Off the shores of a tiny island in the middle of the vast Pacific Ocean are the ruins of an ancient civilization. The remains of Nan Madol are the only standing monument of a civilization built entirely over open water, on a coral reef. The eerie abandoned stone structures are said to have inspired science-fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft to create a similar sunken city that was home to the monster Cthulhu, says Atlas Obscura. In reality, Nan Madol was...

Jimmy Nelson has spent the past three years traveling to some of the most remote places on Earth capturing the lives of indigenous people, from the frigid mountains of Mongolia to the endless sandy deserts of Namibia. But the most extreme climates, Nelson said, are the ones that he prefers. "For the worse climatic conditions you gain on two points," Nelson said in an interview with Weather.com. "One, you yourself are focused. You're surviving. Secondly, the weather and the environment...

This Saturday, Nov. 30, 2013 photo, shows parts of a Mozambique Airlines plane which crashed in the Bwabwata National Park, Namibia, killing all 33 on board. Officials are investigating the cause of the crash. A new report says plane automation may contribute to some plane crashes.(AP Photo/NAMPA, Olavi Haikera) (AP Photo/NAMPA, Olavi Haikera) WASHINGTON -- Pilots are becoming so reliant on the computer systems that do most of the flying in today's airliners that on the rare occasions when something...