The New Suburban Crisis

Once the key driver of the American dream, the suburbs have reached the end of a long era of cheap growth. Now their advantages to economic mobility have nearly disappeared. By Richard Florida.

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Rare Sprites' Photographed Beside Southern Lights

A photographer captures sprites, a meteor shower and the Southern Lights all in one night.

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Entomology: Photos by Francesco Bagnato

Beautiful macro photos of insects by Milan-based photographer, illustrator and designer Francesco Bagnato.

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Fuego Volcano in Guatemala

Fuego Volcano erupts with a stunning back round of the Milkeyway. May 2,2017

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Understanding What Makes Plants Happy

Thomas Rainer’s work is a revelation: It turns out that plants are social, and have a body language that explains what they need.

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Where oil rigs go to die

When a drilling platform is scheduled for destruction, it must go on a thousand-mile final journey to the breaker’s yard. As one rig proved when it crashed on to the rocks of a remote Scottish island, this is always a risky business. By Tom Lamont.

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Battle of Chancellorsville begins - May 01, 1863

[Joseph Hooker's] well-executed plan placed the Army of Northern Virginia in grave danger. But Robert E. Lee’s tactical brilliance and gambler’s intuition saved him.

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