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How did Mount Everest become the highest peak? In 2006, scientists found a big clue to how some of Earth's tallest mountains formedMount Everest keeps rising. How did it become Earth's highest peak? We know India slammed into Asia millions of years ago. Tectonic plates ...- Rapid rise of transfinancialsA recently emerged group known as transfinancials articulates a unique experience of poverty despite being wealthy. They describe a sense o...
- In 2003, scientists found Chile's Atacama desert so dry it had no detectable DNA. Now it's helping prepare for Mars missionsChile's Atacama Desert serves as Earth's closest Mars analogue due to its extreme dryness. This arid environment, with minimal rainfall and...
- Losing weight fast on GLP-1 drugs? Your hair could be the next thing to goDermatologists report increased hair loss among GLP-1 drug users experiencing rapid weight reduction. This side effect, often telogen efflu...
- Nirmal Purja's final climb: How events unfolded for Nims Dai on Pakistan's Broad Peak after two climbers turned backFamed mountaineer Nirmal Purja tragically died in an avalanche on Broad Peak. His expedition company confirmed his passing after a summit p...
- In 1992, Douglas Tompkins began buying Chilean wilderness; decades later, much of it became the 994,000-acre Pumalín National Park, larger than YosemiteDouglas Tompkins bought vast tracts of land in Chile for conservation. He created Pumalín National Park, a reserve larger than Yosemite. Lo...
- In 1949, Australia began building the Snowy Mountains Scheme to redirect alpine rivers; 25 years later, it had 16 dams and 145 km of tunnelsAustralia's Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme began in 1949 to address power shortages. This ambitious project involved diverting river...
- Pakistani rescuers find 4 bodies of the 10 climbers missing on Broad Peak after an avalancheRescuers found four bodies after an avalanche struck Broad Peak on Friday. They continue searching for six other climbers despite adverse w...
- Matthew Myerscough went from avalanche survivor to discovering a 201-million-year-old sea dragon. This is his storyA mountaineer survived a severe avalanche and later found a significant fossil. This discovery includes part of a 201-million-year-old mari...
- Snow storm warning in the middle of summer? Alaska's mountain highway buried under 6 inches of snow, ice, 11-degree wind chills and powerful winds catch drivers off guardSnow storm warning: Northern Alaska is under a rare summer snowstorm warning, as arctic conditions have turned highways hazardous with snow...
- CBIZ Sold for $5 Billion: Grant Thornton mega deal creates fifth-largest US accounting services firmGrant Thornton Advisors is acquiring CBIZ for five billion dollars. This significant transaction will create the nation's fifth-largest pro...
- In 2010, scientists found a slime mold that designed transport networks like Tokyo's rail systemSlime mold Tokyo rail system: Scientists discovered slime mold creates efficient transport networks. This organism's natural behavior resem...
- How origami inspired 18-year-old Hikaru Kuribayashi to win a $100,000 prize over 1,700 students at a science fairInspired by the origami patterns he saw in nature, 18-year-old Hikaru Kuribayashi from Japan developed a groundbreaking simulation program ...
- In 2024, researchers challenged a decades-old theory about the extinction of woolly mammoths that they didn't die out the way we thoughtScientists now believe a sudden event caused the extinction of the last woolly mammoths. These mammoths became isolated on Wrangel Island a...
- America weighs ground raid to grab Iran's buried uranium stockpileAmerican military planners are reportedly considering a complex ground operation to seize Iran's enriched uranium. This extraordinary missi...
- In 1850s, a Brooklyn scientist imported 16 English sparrows to eat urban caterpillars; by 1915, the invasive birds had spread across AmericaHouse sparrows were introduced to America in 1850, which quickly led to their widespread establishment. These birds, initially intended to ...
- In 1934, a New York socialite bought the Pennsylvania mountain where hunters shot hundreds of hawks; the killing stopped almost overnightRosalie Edge established Hawk Mountain Sanctuary after seeing a photograph of dead hawks. This sanctuary holds the world's oldest continuou...
- Not just humans, bears are also lying: How brown bears trick rivals into thinking they are biggerSome brown bears in Spain's Cantabrian Mountains have been observed faking their size. These bears climb trees and other elevated surfaces ...
- Centuries Ago, a Hidden Catastrophe Shaped One of America's Most Dangerous Volcanoes That Still Matters TodayMount Rainier remains one of America's most iconic mountains, attracting hikers, climbers and nature lovers from around the world. Yet its ...
- 3000 years ago, a hidden chapter of human history was written in thousands of languages, then fell silentFor a long time, the assumption was that ancient history was a endless sea of thousands of small isolated tribes—meaning language diversity...
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