In a ‘lost city’ in the Honduran jungle, scientists have actually...
Deep in the Honduran jungle lies a "lost" city: La Cuidad Blanca, or the White City. The ancient place remained untouched for more than half a millennium after ancestors of the indigenous Pech people quickly vacated the city. Archaeologists squabble over whether the city was ever actually lost, but they agree that its lush environment…
Astronaut states an ignored telescope is NASA’s finest possibility of safeguarding...
A former NASA astronaut says the agency he used to work for has a duty to protect civilians from killer asteroids, but that it isn't meeting that obligation. The threat of asteroid strikes might seem as abstract as outer space itself. But the risk, while infrequent, is real — and potentially more deadly than the…
How Yellow Fever Turned New Orleans Into The ‘City Of The...
Engraving from a series of images titled "The Great Yellow Fever Scourge — Incidents Of Its Horrors In The Most Fatal District Of The Southern States." Bettmann Archive/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Bettmann Archive/Getty Images Engraving from a series of images titled "The Great Yellow Fever Scourge — Incidents Of Its Horrors In The…
