One small 🚀 collision for 🌍September 27, 2022 – In today’s newsletter, we cover the BOOM of a NASA spacecraft into a potentially threatening asteroid, investigate a 1,500-year-old murder mystery, discover how hurricanes form, travel the threatened valley that inspired Encanto’s scenery … and see a chimp’s human-like response to stress. Plus, what were these Vikings thinking?
Cruises on the Great Lakes are giving new life to the Rust BeltOctober 13, 2022 – For waterfront cities such as Cleveland, Detroit, and Green Bay, new tourism opportunities are literally sailing in.
Irish Ancestry Surprises Revealed by New DNA MapDecember 14, 2017 – The genetic atlas revealed new information about health risks, ancient political borders, and the influence of Vikings.
The Adventure Life with Steve Casimiro The Saga of the One-Horned VikingMay 01, 2008 – Text by West Coast Editor Steve Casimiro I personally don’t know anything about poaching powder or ducking a ski area rope without authorization and experiencing the transcendence of five-percent eiderdown snow, which is rumored to transform your life so that all you think about is skiing deep untracked, even at the beginning of May when…
The Adventure Life with Steve Casimiro The Saga of the One-Horned VikingMay 01, 2008 – Text by West Coast Editor Steve Casimiro I personally don’t know anything about poaching powder or ducking a ski area rope without authorization and experiencing the sweet transcendence of five-percent eiderdown snow, which is rumored to transform your life so that all you think about is skiing deep untracked, even at the beginning of May…
See the Arctic's striking landscapes from aboveDecember 07, 2018 – From Alaska’s lush shores to Canada’s pristine snow cover, discover the Arctic from a bird’s-eye view.
Wacky Weekend: Hilarious HotelsMay 27, 2016 – Take a virtual trip to some of the most bizarre hotels around the world.
American Indian Sailed to Europe With Vikings?November 26, 2010 – Five hundred years before Columbus hit the New World, Vikings might have brought an American Indian woman home with them, DNA suggests.
11 Museum Surprises: Rediscovered Treasures, from a Celtic Brooch to an Early Hitchcock FilmMarch 29, 2014 – Valuable artifacts, documents, and art were mislabeled, mislaid, or ignored—some for many decades.
You Never Know What You'll Find Under a Parking LotApril 11, 2013 – When digging starts at a construction site, it may uncover unexpected treasures: ancient temples, headless Vikings, even a few new whale species.
Just Back: Isle of ManJuly 06, 2015 – Nat Geo travel books editor Larry Porges crossed a destination off his bucket list this summer when he traveled to the Isle of Man, located smack-dab between the islands of Ireland and Great Britain in the middle of the Irish Sea. The co-author of the “London Book of Lists” has had a long fascination with the self-governing British Crown dependency and its Celtic, English, and Viking roots. Here’s why.
Viking Shipwrecks Face Ruin as Odd "Worms" InvadeJanuary 20, 2010 – Viking ships, sunken prehistoric settlements, and tens of thousands of other well-preserved wrecks face ruin as wood-eating shipworms invade a warming Baltic Sea.
Norway is the Most Desirable Place to Live, According to UNOctober 09, 2009 – Norway, the land of fjords, Vikings, vodka, and blonde hair, is now also the most desirable place to live, according to the United Nations. The UN’s Human Development Report 2008/2009, done annually, ranks Norway numero uno because of the country's human development index ratings, which evaluates certain criteria, including educational factors, gender equality, and life…
