Lethal Dissent is a nine-part series about the price and peril that Iranian dissidents face for speaking out against their ...

Almost a year into Israel’s campaign to eradicate Hamas in Gaza, life there continues to be dire. Some 42,000 have been ...

In the Indian tech hub of Bengaluru, water has become a precious commodity. One initiative leverages an age-old, well-digging ...

In host Marco Werman's latest conversation with National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek, Salopek arrives at the shores of Incheon in South Korea. He explores an old fort there connected to the US ...

In Paraguay, the Indigenous Guaraní language is spoken as an official language alongside Spanish. Most Paraguayans speak ...

Alexander Smalls helped curate the book. The James Beard Award-winning chef and restaurateur joined The World’s host Marco ...

Parts of Antarctica are turning green at an alarming rate, according to new research. Scientists used satellite imagery and data to analyze vegetation levels on the Antarctic Peninsula, a long ...

Itaipu is one of the largest hydroelectric plants in the world. It provides electricity to 80 million people in Brazil and Paraguay. Not only is it huge, but it represents a unique model of ...

The Belarus Free Theatre has been banned by its country's government, so the company is making plays in exile. The troupe's ...

Spellcheck and auto-correct can be helpful when you’re drafting an email or a text message. But if that red, squiggly line appears under your own name, it’s a different story. The World’s Bianca ...

The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, one of the leading museums of the world, just acquired a botanic book about Surinam for its collection. The author, Maria Sibylla Merian, was a 52-year-old divorcee who ...

The Chagos Islands were once part of the British Empire, and islanders were forced out to make way for a military base that is run by the United States. Now, the UK is returning the islands to ...