Refresh 2026-01-31T16:48:13.998Z Artemis 2 fueling test to begin preps tonight (Image credit: Space.com / Josh Dinner) Good morning, Space Fans! Today is Saturday, Jan. 31 and tonight NASA is gearing up to to begin its first fueling test for the the Artemis 2 Space Launch System moon rocket for aContinue Reading
Silviajansen/Getty Images We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. An untidy desk can quickly become a productivity killer. Walking in and seeing piles of documents scattered across your work surface is bad enough, but things can become so much worse when wires become involved. USB cables areContinue Reading
Science fiction creators love to dream up future worlds in which to set their stories. The Back to the Future sequel imagined a version of 2015 populated with hoverboards and flying cars. When 2015 came around, life was a little more mundane. Technology failed to reach the lofty levels theContinue Reading
Unlucky days aren’t just a spooky movie trope. Around the world, calendars come with their own little landmines: dates people dodge, rituals they follow just in case, and numbers that make elevators skip a button. Sure, you’ve almost certainly heard of Friday the 13th. But that’s only one flavor ofContinue Reading
This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). Looking at the winter landscape in Rovaniemi, the capital of Finnish Lapland, you might think little goes on here during the year’s coldest months. The ground, blanketed in a thick layer of powdery snow, is frozen solid, as are rivers and lakes. TheContinue Reading
Welcome to Dead World, a series digging up the most fascinating discoveries in archaeology and paleontology. To kick things off, our first episode unpacks one of the biggest dinosaur stories of 2025: the confirmation of Nanotyrannus. For 40 years, paleontologists fiercely debated whether this small tyrannosaur was simply a teenage T. rex or a distinct dinosaur species. Now, new research offers the strongest evidence yet that Nanotyrannus was real. WatchContinue Reading
This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). Switzerland’s sporty mountain resorts have traditionally offered far more than just downhill skiing. In these long-settled local towns, getting from A to B in winter has often required ingenuity. In Arosa, a horse-drawn sleigh takes riders from railway station to hotel,Continue Reading
Booking affordable airfare can be a turbulent process. Prices rise and fall day by day, or in some cases, hour by hour. In the past, frequent fliers swore by loose strategies to find deals—book on a Tuesday! No, on a Wednesday! Never on a weekend! But experts caution that manyContinue Reading
This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). Cutting through Peru’s Sacred Valley like a lifeline, the Urubamba River is fed by ancient glaciers and flanked by Inca ruins, terraced farmland and eucalyptus-covered hillsides. It’s along this historic waterway that I find myself donning a wetsuit and helmet onContinue Reading
On Muna, a tropical island off southeastern Sulawesi, Indonesia, lies a cave decorated with prehistoric paintings. Locals call it Liang Metanduno. They visit the archaic art gallery to marvel at depictions of flying human figures, boats filled with passengers, and mounted warriors drawn with red, brown, and sometimes black pigment.Continue Reading
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