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A Sunken Slave Ship and the Search for Answers
A Sunken Slave Ship and the Search for Answers
In Michael Cottman's new book, Shackles From the Deep, the history of the slave trade comes to life through underwater exploration, detectiv...
Case Study: The Amazonian Road Decision
Case Study: The Amazonian Road Decision
The proposed Pucallpa – Cruzeiro do Sul will connect the Amazon’s interior to urban centers and export markets in Peru and Brazil. However it always looks best in with friends only friends to share
Creating Social Change in the Peruvian Amazon
Creating Social Change in the Peruvian Amazon
In the Loreto region of Peru's Amazon River basin, the Minga Peru organization empowers women to become community leaders.
Ask An Amazon Expert: What It Will Take to Stop Wildlife Trafficking
Ask An Amazon Expert: What It Will Take to Stop Wildlife Trafficking
Juliana Machado Ferreira discusses the damage wildlife trafficking is causing the people, plants, and animals of the Amazon region.
Ask an Amazon Expert: Why We Can't Afford to Lose the Rain Forest
Ask an Amazon Expert: Why We Can't Afford to Lose the Rain Forest
Scientist and National Geographic Fellow Dr. Thomas Lovejoy is leading a charge to combat deforestation and protect the Amazon.
Foreign Finances
Foreign Finances
Jason Alderman, the senior director of financial education for Visa Inc., helps students become financially responsible while traveling out of the cou...
What is a Robot?
What is a Robot?
Learn about the three essential ingredients that make robots special.
Robot: Geminoid F
Robot: Geminoid F
This android robot looks just like a woman.
Robot: Robonaut 2
Robot: Robonaut 2
The first humanoid robot to go to outer space.
Robot: iCub
Robot: iCub
This humanoid helps us study the brain.
Word on the Via: Fortunata
Word on the Via: Fortunata
Slavery was an accepted part of daily life in the Roman Empire. Almost all labor, whether in the city or on the farm, was performed by slaves, whose m...
Word on the Via: Tryphosa
Word on the Via: Tryphosa
Hair was a powerful marker of wealth and status for both men and women in the Roman Empire. Hairdressers were often called upon to create elaborate, i...
Word on the Via: Gaius Valerius Silvanus
Word on the Via: Gaius Valerius Silvanus
Wood was one of the most important natural resources in the Roman Empire, and Roman carpenters were some of the most skilled craftsmen of their era.&n...
Word on the Via: Quintus Valerius Secundus
Word on the Via: Quintus Valerius Secundus
Rome built the largest and most powerful army the world had ever seen, but the life of a Roman soldier—thousands of them scattered across provin...
Date Which Will Live in Infamy
Date Which Will Live in Infamy
On December 7, 1941, Japanese planes and submarines attacked Pearl Harbor, the home of the U.S.’s Pacific Fleet. Daniel Martinez, t...
Hedges of Biodiversity
Hedges of Biodiversity
Historic English hedgerows foster biodiversity and peace of mind.
The Paradox of Undernourishment
The Paradox of Undernourishment
The world produces enough calories for everyone to eat enough. So why are almost one billion people still chronically undernourished? The problem isn&...
Cooking Up an Education
Cooking Up an Education
The Freehold Regional High School District's Culinary Arts Academy gives students real-world skills in the restaurant industry along with a well-round...
Entering the ‘Door to Hell’
Entering the ‘Door to Hell’
The Door to Hell is a continually burning crater located in remote Turkmenistan. Adventurer George Kourounis describes being the first person to enter...
The Geography of Food in Film
The Geography of Food in Film
Nat Geo staffers weigh in with their favorite food movies.
Different Drummers
Different Drummers
Friday enrichment programs make this North Carolina middle school stand out.
Data Drones
Data Drones
Unmanned aerial vehicles can be an efficient
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