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Delay-Plagued Virgin Galactic Finds Itself Delayed, Again
It will be hard for Virgin Galactic to fly by 2015 without a fully tested rocket engine
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In the Marathon du Medoc, Run 26.2 Miles—While Stopping to Drink Wine Along the Way
Like running? Like wine? Why not combine the two?
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This Beach Sculpture Is Modeled After Norwegian Fish Drying Racks
Norway’s SALT festival involves music, sauna’s and architecture
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New Analysis Suggests Utah’s Famous Rock Art Is Surprisingly Recent
The impressive Barrier Canyon Style images hold clues to the identity of their mysterious painters
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You Can Visit A Cave Where the Ancient Maya Sacrificed Humans
In Belize, the Actun Tunichil Muknal cave is an eerie experience for visitors
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Starting Tonight, You Can Roam the Tate Museum After Hours, Via Robot
Spend a virtual night at the museum with robots
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Joe McConaughy Just Set a New Pacific Crest Trail Record
He finished all 2,660 miles, from Mexico and Canada, in 53 days, 6 hours and 37 minutes
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The World’s Longest Horse Race Is Going on Right Now in Mongolia
With wild horses, broken bones and treacherous terrain, this isn’t a steeplechase
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This Is Why the Park Service Banned Drones—One Just Crashed Into a Famous Hot Spring
This is why we can’t have nice things
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If a Monkey Takes a Photo, No One Owns Copyright
The contested photo likely belongs to neither monkey nor man, but to the public domain
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Jump on Massive Trampolines in a Giant Cavern in Wales
This sounds like fun: jumping on trampolines 180 feet above the floor of a giant cavern
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Barcelona’s Turning Its Old Olympic Stadium Into a Virtual Reality Themepark
At Barcelona’s Olympic Stadium, you can race a virtual Olympian
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Copenhagen Might Install a Giant, Energy-Gathering Duck in Its Harbor
The duck would be both a tourist attraction and a means of helping the city become carbon-neutral by 2025
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Civil War Battlefields Are Overrun With Deer
The Parks Department is going to spend $1.8 million to have hunters cull them
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With Wildfire Still Burning in Yosemite, Sequoias, At Least, Are Safe
Up and down the West Coast, extraordinary fire seasons are becoming more common—and making climate change worse
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Saharan Dust Helped Build the Bahamas
Minerals blown off the Sahara fuel the microbes that undergird the Bahaman ecosystem
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This Market Along the Burma-China Border Is a Veritable Noah’s Ark of Critically Endangered Animals
Photographer Alex Hofford exposed the extent of the wildlife trade openly taking place at this infamous market
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Cycle Through History on the Iron Curtain Trail
The trail stretches 4,225 miles from the Barents to the Black Sea
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This 71-Year-Old Just Set a Record With His 1,673th Ascent of Mt. Fuji
The mountaineer says that now he’s ready to tackle Everest
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People are Traveling to War Zones for Tourism
Because adventure travel just hasn’t gone far enough
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