complex rescue missions Rescuers on 5th day trying to save US explorer who became ill 3,400 feet below Turkish cave (video) Carla Sinclair

explorers This explorer searches deadly mines for treasure: old jeans Popkin

Science Guess what your tax dollars don't pay for? Astronaut overtime Ellsworth Toohey

Science The clouds above us teem with strange creatures Allan Rose Hill

Mutant fruit flies created by radiation, would take over Earth within months Ellsworth Toohey

How the Earth's most isolated tree met its tragic end Ellsworth Toohey

tech New sonar images of Amelia Earhart's lost plane reveal an unfortunate truth Allan Rose Hill

mistakes Italian paper struggles with difference between American "Indians" and Indians Rob Beschizza

deaths Map of 900 deaths in the Grand Canyon Rob Beschizza

NASA First tunnel found on Moon could be home for future space colonists Allan Rose Hill

Science California's amazing geographic oddities B.R. O'Deal

podcasts Musicland Stories is a delightful music-themed fantasy adventure podcast for all ages Thom Dunn

NASA Lunar Node 1: the trailblazing lunar beacon guiding NASA's future in space exploration Carolyn Townsend

britain Catalogue of entrances to hell found in the UK Rob Beschizza

comedy Excellent video recreating the steps (and kayak voyage) of Bienville, founder of New Orleans Natalie Dressed

octopus I love "Casper the friendly Octopus" Popkin

Disney Splendid China, the bizarre theme park once down the road from Disney World David Pescovitz

Science "Cave of Bones" scientist Lee Berger talks about extinct apes that buried their dead and created art Ruben Bolling

recreational vehicles The "HeliHome" is #vanlife done right Jason Weisberger

oceangate Search team hears 'banging' sounds where the missing submersible disappeared Carla Sinclair