Land
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US
In California, Tribal Members Are Reclaiming the ‘Land of the Flowing Water’
The vast territory known as the Owens Valley was home for centuries to Native Americans who lived along its rivers and creeks fed by snowmelt that cascaded down the eastern slopes of the Sierra Nevada. Then came European settlers, and over time ...
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Newyork
Barbara Stauffacher Solomon, Pioneer of Supergraphics, Dies at 95
Trained as a ballet dancer, painter and graphic designer, she was at the forefront of a movement that upended design and architecture with bold graphics.
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Books
Sara Zewde Sows, and Dia Beacon Reaps
On eight acres, a landscape architect challenges ideas about the legacy of the land, the museum’s history and climate change.
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Science
Why It’s So Challenging to Land Upright on the Moon
Two spacecraft have ended up askew on the lunar surface this year. It is easier to tip over in the weaker gravity on the moon than you may imagine.
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Science
Odysseus Sends Moon Landing Photos Home With Time Running Out
The privately built American spacecraft’s ability to send home images and other data has been limited by its sideways landing. On another part of the moon, a Japanese spacecraft woke up.
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Science
Moon Lander Is Lying on Its Side but Still Functional, Officials Say
The Odysseus spacecraft was drifting horizontally as it set down, and a landing strut may have hit an obstacle on the surface.
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Science
U.S. Moon Landing: How to Watch and What to Know
If all goes as planned, Odysseus, a private spacecraft, will touch down on the lunar surface on Thursday. It will be the first U.S. moon landing in more than 50 years.
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Newyork
Kicking Native People Off Their Land Is a Horrible Way to Save the Planet
Over 600,000 tourists travel to Tanzania’s Ngorongoro Conservation Area each year, and many will catch a glimpse of the Great Migration: the famed trek of more than one million wildebeests and thousands of zebras, gazelles and other animals crossing ...
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News
Is That Polar Bear Getting Enough to Eat? Try a Collar With a Camera.
Scientists collected video from 20 bears during ice-free months to understand whether the animals can survive longer periods on land in a warming world.
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World
Al Shabab Terrorist Group Captures U.N. Helicopter in Somalia
Somali officials said the helicopter was carrying nine passengers, one of whom was killed.