The sport, which involves hurrying up high-rises, is ascendant

It is also at the forefront of a new film and copyright dispute

The author of “Persepolis” returns with a riveting collection of illustrated stories

A recurring theme of his novels was life’s coincidences

Data show that the amount of sexual content in top films has sharply declined since 2000

The race between Carl Linnaeus and Georges-Louis de Buffon to categorise all life had long-lasting consequences