Nature and nurture give Korea’s women divers, known as Haenyeo, an edge in deep-sea diving with high cold tolerance and low blood pressure. Laura is an Assistant Editor for The Scientist. She has a ...

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In the 1970s, the USSR used nuclear devices to try to send water from Siberia's rivers flowing south, instead of its natural ...

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Redang in Terengganu is one of Malaysia’s best islands. A slice of paradise where the sand is so white and the waters so clear, you’d think you had stumbled onto the set of a dream sequence.