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Classic Sci-Fi Tropes: Fact or Fiction?
Fast-than-light travel, instantaneous communication, terraforming. Science fiction relies on...
Tragedy on Pobeda Peak: Rescue Called Off as Weather Worsens
Rescue efforts for Russian climber Natalia Nagovitsyna, who has...
Pair Finishes Third Leg of ‘5athlon’ From Norway To South Africa
Peyman Almar and Sailor (who goes by only her...
Freediver Shatters World Record With 29-Minute Breath Hold
BY ALEXANDER HARO
Vitomir Maricic, a freediver from Croatia, did...
Mission to Save Natalia Nagovitsyna on Pobeda Peak ‘Hopeless,’ Say Russian Authorities
The race to save Russian climber Natalia Nagovitsyna, stranded...
New Routes on the Matterhorn and Mont Blanc Are Still Possible
Despite more than a century and a half of...
A New Digital Forum For Whitewater Paddlers Launches
BY BRYON DORR
Since the popular Boatertalk forum shuttered in...
Pobeda: Race Against Time To Save Woman Climber Stranded at 7,150m
Extreme conditions continue to delay the rescue of Russian...
Can AI Stop You From Getting Hurt in the Mountains?
A pair of Japanese data scientists have published a...
Karl Bushby Back in Europe, Begins Last Leg of Journey
Karl Bushby set out from Punta Arenas, Chile, almost...
Climber Stranded For a Week on Pobeda Peak. Critical Rescue Mission Underway
A critical rescue operation is unfolding on 7,439m Pobeda...
K2 Skier Andrzej Bargiel Returns For a Third Try on Everest
Keep your fingers crossed, writes Andrzej Bargiel in a...
How Did a Devastating Ancient Plague Spread 5,000 Years Ago? From Domestic Sheep
A new breakthrough suggests that sheep and other livestock...
Crossing the Second Largest Non-Polar Icefield
Next week, Americans Kyle Sprenger, 23, and Jacob Myers,...
Found: The Oldest Black Hole in the Universe
Scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have...
