while surveying the New Hebrides as part of his expedition to the South West Pacific. In Tanna, David interviews members of the John Frum cargo cult. The group's members take an unusual interest ...

Of course, the planes never came, despite the increasingly elaborate attempts of the 'cargo cult' to mimic the runways in greater and greater detail. I wonder what Mr Feynman would have thought of ...

In World War II, the American military landed on a remote island in the Pacific. Their cargo amazed the people on the island, leading to the creation of a new religion known as the 'Cargo Cult ...