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During the Cold War, the US government launched a country-wide effort to prepare its citizens for a possible thermonuclear war. Children were taught at school to duck under desks and families were instructed to build fallout shelters and stock food. Some Americans took these suggestions very seriously. Among them was businessman Girard Brown (Jerry) Henderson. …

It all began during this summer’s 4 Deserts Gobi March 2016, a 6-day foot race weaving through China’s largest desert. Leonard was one of 101 human participants — but he soon found himself joined by a different sort of competitor. “On Day 2, I was at the start line for the race stage and she …

We’ve always been led to believe that Mars is red. That’s why it’s nicknamed The Red Planet. But as you can see from these stunning new images recently released by NASA, the surface of Mars is actually a lot more colorful than we think. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) was launched into space in 2005, …

German flight attendant Olivia Sievers first met Rubio, the stray dog, Earlier this year, while walking around Buenos Aires near the hotel where she was staying, Sievers encountered the friendly street dog, who’d been known to wander the area. She gave him some food and they played awhile, and afterward he insisted on staying by …