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Fire on the Mountain: The Gatlinburg Wildfires
A night of terror in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. By Justin Heckert.
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What Will You Eat When the World Ends?
How "preppers" are planning for the impending apocalypse — just don't expect them to share their food.
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Aleppo After the Fall
As the Syrian civil war turns in favor of the regime, a nation adjusts to a new reality — and a complicated new picture of the conflict emerges. By Robert F. Worth.
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Into the Unknown
His companions died. Food was nearly gone. And Douglas Mawson still had 95 polar miles to go. By David Roberts.
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The will to live: How Lisa Theris survived in the woods for weeks
It sounds just like the plot line of a television show- a woman naked and afraid, lost in remote woods. But Lisa Theris’ journey back to civilization was real life and a real struggle that lasted a month in Bullock County. “I’m just so happy to be home and recuperating. I just thank everybody for the prayers and support. It means a lot,” she said in an interview at her home in Barbour County. “Just being out of those woods is just the most amazing thing.”
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Falling off Bolivia’s ‘Death Road’
The miraculous survival of a cyclist who fell off Bolivia's Yungas Road. Maria With Hoen tells Jo Fidgen about her excitement at the prospect of an adventure.
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Student left in cave for three days
A US student spent almost three days trapped inside a cave after he was left behind on a university field trip. Lukas Cavar, 19, was visiting the Sullivan Cave in southern Indiana with the Indiana University Caving Club on Sunday. He was separated from the rest of the group who then left without him, locking the gated entrance.
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How to Be Diplomatic
Diplomacy seeks to teach us how many good things can still be accomplished when we make some necessary accommodations with the crooked, sometimes touching and hugely unreliable material of human nature.
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Our Language, Their Babble
German concentration and extermination camps were run by the speakers of one language but inhabited by speakers of many others. Interpretation became necessary to both sides. Linguistic skills helped some inmates to survive, but the deployment of these skills could involve a cost. By Michael Cronin.
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The Ghosts of the Tsunami
The 2011 earthquake and tsunami killed thousands in Japan. Those left behind were haunted by the dead, and some were possessed by them. By Richard Lloyd Parry.
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The Fire That Forced Me to Finally Say Goodbye
When my house burned down with Mom’s ashes inside, I lost her all over again. By Andria Stone.
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Primitive Technology: New area starting from scratch
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I’m a nuclear armageddon survivor: Ask me anything
From the archives: A nuclear apocalypse is far more likely than a zombie outbreak. By Rupert Goodwins.
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Running for His Life
One Marine learned that you can’t outpace your demons or suicidal thoughts. But it doesn’t hurt to try. By Devon Heinen.
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How to Survive Falling Through the Ice: An Illustrated Guide
If you live in a place where snowy and icy winters are the norm, you know the dangers of falling through the ice. And this guide is especially pertinent for those areas of the country where freezing weather only visits sporadically. When frigid temps descend for a short time upon a location that’s not used to seeing them, people, especially children, are apt to go out exploring their neighborhood ponds and reservoirs.
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How to Not Die in America
I am lucky not for surviving the infection, but for being a member of a shrinking class of Americans whose lives can absorb a trauma of this magnitude. By Molly Osberg.
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The Difference a Meal Makes: On Losing the Ability to Eat Solid Food
Introducing Hard to Swallow, a new column by Kayla Whaley about nourishment, disability, and living with a massive dietary restriction.
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What an Indian tiger’s bid for freedom says about humans and nature
One big cat, five elephants, 70 men and a month-long chase across India.
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Caracas Chronicles: Culture and Art Resist the Dictatorship
Art is all about freedom. Culture and the pursuit of knowledge are dangerous for chavismo. That’s why tyrants try so hard to subdue, suppress and annihilate both. How do artists and scholars manage in Venezuela nowadays? By Mile Castro. (July 2, 2018)
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“I saw things children shouldn’t see” – surviving a troubled childhood
Why are some people able to become happy, well-adjusted adults even after growing up with violence or neglect? Their life stories – from 1950s Hawaii to the orphanages of Romania – could provide answers that will help more children to thrive. By Lucy Maddox.
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