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We Asked Astronomers What Their Favorite Thing in Space Is
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Avalanches Can Set Mountain Goat Populations Back a Generation
A new study conducted over 44 years in Alaska...
Solved At Last: The Mystery of New York’s Burping Lake
For centuries, strange booming sounds have occasionally broken Seneca...
Holecek, Groh to Attempt New Route on the Southeast Face of Cho Oyu
Marek Holecek of Czechia is back in Nepal with...
The First Person Obsessed with Ancient Egypt Was Himself an Ancient Egyptian
An Egyptian magician-prince who delves into the crumbling sepulchers...
The Giant Stone Statues of Easter Island Really Did ‘Walk’
For centuries, the giant stone statues on Easter Island,...
The Piolets d’Or Lists Its 74 Best Climbs of 2024
The Piolets d'Or crew has just released its "Big...
Autumn 8,000m Roundup: Failure on Makalu and Dhaulagiri, Success on Cho Oyu
The joint summit push of Seven Summit Treks and...
Adapt and Overcome: Namibian Lions Take Up Seal Hunting
Adaptability is the trait that, before all others, allows...
How a Climbing Tragedy Became Social Media Content
On October 1, Alaskan climber Balin Miller, 23, died...
Why Author Herman Melville Was ‘The Man Who Lived With Cannibals’
When you think of Herman Melville, you probably think...
Weekend Warm-Up: Mount Fairweather Traverse
In the descriptively titled Mount Fairweather Traverse, Yakutat to...
Dhaulagiri: Skiers Retreat, Others Aim For Monday Summits
Something happened on the upper slopes of 8,167m Dhaulagiri...
It’s Now or Never For Two Climbers Alone on Makalu
Denis Aleksenko and Artem Tsentsevitsky have run out of...
Ancient Roman Tombstone Found in New Orleans Backyard
Stories of ancient Roman artifacts and ruins being dug...
Survival Stories Get It Wrong, Drinking Pee Won’t Save You
When climate journalist Alec Luhn found himself stranded in...
Andrzej Bargiel Describes How He Skied Down Everest
The images of Andrzej Bargiel of Poland skiing down...
Discovery on Saturn’s Moon Hints at Possible Life in Space
Once thought of as just another icy satellite, Enceladus...
Terrified Tourists: Watch a Bull Elephant Charge Visitors in a Botswana Marsh
Botswana's Okavango Delta is a sprawling inland floodplain home...
