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Since National Geographic began making maps in 1915, it has recognized four oceans: the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, and Arctic Oceans. However starting on June 8, World Oceans Day, it will ...

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This story appears in the August 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine ... they’re part of a new registry of official star names. The list was created by the International Astronomical ...

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Peter Gwin is an editor at large for National Geographic and cohost of the award-winning podcast Overheard. He began as a staff writer for the magazine in 2003, and has contributed stories from an ...

This story is part of the National Geographic 33. The outdoors can sometimes feel hostile for the queer community. That’s a conclusion Wyn Wiley reached as a kid at a summer camp run by the Boy ...