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Extraordinary people, discoveries, and places in a time of turmoil

PHOTOGRAPH BY JAMES L. STANFIELD/GETTY IMAGES How archaeologists found the lost city of Troy The Trojans and their city were popularized in Homer's 8th-century B.C. epic poems The Iliad and The Odyssey. But was Troy even a real place? Centuries later, Heinrich Schliemann set out to prove it was. SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE SHARE

PHOTOGRAPHS BY SARAH BARTOLAC A fall shattered his body. These medical marvels pieced him back together. From virtual reality to an anti-gravity treadmill, Brent Bauer’s tale of recovery reveals a cutting-edge future for surgical medicine. READ MORE SHARE

PHOTOGRAPH BY GIUSEPPE NUCCI These people believe death is only temporary Transhumanists believe in a future of human immortality. A community in Russia is working to make it happen. STEP INSIDE SHARE

PHOTOGRAPH BY ROBBIE SHONE A photographer climbs for his life—out of the world's deepest known cave When a sudden flood fills a massive cave, photographer Robbie Shone and an elite team of Russian explorers scramble to survive. SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE SHARE

I knew I was in mortal danger. The predominant thing I have felt since then is gratitude for being alive. Brent Bauer 'The shattered man'; from Piecing him back together

PHOTOGRAPH BY ACACIA JOHNSON, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Life is thriving on this eerie polar volcano Deception Island, an active volcano in one of Earth's harshest, coldest regions, is teeming with life despite its bleak reputation. See 100 years' worth of expeditions to the mysterious island, in photos. SEE THE PHOTOS SHARE

PAINTING BY PIERRE DENIS MARTIN (1723), GETTY IMAGES The mechanical wonder that powered Versailles’s fountains A revolutionary 17th-century machine pumped water from Paris to the royal palace. LEARN MORE SHARE

PHOTOGRAPH BY BLANK ARCHIVES, GETTY IMAGES They were famous—and delivered your mail Singers, novelists, actors, and a future president worked for USPS before making it big. READ ON SHARE

Need a distraction? Have we stopped creating antiques? (BBC)  ›› On streets and subways in South Korea, poetry hides in plain sight (Atlas Obscura)  ››

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