Category: STORIES

May 10, 2016 at 5:34 pm

Picture of the Day: Dali Atomicus, 1948

Picture of the Day: Dali Atomicus, 1948

In 1941, American photographer Philippe Halsman met the surrealist artist Salvador Dalí in New York City and they began to collaborate in the late 1940s. The 1948 work Dali Atomicus explores the idea of suspension, depicting three cats flying, water thrown from a bucket, an easel, a footstool and Salvador Dalí all seemingly suspended in mid-air

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May 10, 2016 at 4:37 pm

Canadian Teen May Have Found Lost City Using Ancient Star Maps

Canadian Teen May Have Found Lost City Using Ancient Star Maps

No other scientist has found such correlation in the past several hundred years of study of the Ancient civilization

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May 10, 2016 at 11:10 am

Meet Sir Nils Olav. King Penguin and Colonel-in-Chief of the Norwegian Royal Guard

Meet Sir Nils Olav. King Penguin and Colonel-in-Chief of the Norwegian Royal Guard

The origin of this peculiar story dates back to 1913 and involves legendary Norwegian explorer, Roald Amundsen

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May 4, 2016 at 12:11 pm

The 2016 National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest (15 Highlights)

The 2016 National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest (15 Highlights)

15 incredible entries from this year’s ‘Nature’ category

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May 2, 2016 at 2:49 pm

2200-Year-Old Mosaic that Says “Be Cheerful, Live Your Life” Found in Turkey

2200-Year-Old  Mosaic that Says "Be Cheerful, Live Your Life" Found in Turkey

A rare ‘skeleton mosaic’ from 3rd century BC discovered in Turkey’s southern province of Hatay in the ancient Greek city of Antiocheia

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April 25, 2016 at 3:31 pm

Candid Photos from the Time the Beatles Played to a Crowd of 18 People

Candid Photos from the Time the Beatles Played to a Crowd of 18 People

Every artist was first an amateur. Even The Beatles

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April 21, 2016 at 12:34 pm

Highlights from Nat Geo’s 2016 Travel Photographer of the Year Contest

Highlights from Nat Geo's 2016 Travel Photographer of the Year Contest

Nat Geo invites photographers to submit photos for the opportunity to be named the 2016 National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year

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April 7, 2016 at 1:36 pm

Creative Dad Gives Son With Extra Chromosome the Gift of Flight

Creative Dad Gives Son With Extra Chromosome the Gift of Flight

Wil can fly

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April 5, 2016 at 9:48 pm

10 Colorized Photos of Famous Landmarks Under Construction

10 Colorized Photos of Famous Landmarks Under Construction

Painstakingly restored and rendered in color, the decades and centuries just fall away, connecting us closer to the past

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April 4, 2016 at 2:04 pm

What Peaceful, Free and Open Borders Look Like

What Peaceful, Free and Open Borders Look Like

Using GPS and detailed maps, Valerio Vincenzo explores the border points of 26 European countries that share 16,500 km of peaceful borders

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