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Amazing World

A sailing stone gathers no moss 

In California’s Death Valley National Park in 1915, a prospector named Joseph Crook visited the dried lake-bed of Racetrack Playa and stumbled upon scores of boulders that had apparently moved across the surface, leaving very obvious trails. With...

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Coffee Break

How to Make the Most of Summer in the US

Christmas may be the most wonderful time of the year, but summer is when people have the most fun. With great weather, countless outdoor events and college over until the new term, there is no excuse not to take advantage of the good vibes and enjoy...

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Amazing World

Cliff Dwellings of the Anasazi 

There are certain images that come to the minds of many when thinking about pre-colonisation Native Americans: one may think of tepees, feathered headdresses and, thanks to stereotyped and often negative imagery peddled by the old Spaghetti...

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Amazing World

The Mystery of Oak Island

With the new Tomb Raider movie starring Alicia Vikander now in cinemas, wannabe explorers around the world may find themselves lamenting that, in this day and age, all the blank spaces on the map appear to have been filled in. But, as Shakespeare...

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Focus

RAICES: Re-uniting Families

The world has watched in horror as photographs, footage and reports have emerged from the Mexico-US border, showing children forcibly separated from their families by border control and kept in crowded cages. Recordings of children as young as one...

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Amazing World

The Wolves of Yellowstone

Nature operates on a delicate balance; when it goes wrong, it goes really wrong. Ecosystems and food chains are one of our planet’s many such balancing acts – however, much like the Force in George Lucas’ universe, breathtaking...

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