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That’s Fall Creek Falls State Park in Spencer, Tennessee – the crown jewel of natural wonders that somehow still feels like your own secret discovery. Nestled in the rugged Cumberland Plateau, this 26 ...

Few structures represent the United States as powerfully as the Washington Monument. At the center of Washington, D.C., the impressive marble obelisk (555 feet tall and 55 feet wide) pays grand ...

A scuba diver until age 79, Georgette Apol Douwma photographed reefs around the world and then transformed her images into dazzling kaleidoscopic designs. Photographer Georgette Apol Douwma’s ...

New clues from the day the dinosaurs died. A mysterious ancient human tooth. Primordial galaxies. See how the past year expanded our knowledge of the cosmos and our own backyard. Yale researchers ...

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This story opens with Partitio and Osvald discussing the atmosphere of a big city when a scholar named Regulus trips and falls in front of them. And, apparently, he and Osvald were friends at the ...

Collagen. Probiotics. Every letter of vitamin under the sun. Your local drugstore is full of them—but how much do they actually do for you? Although dietary supplements have become a ...

The release of the “feel-good” chemicals dopamine, serotonin, endorphins, and oxytocin are tied to specific lifestyle, exercise, and dietary choices. Here’s what triggers each one. Spending time in ...