Reminding us of the kind of kids’ storybook viewer into which slot circular wheels of film frames, this similar retro feel device likewise features two eyepieces, and indeed two lenses. Where it ...

Question: I have a pair of my great-great-grandmother’s opera glasses. They were given to her by her husband around 1875-1885. The glasses need to be taken apart so the lenses can be cleaned. I am ...

is a senior tech and policy editor focused on online platforms and free expression. Adi has covered virtual and augmented reality, the history of computing, and more for The Verge since 2011. In 1983, ...

When the opera Appomattox premiered in 2007, it put on stage a piece of history that was more than 140 years old. But creators Philip Glass and Christopher Hampton recently decided the story wasn't ...

J’Nai Bridges, Anthony Roth Costanzo, and Dísella Lárusdóttir as the Egyptian royal family in Akhnaten. Karen Almond / Met Opera The melancholy opera Akhnaten, with its oracular texts and elegantly ...