2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (1258+ words) A major new study found plaque in some adults under 30, suggesting that protecting the heart may need to begin decades before symptoms appear. For most of our lives, heart disease feels like a problem for the future. A healthy 25-year-old…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (883+ words) Still, the crisis after her third child did not look, or arrive, how she expected. It didn’t arrive in the weeks following her son’s birth. It slowly crept up a year later, when he weaned from breastfeeding. Instead of extreme…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (125+ words) National Geographic Take the Scenic Route in Seattle In Seattle, where lush parks, snowcapped peaks, and miles of shoreline are all within city limits, the long way is often the best way. There's a reason Seattle is known as Mother…...

2+ week, 1+ hour ago   (374+ words) After a spinal cord injury left Keith Thomas paralyzed, an experimental “double neural bypass” helped him grasp objects, feed himself, and feel his dog’s fur again. Chad Bouton, who heads the Feinstein team, describes the technology as “a hybrid system…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (573+ words) The landscapes that the National Park Service has spent more than a century protecting are now documenting a rapidly changing planet—and testing the limits of conservation. Here’s how parkgoers can help. (First, they were pelts, then pests. Now beavers…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (211+ words) National Geographic Millions of years of percolating water and geological dumb luck created Crystal Cave, an uncannily pristine chamber beneath a Lake Erie island. When a winemaker accidentally drilled into it, one of the United States’ most surprising natural attractions…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (40+ words) National Geographic August 24, 2026 | In the Tropics More from Nat Geo - Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information © 1996–2015 National Geographic Society© 2015–2026 National Geographic Partners, LLC...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (652+ words) The experimental mRNA vaccine successfully cleared phase 3 clinical trials, the last step necessary before it can be approved by the FDA. An experimental mRNA cancer vaccine prevented the return and spread of melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, in…...