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A Sumerian stone carving with cuneiform script.

Ancient Sumerian Palace Discovered in Iraq

A 4,500-year-old palace from the Kingdom of Lagash unearthed...
Loury Lag during a training session for his upcoming expedition.

French Kite Skier Prepares to Solo Northwest Passage

French "professional explorer and crazy dad" Loury Lag has...
Pierre Auzias speaks to the camera from his dogsled in 'A Greenlander.'

Weekend Warm-Up: A Greenlander

"I'd been trying to find a way of living...
black hole

Black Holes Harness Dark Energy To Grow The Universe: Study

Sometimes, scientific theories sound like the most absurd of...
a map of Japan with a focus on Osaka

One, Two, Skip a Few: Japanese Government Recounts Islands, Finds 7,000 More

Thirty-five years ago, the government of Japan counted 6,852...
Liam Garner on a bicycle in the desert

Teen Becomes Youngest Person to Cycle from Alaska to Argentina

Liam Garner was 17 when he stood at Prudhoe...
adam ondra sending menagerie, the second hardest route of his life

Watch Adam Ondra Scream His Way Up the Second-Hardest Climb of His Life

I’d think I would have gotten tired of watching...
trees in a forst

Do Trees Really Network Via a ‘Wood-Wide Web’?

The idea that trees communicate and share resources via...
a shot of the asteroid entering the atmosphere above Brighton, England.

Asteroid Flares Out in Spectacular Light Show Over Northern Europe

Observers in northern Europe got quite a treat early...
a detailed image of the sun against a black background

Watch Part of the Sun Break Off and Swirl Around in a Vortex

These are delicate, stressful times, and I know that...
the last blue mountain mountaineering actor

Weekend Warm-Up: Watch Old-School Climbing Go Wrong in ‘The Last Blue Mountain’

This is neither an endorsement nor a condemnation, but...
jorge diaz-rullo climbing mejorando la semfaina

Jorge Diaz-Rullo Joins Tiny Cadre of Climbers Who’ve Sent 9b+

It’s a minimal coterie in the 9b+ club. Since Adam...
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Ice Climber Who Fell Into Lake Superior Presumed Dead; Search Suspended

Authorities have presumed that James Bake, of Gaylord, Mich.,...
rock climbing in the rio negro, patagonia

Where Ski Mountaineering Meets Trad Climbing: Epic Routes in Rio Negro, Argentina

Athlete Colter Hinchliffe combines skimo, trad, and freeriding in...
Mont Blanc du Créton.

Cazzanelli and Partners ‘Dream’ Up New Route in Italian Alps

The alpinist’s defining challenge is to confront the impossible....
monster penguin

160Kg Monster Penguin Once Roamed New Zealand

In 2017, a churning tide cracked open 57-million-year-old boulders...
svalbard

Tom Cruise Seeks Permit to Film Next ‘Mission: Impossible’ in Svalbard

Everybody knows how much Tom Cruise loves to run...
Quaoar

At Solar System’s Edge, A Dwarf Planet’s Rings Confound Scientists

In the far reaches of our solar system, scientists...
k2 climbing house's chimney

Would You Climb This if Your Life Depended on it? House’s Chimney on K2

Some mountain features will win beauty contests, and some...
brown crab

You Butter Believe It: Early Neanderthals Cooked and Ate Crab

How does fresh crab in a scenic Portuguese seaside...
grandes jorasses first ascent

New First Ascent on the Grandes Jorasses

It took two attempts, but climbers Giuseppe Vidoni, Richard...
stefano ghisolfi excalibur

Ghisolfi Claims ‘Excalibur,’ Suggests It’s Now Italy’s Hardest Route

After prolonged anticipation among rock climbing devotees and fanboys,...
An illustration of three of Jupiter's moons: Io, Europa and Ganymede.

Jupiter Retakes Lead as Planet With the Most Known Moons

Well, it appears that Jupiter has once again outpaced...
alps avalanches

Avalanches Kill 11 in Switzerland, Austria, Italy

A slew of avalanches rocked the Alps over the...

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