CNN – Style

By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — Advances in laser scanning have transformed how museums research and conserve paintings by mapping the textures, colors and dimensions of their surfaces in minute detail. Now, an innovative Austrian printmaking company is using the technology — and the rich data it produces — to offer art enthusiasts the chance

By Farida Zeynalova, CNN (CNN) — For some, home is where the heart is. In Azerbaijan, however, the saying goes, “xalçam harada, yurdum orada,” meaning “wherever my carpet is, that’s where I live.” Azerbaijan’s love affair with carpets is an inextricable one — a much-revered art form that’s been woven into its cultural DNA since

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — It’s the peak of holiday travel season. You paid $189 for a yearly Clear membership to breeze through airport security and cut to the front of the TSA line. But the flyers who paid a fraction of the price for a TSA PreCheck membership ($78 for five

By Marianna Cerini, CNN (CNN) — Move over twinkling fir trees and wreaths, eggnog, stockings and the office secret Santa — there’s a new kid in town. Over the last decade the ugly Christmas sweater has firmly embedded itself in yuletide culture. You know the one. It’s a wooly pullover, usually in different shades of

By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — Singapore’s Changi is often lauded as the world’s best airport – and it’s also one of the busiest. Travel intelligence company OAG has released its annual listing of the world’s busiest international flight routes, and three of the top 10 involve going to Singapore: connecting with Bangkok (in eighth

By Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN (CNN) — Nestled between the towering Japanese Alps and the meandering coastline of the Sea of Japan lies one of the country’s best-kept secrets: Hokuriku. Consisting of four prefectures – Toyama, Niigata, Ishikawa and Fukui – this region on Japan’s main Honshu island was a major hub during the Edo

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A 500-year-old Raphael painting is partially the work of another artist, according to a new study. A team led by scientists from England’s University of Bradford used artificial intelligence to determine that the face of Joseph in the “Madonna della Rosa” (“Madonna of the Rose”) was painted by someone

By Chris Liakos and Maya Szaniecki, CNN Paris (CNN) — A last-minute strike action that caused dozens of Eurostar cancelations on Thursday has ended. Eurotunnel said in a statement that an agreement had been reached between its management and trade union representatives following a year-end bonus dispute. It added that traffic would gradually resume following

By Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — TSA officers found 17 bullets wrapped in an “otherwise clean” baby diaper on Wednesday inside a passenger’s bag at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, the agency said in a news release. The hidden 9mm ammunition was discovered after a male passenger’s carry-on bag triggered an alarm in a Transportation Security

By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — It’s a simple but elegant black and white portrait of a women in a vintage nightgown — long, white and frilly — standing in a field of tall grass, as a gust of wind sweeps the dress behind her. The model, looking off camera, and leaving the viewer to

By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — They’d always made traveling a priority, and after settling down and having their first child, Courtney and Justin Orgias were keen to keep exploring the world as much as they could. While the couple, who both work in the tech industry, loved the idea of being able to log

CNN By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — One of the world’s most widely used cargo planes completed an entire flight with no one on board for the first time. Lasting approximately 12 minutes in total, the flight departed from Hollister Airport, in Northern California, and was operated by Reliable Robotics, which has been working since

By Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — Since the summer solstice back in June, the days have grown steadily shorter and the nights have grown steadily longer in the Northern Hemisphere. But that’s about to reverse itself. Winter solstice, the shortest day of the year and the official first day of winter, is on Saturday, December

By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — One of the world’s most widely used cargo planes completed an entire flight with no one on board for the first time. Lasting approximately 12 minutes in total, the flight departed from Hollister Airport, in Northern California, and was operated by Reliable Robotics, which has been working since 2019

By Radhika Marya, CNN (CNN) — It was the summer of 1966. The Beatles were in the middle of a tour that had them play five shows in just three days at Japan’s famed Nippon Budokan arena — but when they weren’t performing, they were holed up in the presidential suite of the Tokyo Hilton

CNN By Radhika Marya, CNN (CNN) — It was the summer of 1966. The Beatles were in the middle of a tour that had them play five shows in just three days at Japan’s famed Nippon Budokan arena — but when they weren’t performing, they were holed up in the presidential suite of the Tokyo

CNN, WMTW By Jennifer Henderson, Caroll Alvarado and Sarah Engel, CNN (CNN) — Passengers on the cruise ship MSC Meraviglia didn’t get the balmy getaway they were expecting. The ship, scheduled to sail to the Bahamas this week, instead headed to New England and Canada “due to unseasonable and rapidly worsening weather that would have

By Jennifer Henderson, Caroll Alvarado and Sarah Engel, CNN (CNN) — Passengers on the cruise ship MSC Meraviglia didn’t get the balmy getaway they were expecting. The ship, scheduled to sail to the Bahamas this week, instead headed to New England and Canada “due to unseasonable and rapidly worsening weather that would have made it

By Jack Guy and Claudia Colliva, CNN (CNN) — A French court has rejected an appeal by an elderly couple who were paid €150 ($165) for a rare Gabonese mask that later sold for more than €4 million ($4.4 million) at auction. The couple claimed that the art dealer who bought the mask from them

By Silvia Marchetti, CNN Rome (CNN) — A five-year dig into the side of Rome’s Palatine Hill yielded treasure last week when archaeologists discovered a deluxe banquet room dating from around the first or second century BC, featuring a sizeable, intact, and brightly colored wall mosaic. Estimated to be around 2300 years old, the work