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The famous adventurer died while paragliding on Italy’s Adriatic coast. His legacy includes a number of world ...

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The famous adventurer died while paragliding on Italy’s Adriatic coast. His legacy includes a number of world ...

A National Geographic Explorer eats through the culinary past, present, and future of Abu Dhabi. " A nation without a past is a country without a present or a future. "—the late Sheikh Zayed bin ...

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Just the third-ever confirmed interstellar object has been detected in our solar system. Here's what we know. (Spoiler: It's ...