In the mud of the Western Front, a cold nose could mean rescue. Mercy dogs searched no man’s land for the wounded, carrying first aid and guiding medics through shell craters. Thousands of lives were saved by instinct and quiet courage. Read the full story.

Electric cars feel like a thoroughly modern development, quietly gliding through city streets with an efficiency that would have seemed improbable not long ago. Yet, more than eighty years before today’s EV boom, one French designer was already imagining a compact electric future. His solution did not resemble anything on the road. It looked like an egg. The L’Oeuf Electrique was created in the early 1940s by industrial designer Paul Arzens, and it remains one of the most un

Mid century mugshots from Philadelphia reveal more than crime records. These 1950s and 1960s booking photographs capture fashion, social change and the human stories behind police archives.