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The northernmost town in the world, Longyearbyen, is 800 miles from the North Pole, but home to over 2,000 people.

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His new book makes the case for going big on solar power—and abandons climate angst for ecomodernist optimism.

In the 17th century, astronomers Christiaan Huygens and Giovanni Cassini trained their telescopes on Saturn and uncovered a startling truth: the ...

Recent scientific findings have upended long-held beliefs about cosmic dust, revealing that it is not composed of miniature rocks as previously thought. This discovery challenges existing assumptions ...

Over the course of human history, perhaps no single object in the night sky has drawn more attention than the Andromeda ...

The scent of eucalypt trees inspires Stephen Hopper, a genial giant of the botanical world. Each working day over recent ...

Sometimes the best treasures are hiding right under your nose, like that twenty-dollar bill you forgot in your winter coat pocket, except this one involves 1,200 acres of pure Texas magic called Inks ...