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Rising GDP continues to mean more carbon emissions and wider damage to the planet. Can the two be decoupled?

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In a cave in Romania, scientists found a bacterial strain entombed in ice that is resistant to 10 modern antibiotics. But it may also help fight superbugs.

For “Mammoth,” a new show at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, he takes up contentious issues of race and climate change ...

“Mammoth,” at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, is a self-portrait through sculpture, video, photography and more. And it lives up to its name.

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Morgan O’Hanlon: As you’re driving through West Texas and through Balmorhea, this kind of big open desert, you get to the Phantom Springs Cave and it’s this tiny little narrow crevice.

Step into an underground lava cave hike in Arizona, where cool air, dark tunnels, and rugged volcanic walls turn a simple walk into a bucket list adventure.