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The Woman Who Walked Around the World
Seeking a deeper connection to the world, Angela Maxwell set off to walk it alone. Six years and 20,000 miles later, she brought that connection home.
Seeking a deeper connection to the world, Angela Maxwell set off to walk it alone. Six years and 20,000 miles later, she brought that connection home.
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Indigenous women in North and Central America are coming together to share ancestral knowledge of amaranth, a plant booming in popularity as a health food.
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These are small and totally doable actions that, with a little practice, can help you focus and get more done.
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Two leading voices in evolutionary consciousness science explore the subject through words and images.
An international roundup of bus, train, and subway seat designs, based on CityLab’s rules for a commuter-friendly textile.
If that headline feels like a personal attack, you should probably read this.
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From bad bosses to gossipy colleagues and, of course, office refrigerator drama.
Despite flooding caused by heavy monsoon rains, Jade Rick Verdillo and Jamaica Aguilar decided to stick to their planned wedding date yesterday, and held the ceremony inside a flooded church in the Philippines.
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Women are so fed up with men that the phenomenon even has a name: heterofatalism. So what do we do with our desire?
Hundreds of people have died while seeking food since delivery was taken over by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in May. But Palestinians facing extreme hunger have no choice but to take the risk.
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Our galaxy isn’t being dragged into a supercluster. It’s being dragged into a super-supercluster.
Experts offer advice on how to answer this tricky question — and still get the job.
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If you’re looking to make your home more appealing to buyers, avoid these design mistakes.
A growing body of evidence suggests she might have survived into old age — which would entirely change the story of America’s most iconic Native forebear.
The decision from the world’s highest court has been welcomed by developing nations at most risk from climate change.
In a new survey, most participants flunked an airline safety quiz after watching an in-flight safety video.
No matter your family’s speed, these parks provide the ultimate aquatic enjoyment.
Democrats view Cooper, who has won six statewide elections for attorney general and governor, as a top recruit as they look to flip a Republican-held seat.
New AI analysis systems can count fish and identify species. Could they be key to making fisheries safer and less destructive?
Skip the rinse after brushing too.
Four decades ago, a secret government team had a target—and a plan. It turned into one of the most sensationally botched crimes of the century.
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Are you looking to meet someone new for who they are…or who they remind you of?
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There’s actually a pattern to the chaos.
New research finds that more Americans are shifting their money from checking and savings accounts into financial vehicles that pay an investment income.
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