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This Ship Was So Unstable It’s Capsizing Again… in a Mu...

Luke O’Sullivan explores the history and ongoing conservation of the 17th-c...

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The Etruscans, the Ancient World’s Greatest Untold Stor...

Overshadowed by the rise of the Roman Empire, the Etruscan civilization — a...

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Rain Bombs

A deadly—and growing—global weather phenomenon mystifies scientists.

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The Ancient Mystery of the Himalayan ‘Skeleton Lake’

In 1942, an Indian forest ranger discovered a remote lake, high in the Hima...

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America Made Its Most Toxic Lake. Now We Need What's In...

America’s most toxic lake may also be one of its most overlooked resources....

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Earth’s Core Should Be Impossible. A New State of Matte...

Is Earth’s core a solid or a liquid? Yes. The mysteries of our own planet’s...

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Strangest Islands That Actually Exist

Some islands are strange because of how they formed. Others because of what...

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What's inside this crater in Madagascar?

Right in the center of the island nation of Madagascar there’s a strange, a...

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Venezuela's "Islands In The Sky", Explained.

The tepuis of Venezuela, Brazil and Guyana are billion-year-old "islands in...

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The Cascadia Megaquake Is Inevitable. And It Will Resha...

The Cascadia Subduction Zone represents a profound disaster in the making....

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These Places Shouldn't Exist… But People Live There

Have you ever wondered how far humans are willing to go to build a home? Ar...

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The Lost Star of the Pleiades: Ancient Stories Around t...

Cultures from North America to Australia share legends of a missing star in...

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How Do Tornadoes Form?

Tornadoes are the most violent storms on Earth, with wind velocities that c...

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Sunken 4th Century Basilica

Uncover the sunken remains of a 4th-century basilica in Turkey. Submerged b...

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Why Is Pluto No Longer a Planet?

For decades, students learned that our solar system had nine planets—with P...

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Is This Earth’s Most Treacherous Coastline?

The Outer Banks, known as the "Graveyard of the Atlantic," is home to thous...

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