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Have we been getting Machu Picchu's name wrong all this time?

A study looking into the origins of the rediscovery has unearthed a potential error.

23/03/2022

Nature

Meet the polar explorers who fell in love across a frozen continent

Two Australian Antarctic explorers are returning home with a wedding to plan after sparking up a romance that’s endured the isolation of the frozen continent.

14/02/2022

World

Italy? Spain? Poland? DNA tests probe Christopher Columbus' origins

The voyages of Christopher Columbus helped Europeans discover America, but the famous explorer’s own origins have long been a matter of controversy. But now scientists are hoping to shed light on them thanks to the latest advances in genetic technology.

26/05/2021

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Putin explores sunk Soviet submarine in Bond-style dive

Russian President Vladimir Putin dived to the bottom of the Gulf of Finland aboard a submersible to explore a Soviet submarine which was sunk during World War Two.

27/07/2019

United Kingdom

Remains of explorer Matthew Flinders discovered near London station

The remains of the first man to circumnavigate Australia, explorer Matthew Flinders, have been discovered near a train station in London

25/01/2019

Green News

Building a kick-ass team

Unbreakable, invincible, indestructible: team building experiences

24/10/2017

World News

Record-breaking explorers answer your questions on the Arctic Mission

Marine biologist Tim Gordon and sailor Erik de Jong answer your questions on the Arctic Mission.

12/09/2017

Hungary

Nicholas Negroponte: 'internet is like roads and street lighting'

17/11/2015

USA

Solar Impulse completes record flight across Pacific

A solar powered plane has successfully completed a record-breaking five-day nonstop solo flight across the Pacific Ocean. The Solar Impulse is the

03/07/2015

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Solar sail tests Sagan’s dream of flying with Sun’s photons

20/05/2015

Culture news

Globe-trotting artist exhibits work in Moscow

Russian artist and world-famous explorer Fyodor Konyukhov has set up camp at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art for a unique exhibition of his works

15/12/2014

Austria

Felix Baumgartner: The man who fell to Earth

11/07/2014

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Time, toilets and tomatoes: Lucie looks back at ‘life on Mars’

24/04/2014

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Beyond the subconscious

10/02/2014

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The Mars detectives

20/06/2013

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Echoes from the deep

10/06/2013

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Flying Zero-G

19/12/2012

Explore

Kamchatka, a freerider's paradise

07/05/2012

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Guardians of the oceans

04/06/2010