The math of even the simplest ocean waves is notoriously uncooperative. A team of Italian mathematicians has made major ...

Because of its prime location in Southern California, Long Beach is a vacation-worthy destination all year round. Naturally, ...

Passageways long after hours clamor with what sounds like an immense unsleeping crowd,” Pynchon narrates, one character ...

Financial realities have caught up to many legendary automakers, but every once in a while a storied brand gets another shot ...

RUMA, Ill. (AP) -- For Sister Angelita Myerscough, the voyage on the Andrea Doria 50 years ago was a little slice of heaven -- except for the sinking. "I just loved the sea," she said. "I was ...

Having taken a world-leading position in container shipping, billionaire Gianluigi Aponte has set his sights on the budget ...

This isn't "Pirates of the Caribbean" - the chances of pirates boarding your cruise ship are very slim. However, here's what ...

San Francisco’s annual Fleet Week is feeling the effects of a federal government shutdown that has now stretched into its second week. The shutdown has led to ...

On Thomas Pynchon.

The final cruise ship of 2025 has docked at a Pembrokeshire port today. The Atlas World Voyager has brought 117 passengers and 125 crew members to Fishguard in the penultimate stop of its а 21 days, ...

Where are cruise ships built? While Asia is the epicentre of shipbuilding when it comes to cargo and container ships, and the biggest shipyard in the world is in South Korea, almost all cruise ships ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Every time I read a Thomas Pynchon novel, I think of Tristram Shandy. Laurence Sterne’s 18th-century novel ends ...