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After becoming a new mother, National Geographic Explorer Nichole Sobecki set out to document how rising temperatures are ...

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There’s a strange and intriguing reference in the writings of a first-century Roman poet who describes a showdown between ...

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Gunn’s reconnaissance flight of March 5, 1942, was the RAF’s 113th mission to find and photograph the Tirpitz —a high-stakes ...

A walking tour of the capital offers a delicious window into Egypt’s past and present, with cardamom-infused coffee and ...

Every year billions of birds die from glass window collisions, or from house cat attacks. These incidents can be avoided, and ...