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World’s Oldest Cave Art Found in Indonesia
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Bad Weather Stalls Early Progress on K2
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Pakistan Alpine Style: No Summit on Ultar Sar
Ethan Berman, Sebastian Pelleti, and Maarten van Haeren gave...
‘Extremotolerant’ Moss Could Grow on Mars
Scientists have discovered a species of moss that lives...
Another Japanese Climber Dies on Spantik
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Earliest-Known Rock Climb Stood Unrepeated for Centuries
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A Massive Earthquake Once Changed the Course of the Ganges
About 2,500 years ago, a huge earthquake hit the...
‘Hitchhiking’ Ants Use Cars to Colonize New Territory
Inside their complex colonies, ants take on one of...
The Pisco Controversy: New Route or Variation?
Last week, Spanish climbers Eneko and Iker Pou announced...
Exploration Mysteries: Lost City of the Kalahari
In 1885, tightrope walker-turned-explorer William Leonard Hunt was searching...
Small Population of Woolly Mammoths Survived for Centuries, Against All Odds
Ten thousand years ago, as the Pleistocene ended and...
Climbing History of the Peaks of the 2024 Cutting Edge Grants. Part 3: Jannu East
Every spring for over a century, the American Alpine...
Clean up that Doo, Fidlet! Linguist Untangles Antarctic Slang and Society
Hey Antarctic newbie, are you a "fingee" or a...
Weekend Warm-Up: Trail Running Every Mountain in Wales
Will Renwick is the first to tell you that...
China Just Retrieved Rocks from the Dark Side of the Moon. What Does This Mean for Science?
On Tuesday, a strange bell-shaped casket floated gently down...
Singing Lemurs Share Ancient Musical Heritage with Humans
Singing has served as one of the world’s main...
