From detox diets to spot-reducing belly fat, some health fads just refuse to die. Here’s why these myths endure—and what science actually says about them. A runner sips a green smoothie before ...

After years of planning, the mountaineer Jim Morrison successfully descended the narrow Hornbein Couloir—notching an achievement that has captivated skiers and alpinists for decades.

Just minutes from Orlando’s theme parks, Mills 50 was built by Vietnamese immigrants in the 1970s. Today, it’s home to multiple Michelin stars, a diverse community, and creative arts scene. Today, the ...

The discovery of a stone long overlooked in a German museum suggests that Ice Age communities experimented with vivid hues far earlier than scholars believed. A stone artifact from near the end of the ...

For the foodies, beauty lovers and kids alike—unwrap special surprises with these advent calendars from L'Occitane, LEGO, ...

Many unexpected human artifacts have been preserved, for centuries, in vulture nests. This sandal woven from grasses and twigs, called an agobía, is somewhere between 727 and 771 years old, ...

Sprawled across much of the Arabian Peninsula, today’s Arabian Desert is known for brutal heat, dry, harsh winds and scarce water—hardly hospitable to human settlers unaided by air conditioning and a ...

We know inhaling polluted air harms our lungs—but what about our brains? According to compelling new research, pollution may put you at higher risk of being hospitalized for one of the most common ...

In February 2023, as cruise missiles hit cities from Kherson to Kyiv, Mikhail Rusin lost heat and electricity in his home in Ukraine’s capital for almost a week. Overnight lows were around 14 degrees ...

A deadly tornado that tore across North Dakota this summer has been upgraded to an EF5 with winds over 200 mph, the strongest classification of tornado and the first on American soil in 12 years, ...

A campsite in Cottonwood Campground in Theodore Roosevelt National Park in Medora, North Dakota. (Photo by rruntsch/Getty Images Plus) Public lands advocate Walt Dabney will participate in three film ...

A former National Park Service leader will visit North Dakota next week for a series of conservation talks and film screenings. Walt Dabney, who served in parks including Yellowstone and Yosemite, ...