We depend on plastic. Now we’re drowning in it.

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We depend on plastic. Now we’re drowning in it.
We depend on plastic. Now we’re drowning in it.

Biruté Galdikas's iconic story helped change the fate of orangutans

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Biruté Galdikas's iconic story helped change the fate of orangutans
Biruté Galdikas's iconic story helped change the fate of orangutans

How a physician’s DIY device got Americans to the top of Everest

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How a physician’s DIY device got Americans to the top of Everest
How a physician’s DIY device got Americans to the top of Everest

What Apollo 11 astronauts said when they got to the moon

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What Apollo 11 astronauts said when they got to the moon
What Apollo 11 astronauts said when they got to the moon

The deadly race to decipher Maya hieroglyphs

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The deadly race to decipher Maya hieroglyphs
The deadly race to decipher Maya hieroglyphs

What you don’t know about the Vikings

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What you don’t know about the Vikings
What you don’t know about the Vikings

What the first American tourist in ‘Shangri-La’ took home

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What the first American tourist in ‘Shangri-La’ took home
What the first American tourist in ‘Shangri-La’ took home

A rare glimpse of rural Japan more than 100 years ago

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A rare glimpse of rural Japan more than 100 years ago
A rare glimpse of rural Japan more than 100 years ago

A 50-day voyage to the kingdom of ice

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A 50-day voyage to the kingdom of ice
A 50-day voyage to the kingdom of ice

Traveling the Blues Highway—‘the root of all American music’

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Traveling the Blues Highway—‘the root of all American music’
Traveling the Blues Highway—‘the root of all American music’

Inside a steel sphere deep underwater, these explorers made history

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Inside a steel sphere deep underwater, these explorers made history
Inside a steel sphere deep underwater, these explorers made history

These unearthly whale songs helped save humpbacks from extinction

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These unearthly whale songs helped save humpbacks from extinction
These unearthly whale songs helped save humpbacks from extinction

These sunken ceramics ushered in a new era for archaeology

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These sunken ceramics ushered in a new era for archaeology
These sunken ceramics ushered in a new era for archaeology

How this 100-year-old sun compass unlocked polar exploration

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How this 100-year-old sun compass unlocked polar exploration
How this 100-year-old sun compass unlocked polar exploration

A harrowing tale of the first Americans to summit Everest

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A harrowing tale of the first Americans to summit Everest
A harrowing tale of the first Americans to summit Everest

The man who helped change the fate of Africa's elephants

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The man who helped change the fate of Africa's elephants
The man who helped change the fate of Africa's elephants

How U.S. soldiers put together Christmas on the WWI battlefield

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How U.S. soldiers put together Christmas on the WWI battlefield
How U.S. soldiers put together Christmas on the WWI battlefield

What it was like to visit Petra more than 100 years ago

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What it was like to visit Petra more than 100 years ago
What it was like to visit Petra more than 100 years ago

Inside West Berlin in 1961—just after the wall went up

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Inside West Berlin in 1961—just after the wall went up
Inside West Berlin in 1961—just after the wall went up

What it really took to become an astronaut during the Space Race

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What it really took to become an astronaut during the Space Race
What it really took to become an astronaut during the Space Race

The first underwater photos reveal the ocean floor in full color

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The first underwater photos reveal the ocean floor in full color
The first underwater photos reveal the ocean floor in full color

The heroes who saved the world's last tigers

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The heroes who saved the world's last tigers
The heroes who saved the world's last tigers

‘Violent but sweet’—inside the secret world of American rodeo

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‘Violent but sweet’—inside the secret world of American rodeo
‘Violent but sweet’—inside the secret world of American rodeo

What it was like to see King Tut's tomb just after it was opened

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What it was like to see King Tut's tomb just after it was opened
What it was like to see King Tut's tomb just after it was opened

Inside Richard Leakey's discovery of an ancient human ancestor skull

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Inside Richard Leakey's discovery of an ancient human ancestor skull
Inside Richard Leakey's discovery of an ancient human ancestor skull

Read Jane Goodall's iconic 1963 article from the magazine

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Read Jane Goodall's iconic 1963 article from the magazine
Read Jane Goodall's iconic 1963 article from the magazine

How the world first learned about longevity Blue Zones

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How the world first learned about longevity Blue Zones
How the world first learned about longevity Blue Zones

The first photographs to capture wildlife at night

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The first photographs to capture wildlife at night
The first photographs to capture wildlife at night

A journey across Afghanistan in the 1960s

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A journey across Afghanistan in the 1960s
A journey across Afghanistan in the 1960s

Robert Redford rides the Outlaw Trail

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Robert Redford rides the Outlaw Trail
Robert Redford rides the Outlaw Trail