Travel World Heritage Scientists fear climate change and mining contamination could destroy Murujuga—Australia’s next UNESCO site—within a century. ByRonan O’Connell Published April…
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ByMaya Wei-Haas Published April 13, 2022 • 11 min read On the precipice of humankind’s first step on the moon, Neil Armstrong…
ByVaishnavi Chandrashekhar Published April 8, 2022 • 15 min read In 2012, doctoral student Hosanna Krienke was looking for topics for her…
Travel How a sacred Hawaiian dance and music ritual was canceled, commercialized, and finally, revived. ByRachel Ng Published March 22, 2022 •…
Environment Planet Possible The state pumps too much groundwater, especially during droughts. Now, it’s learning to refill the overdrawn bucket. “It’s the…
ByMichael Greshko Published March 23, 2022 • 14 min read Since October 5, 2020, a dinosaur-size mystery has transfixed the world of…
Photographs ByMonique Jaques Text byMadeleine Schwartz Published March 17, 2022 • 12 min read Paris, FranceThe art of ballet comes from concentration,…
Science Early success with a procedure called a mitochondrial transplant offers a glimmer of hope for people fighting for survival after cardiac…
In the past six months, new avian influenza case reports from more than 40 countries were filed with the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). Some of those reports are now coming from the United States. The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed 17 of those reports from nine states. APHIS…
ByNatasha Daly Published March 2, 2022 • 8 min read “I thought, my God, this is like someone’s discovered another continent!” says…