A little more than a year ago, on a trip to Nairobi, Kenya, some colleagues and I met a 12-year-old Masai boy named Richard Turere, who told us a fascinating story. His family raises livestock on the ...

I’m on my summer holidays and although I love Scotland, sometimes it’s nice to go somewhere with a warmer climate. We work out what the climate in a place is by looking at the average weather for ...

The Maya weavers worked mainly with cotton, which had to be washed and picked clean of seeds. This was hard work! Cotton was associated with richer people. The loose fibres were spun into threads and ...