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The man who lives with hyenas

"The young man draws a chunk of meat from his basket and dangles it in the air. Instead of leaping to attack, one hyena comes forward and takes it right out of his hands, with the poise of a domesticated dog." Explore this remarkable relationship between man and beast, in this 2017 photo essay.

PHOTOGRAPH VIA UNIVERSAL HISTORY ARCHIVE/UIG/BRIDGEMAN IMAGES

How the Rosetta Stone unlocked the secrets of ancient civilizations

Discovered in Egypt in 1799 by Napoleon's conquering forces, this plain-looking slab was the key to cracking the code of Egyptian hieroglyphics.

THE STONE'S STORY

PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OSHER MAP LIBRARY

These maps chronicle the epic quest for a Northwest Passage

It had to be there: an ocean at the top of the world. The ancient Greeks drew it on their maps, and for centuries, the rest of Europe did too. In this series of maps, relive a storied quest that claimed the lives of countless people.

SCALA, FLORENCE

Where did the Queen of Sheba rule? Here's what we know.

To date no archaeological evidence has been found to indicate definitively who she was and from where she came. She could be a composite of historical figures or entirely legendary. Even the location of Sheba itself—the land of gold and spices—is hotly debated.

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PHOTOGRAPH BY CASSIDY MOODY, MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN

A never-before-documented flower blooms on one of world's rarest trees

Only about two dozen Karomia gigas trees exist in their wild Tanzanian habitat. It's so rare, it doesn't have a known nickname in English, Swahili, or the local languages around the forest reserves it's found in. But its new flower is a hopeful sign for its survival.

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Five hungry hyenas circle a young man crouched on the ground. Their bat-like ears flick back and forth in greedy expectation while their jaws flex to reveal a snarl of teeth. It's feeding time.

Alexandra Genova

Writer

From: The man who lives with hyenas

PHOTOGRAPH BY JOEL SARTORE

One look up could have ended this photographer's life

On assignment in a cave teeming with bats and snakes, Joel Sartore thought he knew the dangers. But the real threat came when he stepped outside.

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PHOTOGRAPH BY US AIR FORCE, PUBLIC DOMAIN

Shockwaves from WWII bombing raids rippled the edges of space

A recent study found surprisingly widespread impacts from these bombs in the Earth's ionosphere—a layer of Earth's atmosphere between roughly 50 and 375 miles high that's charged, or ionized, by solar and cosmic radiation.

'WOBBLES' IN THE SKY

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