How Does a 31-Foot Yacht Rise 5 Feet Above the Water?

How do you make a 31-foot yacht move faster without simply adding a bigger engine? Enata Marine’s Foiler answers that question with four carbon-fiber hydrofoils that lift…

She Disappeared After a Dubai Party. Ten Days Later, Two Very Different Stories Emerged

She vanished after a party in Dubai—and for 10 days, nobody knew where she was. Then Maria Kovalchuk was found alive but so badly injured that she…

Jeju Missing-Person Scandal: Her Case Was Closed in Hours. Then Her Body Was Found

What began as one missing-person case in Jeju has now triggered a nationwide review of about 310,000 cases. A police officer is accused of falsifying records and…

Jimmy Hoffa Walked Into a Restaurant. He Was Never Seen Again

Jimmy Hoffa drove to a Detroit restaurant expecting to meet two powerful men. Instead, someone picked him up—and he vanished without a trace. More than five decades…

The Waterwitch Sank. Then a Fisherman Risked His Life to Save the Survivors

The Waterwitch was sinking below Newfoundland’s cliffs, 25 people were trapped in the freezing darkness, and help could not reach them from above. Then one local fisherman…

Two Women Disappeared in London. Then Police Found Their Bodies Hidden in Two Different Places

At first, they looked like two separate disappearances. Then the bodies were found, and the same landlord appeared at the center of both cases. Jin Hyo Jung,…

A Gorilla Grabbed a Tourist’s Hair. Then Another Gorilla Charged In. But What Really Happened?

The video from Uganda looks like a tiny piece of human drama dropped into the middle of the jungle: one gorilla grabs a woman’s hair, another rushes…

They Thought He Would Never Walk. Then He Started Running on Two Legs

They wanted to remove both of his hind legs. Most people would have expected the little Boxer to spend the rest of his life unable to move…

Northern Cyprus Ferry Capsized 15 Minutes After Departure. What Went Wrong?

The Filo Jet had been sailing for only 15 minutes when passengers suddenly realized water was entering the vessel. The ferry, carrying 267 people from Kyrenia to…

BMW Put Car Technology on a Boat—and It Can Fly

BMW built a boat that can lift its own hull out of the water—and that strange trick may be the real reason it can travel so fast…