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Can this medieval shipwreck rewrite ancient history?

More than a thousand years after a ship vanished off the coast of modern-day Croatia, archaeologists have uncovered a wreck that might reshape our ideas of the medieval world.

You won’t believe what these tiny creatures can do after dark

One photographer captures nature’s ultimate glow-up—the stunning ways animals fluoresce at night.

Visiting a U.S. national park—for the retro architecture

During the mid-20th century, the National Park Service launched the Mission 66 initiative: a bold plan to ditch rustic "Parkitecture" and go modern. It took decades for parkgoers to warm up to the audacious style.

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