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What Is Xenon Gas, and Why Are Climbers Using It?
A British expedition summited Everest in days while supplementing xenon. Is it the secret ingredient mountaineering has been ...
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Behind the Backglass: Pacific Pinball Museum Exhibit Celebrates Women
"Behind the Backglass," an exhibit celebrating women who shaped pinball, is now open at the Pacific Pinball Museum. Vicky ...
Science: Everest's xenon cheats, native forest carbon
Science correspondent Allan Blackman joins Kathryn to talk about concerns in the world of mountaineering and among the Nepalese government about a recent feat by four British climbers. They traveled ...
Was Mars destroyed by nuclear weapons? Here’s what NASA really says
Over a decade ago a theory was floated that a primitive civilization on Mars was eradicated by a nuclear explosion, but NASA ...
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The Everest hack? Xenon-fueled summit sparks debate over mountain’s future
Some see a record-breaking ascent by British climbers who used xenon as a breakthrough, but others view it as the latest ...
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Chris Weidner: By all means — Lowering the bar on Mount Everest
On May 8, 1978, world-renowned alpinist Reinhold Messner and his frequent partner, Peter Habeler, became the first to summit ...