Virtual reality (VR) brings elements of the unreal into your existing physical world. VR enables you to experience another place, real or imaginary, without leaving the one you are presently in.

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G Adventures and National Geographic Expeditions have further strengthened their decade-long partnership with the launch of a new premium lifestyle collection, National Geographic Signature with G ...

A National Geographic Explorer's search for Cleopatra's tomb got a big breakthrough. Kathleen Martínez has spent the last 20 years searching for the lost tomb of Cleopatra. Her work is part of a new ...

The United States is known for its lovely national parks. But Canada — that place is like one big park. Nearly half of that huge country is covered by forest, most of it publicly owned and lots ...

For centuries, humans have lived underground. Today, that ancient practice is under dire threat—even as cave life makes more sense than ever. Gabriele Gouellain waits in the kitchen of her ...

Through her groundbreaking work with chimps in Africa, Goodall helped people understand that animals are sentient and intelligent. Renowned primatologist Jane Goodall’s decades of research into the ...

We know next to nothing about 99.999 percent of the seafloor. How one researcher plans to democratize deep-sea exploration. Katy Croff Bell, who has been an ocean researcher for 25 years, is working ...

The U of A's use of virtual reality tours of residence halls gives students new to campus an immersive preview of the rooms and hallways, building confidence about what to expect even before arrival ...

From their odd appendages to their unsavory hygiene, certain animals suffer an image problem. But their awkward attributes can be their biggest advantages. Found across every continent except ...