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Alexander von Humboldt measured everything in sight. Though many of his discoveries are hard to categorize or have been superseded, his holistic view of nature led the way to how we see and understand the world today.
Roughly 300 plants are named after him, as well as numerous animals and even an area on the moon. Alexander von Humboldt breaks all records. Let's celebrate his 250th birthday!
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The Humboldt Current is a lifeline for fish stocks. The fourth leg of our trip: Peru's Pacific coast.
The name Alexander von Humboldt may not be instantly recognizable, but it is plastered across the globe.
Will Alexander von Humboldt's remarkable Latin American travel journals ever reveal all their secrets?
Hardly anyone in the 19th century collected plants as feverishly as Alexander von Humboldt in Latin America.
Humboldt expert Andrea Wulf has published an illustrated book about Von Humboldt's 1799-1804 expedition through equatorial America.
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Humboldt's private life was revealed in two watercolors painted by Eduard Hildebrandt. One from 1856 shows him in his Berlin library and encapsulated his entire life by revealing the cluttered rooms of a wunderkind.
Astronomers have detected water vapor in the atmosphere of the exoplanet K2-18b. They say it is the first planet beyond earth that has the potential to support life.
An international group of scientists is hoping to bring the northern white rhino back from the brink of extinction. With only two females left in the world, they are turning to a sub-species for help.
Called the "frozen dragon of the north," a new species of flying dinosaur, Cryodrakon boreas, has been discovered in Canada. The pterosaur is thought to have had the wingspan of a small airplane.
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We go exploring along the Orinoco in the last episode of our tribute to Alexander von Humboldt.
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What kind of forests can withstand climate change?
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This week's viewer question comes from Ngwa Somutah Valentine in Cameroon.
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A biologist is trying to protect the region's many endangered species.
The UN health agency has called on countries to "incorporate proven suicide prevention strategies" to create awareness and extend health care. "One person still dies every 40 seconds from suicide," said the WHO's chief.
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As of September 1, 2019, people in Germany aged 16 and over who have a high risk of HIV are entitled to the prophylaxis PrEP medication.
He was the most famous scientist in the world when he was alive. And then he was forgotten. Join us on the 250th birthday of scientist Alexander von Humboldt as we try (in vain) to summarize his achievements.
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