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Famed Everest Documentarian David Breashears Dies at 68
The mountaineering community has lost a luminary.
David Breashears died...
Hidden Martian Volcano Taller Than Everest Could Hold Glacier
Astronomers in Houston announced a Texas-sized discovery on the...
Diabetic Rower Dies on Trans-Atlantic Voyage
One long-distance rower set out across the Atlantic Ocean,...
Inside a Powerful Ancient Man’s Tomb: Dozens of Human Sacrifices
A newly discovered tomb in Panama contains a fortune...
Herders Struggle to Survive Deadly Mongolian ‘Dzud’ Winter
Herders in Mongolia are undergoing an unusually harsh winter...
Magnet Fisherman Hauls Rare Viking Sword From English River
Any angler will tell you, you never know what...
Found: World’s Oldest Forest, Which Changed Life Forever
If you were hiking through the world’s oldest forest,...
Breakthrough Draws ‘De-Extinction’ of Mammoth Nearer
Colossal Biosciences announced yesterday that it has created cells...
Slightly Stale: Turkish Loaf Ranks Among World’s Oldest Bread
Ever eat day-old bread? Try 3,147,760-day-old bread.
That's what food...
Our Lost Human Ancestors, Closer to Us Than Neanderthals
When archaeologists recovered a human finger bone fragment from...
Paleo Cosplay? Archaeologist Tests Homemade Neolithic Gear in Scandinavia
Experimental archaeologist Markus Klek is having a blast walking...
Miracle Discovery: Three Tiny New Moons Found Orbiting Uranus, Neptune
How hard would it be to spot an object...
1,800 Years Later, Ancient Greek Druggist’s Pharmacopoeia Won’t Die
There’s something to be said for traditional medicine. And...
Aussies Crush 3,000km Record on New Zealand’s Proudest Trail
Attention, Kiwis: your unsupported land speed record just got...
First Kiss: Smooching Began 1,000 Years Earlier Than Previously Thought
Leave it to a couple of doctoral candidates on...
Alpinists Snag Tenuous First Winter Ascent of ‘Scream of the Butterfly’
Purchase was desperate and margins were razor-thin for three...
Hidden Undersea Mountains off Chile Hold 100+ New Species
Many have pointed out that we know less about...
‘Odysseus’ Becomes First Privately Built Spacecraft to Land on Moon
Just days after a SpaceX rocket blasted off toward...
Wild, Touching — and Even Funny: Best Underwater Photographs of 2024
Marine photographers from all over the planet submitted to...
Poison Dart Frogs’ Fancy Footwork Helps Drum up Dinner
If you thought toe-tapping was out of style except...
