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Posted inEditor's Pick

She Fell Nearly 2 Miles, and Walked Away

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands June 21, 2021January 25, 2023

“At 17, biologist Juliane Diller was the sole survivor of a plane crash in the Amazon. Fifty years later she still runs Panguana, a research station founded by her parents in Peru.”

Posted inStory

All that Glitters

by Longreads February 4, 2021October 12, 2022

Greed, grift, and murder in the black market for gold.

Posted inQuotes

Is the Cure for Cancer Locked in Shrunken Heads from the Amazon?

by Seyward Darby January 5, 2021October 12, 2022

Could shrunken heads from the Amazon hold the key to curing cancer?

Posted inFeatured, Nonfiction, Quotes

He Learned it All on Google and YouTube: How to Become a Gold Smuggler

by Krista Stevens March 11, 2017October 19, 2022

Want to become an international gold smuggler? Harold Vilches started his life of crime with a Google search for gold dealers in Peru and YouTube videos on how to make your own gold ingots.

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