In 1859, A Solar Storm Set Telegraph Wires On Fire. Today, We Depend On Much More
On September 1, 1859, British astronomer Richard Carrington was studying a cluster of dark sunspots when he suddenly saw two brilliant patches of white light erupt across…
A B-29 Was Abandoned In Greenland For 39 Years. Then Someone Tried To Fly It Home
In February 1947, a Boeing B-29 Superfortress made an emergency landing on a frozen lake in one of the most remote parts of Greenland. The 11-man crew…
A CIA-Linked Plane Crashed In Death Valley In 1952. Its Wreck Is Still There
On a cold January night in 1952, six men jumped from a 16-ton military aircraft into the darkness above Death Valley. Their plane had lost an engine…
The Ebola Outbreak May Have Passed Its Peak. So Why Are Experts Still Worried?
For the first time in months, there is a reason for cautious optimism in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Health officials say the number of new…
A Ferry Carrying 243 People Vanished In A Storm. Then Rescuers Found 103 People
The ferry was somewhere in the Java Sea when the weather turned dangerous. Then, in the early hours of Sunday, communication with the vessel suddenly disappeared. The…
Ten Days After Nepal’s Floods, Rescuers Are Still Finding People Alive
Ten days after a catastrophic flood tore through Nepal’s Himalayan valleys, rescue teams are still finding people alive. On September 5, rescuers pulled a Chinese worker from…
The Plane Landed Safely. Then All 301 People on Board Died
The plane was already on the ground, back at the airport, and the most dangerous part of the emergency should have been over. But on August 19,…
Dozens of Nobles Fell Into a Cesspit. One Future Emperor Survived
On July 26, 1184, some of the most powerful men in medieval Europe gathered in Erfurt for what should have been an important political meeting. Then, without…
172 Runners Started This Race. 21 Never Made It Back
At 9 a.m. on May 22, 2021, 172 runners started a 100-kilometer ultramarathon through the spectacular Yellow River Stone Forest in northwestern China. The course climbed into…
Nepal Flood Disaster: Two Workers Found Alive Inside Tunnel After Nine Days
Nine days after catastrophic flooding tore through Nepal’s Trishuli valley, rescuers reached two workers trapped deep inside a hydropower tunnel and pulled them out alive. Sanjay Shah…