the ground reports.
In Deja Vu’s latest episode, William Dalrymple explores ancient India’s global influence – and how it was overlooked.
A 120-million-year-old fossil forgotten in a museum for nearly a century has revealed a terrifying new dinosaur that may have been more dangerous to humans than a T. rex. The tiger-sized predator also provides the first evidence of megaraptorans in Europe, helping explain how these mysterious dinosaurs eventually became gigantic hunters.
Glauber Rocha’s 1970 work “Cabezas Cortadas” (“Cutting Heads”) will be among the anticpated restorations in progress presented at this year’s International Classic Film Market (MIFC), taking place during the Lumière Film Festival in Lyon. The MIFC’s Re>Birth Programme showcases five ongoing or upcoming restoration projects as well as five recently restored films, selected for the […]
A 30-year forestry experiment in Australia found that heavily thinned mountain ash forests grew unusually large trees while recovering enough carbon to match or exceed untouched areas. The results suggest carefully managed thinning could support timber production, wildlife habitat, and carbon storage at the same time.
In Hollywood, parallel thought is a funny thing. As in every other sphere, two or more people can have a similar idea at the same time, but when those ideas bloom into movies, their release can feel like a land rush. Which is more firmly cemented in moviegoers’ memories, “Dante’s Peak” or “Volcano”? “Lambada” or […]
In Pereira, Colombia, earthquake survivors living in pay-by-the-day rooms now face homelessness, overcrowded shelters, illness, and a struggle to be counted.
