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animalsMillions of hungry caterpillars may soon fall onto the illegal coca fields of South America as the Colombian…
Geography & TravelA handmade wooden staircase spirals around the trunk of the oldest tree in france, an oak known as the Chêne…
Science & ResearchHistorians have long wondered how the ancient Egyptians could have built the pyramids out of stone blocks weighing…
natureThere are things on this Earth that have been alive since before the Great Pyramids were built. They have survived…
photographySometimes, the extent of environmental damage from factory farming, oil spills, deforestation and mining can’t…
Science & ResearchHow incredible is it to be able to look upon the facial expression of a deceased man who lived and died thousands…
History & TriviaSurprise! The world didn’t end today just because the Mayan calendar ended. The Ancient Maya may be best-known…
Nature & EcosystemsCan the colors of a woolly worm predict the severity of the upcoming winter? There are many old wives’ tales and…
History & TriviaInfographics take data and turn it into pictures that are easy to understand and remember. Brush up on your…
Nature & EcosystemsIt’s humbling to look up at a tree and realize that it has been alive much longer than you have, and will likely…
Nature & EcosystemsIn the valley of the whales, the fossils tell a story: one of evolution, of a species moving from land to sea over…
History & TriviaWith Earth Day 2012 officially over, it’s time to think about the aftermath of this holiday: what has the annual…
Science & ResearchWe have become obsessed with eliminating bacteria, attacking with gels and wipes the microbes we associate with…
Nature & EcosystemsFor a big rock that happens to be trapped in our planet’s orbit, the moon certainly has a lot of pull –…
Geography & TravelIn 1994 in Southern France, three cavers made an astonishing discovery after following an air current coming from…
architectureIt’s ugly. It’s huge. It cost $30 million. But the 51-foot-tall floodgate that was long considered a…
Science & ResearchWhy would a flourishing civilization, advanced for its time, suddenly cease to exist, its inhabitants gone and its…
Geography & TravelJust under the surface of Nottingham, England, there’s hidden world ripe for exploration, from a 14th century…
Nature & EcosystemsIn Montana, children gleefully haul trout out of the water of a river that recently wasn’t able to support life…
Geography & TravelVandalism, climate change, encroaching development and rampant commercialism – these are just a few of the…