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Beasts of the Northern Wild

Scientists brave the deep snows and frigid cold of Arctic Alaska to study one of its most furtive and ferocious denizens

See Carving of Ancient Scottish Warrior

The male figure depicted on the Tulloch Stone has an "elaborate hairstyle," "robust" torso and "pronounced" buttocks

Angkor Wat May Owe Its Existence to a Disaster

The collapse of a reservoir in a remote and mysterious city could have helped Angkor gain supremacy

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A century before today’s celebrity health gurus, an American businesswoman was a beauty with a brand

Explosive!

A blast-injury expert takes aim at the mystery of what sank the most famous—and lethal—submarine of the Civil War

A Cheetah Changes His Hunting Strategy in a Surprising Way

At Kafue National Park, one cheetah has adapted his hunting strategy to find more prey: He hunts in the forest, instead of the open plains. This flexibility is good news for the future of Africa’s most endangered big cat

Beasts of the Northern Wild — Beasts of the Northern Wild

Scientists brave the deep snows and frigid cold of Arctic Alaska to study one of its most furtive and ferocious denizens

See Carving of Ancient Scottish Warrior — See Carving of Ancient Scottish Warrior

The male figure depicted on the Tulloch Stone has an "elaborate hairstyle," "robust" torso and "pronounced" buttocks

Angkor Wat May Owe Its Existence to a Disaster — Angkor Wat May Owe Its Existence to a Disaster

The collapse of a reservoir in a remote and mysterious city could have helped Angkor gain supremacy

Madame Yale Was the Gwyneth Paltrow of Her Era — Madame Yale Was the Gwyneth Paltrow of Her Era

A century before today’s celebrity health gurus, an American businesswoman was a beauty with a brand

Explosive! — Explosive!

A blast-injury expert takes aim at the mystery of what sank the most famous—and lethal—submarine of the Civil War

A Cheetah Changes His Hunting Strategy in a Surprising Way — A Cheetah Changes His Hunting Strategy in a Surprising Way

At Kafue National Park, one cheetah has adapted his hunting strategy to find more prey: He hunts in the forest, instead of the open plains. This flexibility is good news for the future of Africa’s most endangered big cat

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