In the spring of her freshman year of high school, in 2011, Emma Burris was woken at three in the morning. Someone had turned on the lights in her room. She was facing the wall and saw a man’s shadow.

December 4, 2025 • The annual contest for students in grades four through 12 is back for its eighth year — this time with a special prize for a podcast that marks the 250th anniversary of the United ...

This story appears in the June 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine. The village chief, a wispy fellow with an easy smile and snowy muttonchops, came aboard James Cameron’s expedition ship in ...

About 1.2 billion people are at high risk from climate-related hazards, but much can be done to make people, business, communities, and countries more resilient. The new World Bank flagship report ...

While life simulation games like The Sims 4 can be fun for the first few hours, playing aimlessly can result in boredom. Adhering to goals and player-defined scenarios is both creative and fun, and it ...

The coronavirus crisis put into perspective so many of the things we take for granted, including the gym. As someone who made it to the gym three to four times a week, quarantine forced me to get more ...

Welcome to the first day of the Section 1 softball championships at North Rockland High School in Thiells. Championships in three classes will be decided Sunday, with the other two to play played on ...