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

The first underwater photos reveal the ocean floor in full color

The heroes who saved the world's last tigers

‘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

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

Read Jane Goodall's iconic 1963 article from the magazine

How the world first learned about longevity Blue Zones

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