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The first episode of TED's Far Flung podcast looks at the city's unique challenges.

Patience and the right resources are key.

Families in need are receiving prosciutto and Pecorino di Pienza.

An image of a brave doctor, large enough to be seen from space.

With land in short supply, families are forming new traditions.

Yet vegetation persists there. And as the first large-scale algae map reveals, "green snow" acts as a carbon sink.

A time-lapse shows that, before they unleash storms, the clouds look pretty soothing. (At least from space.)

Not everyone welcomes the performances, but they're traveling far and taking risks to get by.

99 years later, a community works with archaeologists to answer longstanding questions about a brutal tragedy.

For North Carolina researchers, every starter is more data.

Explore a captivating compendium of cosmic illustrations.

From crispy popovers to artful bird cakes, take a carb cruise around the world.

Its stunning mosaic floor luckily escaped root damage. 

The Soviets made it to carry spacecraft. Now it's zooming medical supplies around the globe.

The fearsome fighters of Greek mythology have a very real, very fit regimen to share.

An artist talks about his environmentally responsive artwork—the first installation in an underwater museum at the intersection of coral and culture.

When it reached America, Sunkist marketers recommended hot lemonade.

Raku Inoue is now finding inspiration for his precise, ephemeral works in his backyard.