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  1. Libreville: A City Born from the Liberation of Enslaved People in 1849Founded as a sanctuary for those freed from a captured slave ship, Gabon's capital has evolved from a small trading post into a bustling economic engine. Today, this coastal city …
  2. Libya remains fractured by dual governments and persistent instability years after Gaddafi's fallSince the 2011 revolution ousted Muammar Gaddafi, Libya has struggled to transition from decades of authoritarian rule to a stable democracy. Despite a permanent ceasefire in 2020…
  3. Libya's parliament once operated from a chartered car ferry to escape escalating civil conflict.Established in 2014, Libya's House of Representatives has navigated a decade of deep political fragmentation. From holding sessions on a Greek ferry in Tobruk to facing internal s…
  4. Libya's Tripoli began as Phoenician Oyat by the seaLibya's capital and largest city held about 3.246 million people in 2021 on the northwestern Mediterranean edge. Phoenicians founded it in the seventh century BC as Oyat before Gr…
  5. Libya’s desert landscape hides a deep history of ancient civilizations and shifting regional power.Libya is defined by three distinct historical regions: Tripolitania, Cyrenaica, and Fezzan. While today it is known for its vast Sahara desert and oil wealth, the land was once a …
  6. Lice are booklice that moved onto warm bloodNearly five thousand wingless parasites once ranked as their own insect order. A 2021 genetic study folded Phthiraptera into Psocodea—the booklice and barklice—as a highly modifie…
  7. Lice are not restricted to fur; they also inhabit deep ocean environments.While commonly associated with body hair and fur, lice have successfully adapted to life in the ocean. This video explores the surprising reality of these insects thriving in mari…
  8. Lice genetics suggest humans started wearing clothes up to 170,000 years agoEarly clothes rotted away long ago, so scientists turned to an unlikely witness: the body louse, which dies within hours unless it can shelter in fabric. Counting the genetic muta…
  9. Lice, sweat and a lost gene reveal when humans shed fur and dressedFor most of our history as a species, people went naked, probably for at least 90,000 years before anyone invented clothes. Working out when fur vanished and garments arrived has …
  10. Licensed apothecary who quit medicine for four years of verseJohn Keats (1795–1821) published for under four years, died of tuberculosis at twenty-five, and was shrugged off in life. Posthumous fame put him beside Byron and Shelley; Borges …
  11. Lichens invented the word symbiosis as living partnershipsA lichen is not a plant but a hybrid colony: algal or cyanobacterial partners woven among fungal filaments, often with bacteria in the outer skin. Roughly twenty thousand species …
  12. Lidar measures the world by timing how long reflected light takes to returnFire a laser pulse, wait for the reflection, multiply the round-trip time by the speed of light and halve it. That simple trick, first tried for tracking satellites in 1961, now m…
  13. Lidar technology reveals ancient large-scale urban networks in the Bolivian AmazonResearchers using Lidar technology have uncovered evidence of a complex, low-density urban system in the Bolivian Amazon. By scanning through dense tropical forests, the team iden…
  14. Lidia Thorpe: The Aboriginal Senator Who Views Parliament as a Colonial Project to InfiltrateLidia Thorpe is a polarizing figure in Australian politics, serving as the first Aboriginal senator from Victoria. Known for her fierce advocacy of Indigenous sovereignty, she has…
  15. Lidl bought its name from a retired teacher to avoid 'black market'Dieter Schwarz had an awkward problem when he opened discount shops in the 1970s: his family name would turn them into Schwarz-Markt, German for black market. He wanted his father…
  16. Lie algebras capture a whole symmetry group from its tiniest motionsTurn a book a quarter-turn forward and then a quarter-turn sideways, and it ends up differently than if you reverse the order. Rotations do not commute. A Lie algebra measures exa…
  17. Liechtenstein became sovereign when Germany’s confederation diedThe Principality of Liechtenstein is a tiny Alpine monarchy between Switzerland and Austria, formed in 1719 and fully independent after the German Confederation dissolved in 1866.…
  18. Liechtenstein once sent 80 soldiers to war and returned with 81 menFor centuries, this tiny principality maintained a small military force, eventually disbanding it in 1868 to declare permanent neutrality. Yet, the nation’s martial history is def…
  19. Liechtenstein: The hidden, high-capacity microchip of the European continentThis video profiles Liechtenstein, a small but abundant nation tucked away from the public eye. It is part of a series aiming to cover every country on Earth alphabetically, offer…
  20. Liège Province is the only Belgian region bordering three different sovereign nationsNestled in eastern Wallonia, Liège Province is a unique geopolitical crossroads. It is the only Belgian province to share borders with three countries, reflecting a complex histor…
  21. Liège: The Fervent City That Once Invented Europe's Most Democratic Political SystemNestled in the Meuse valley, Liège is a city defined by its fierce independence and industrial grit. From its medieval roots as a prince-bishopric to its role as a revolutionary s…
  22. Liepāja: The Latvian port city where the wind is born and history lingersKnown as the city where the wind is born, Liepāja has transformed from a bustling 19th-century resort into a secretive Soviet military base, and finally into a modern cultural hub…
  23. Life aboard the International Space Station during Expedition 45NASA Flight Engineer Kjell Lindgren discusses his ongoing research and maintenance duties aboard the International Space Station during an in-flight interview with Baltimore media.
  24. Life aboard the International Space Station with Baltimore native Reid WisemanExpedition 40 Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman discusses his ongoing research and daily life aboard the International Space Station during a series of in-flight interviews.
  25. Life aboard the International Space Station: A commander's perspectiveDuring in-flight interviews, NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy discusses the realities of daily life and scientific research while orbiting the Earth.
  26. Life aboard the International Space Station: A post-flight briefing by Reid WisemanNASA Headquarters employees gathered to hear Astronaut Reid Wiseman recount his first mission in space. This presentation details his experiences during Expedition 40 and 41, cove…
  27. Life and combat aboard the legendary HMS VictoryStep inside the flagship of Vice Admiral Nelson. This visual guide explores the daily reality of naval life, detailing how crews lived, sailed, and fought during the decisive Batt…
  28. Life and death for seal pups in the unpredictable open oceanThis documentary footage captures the harsh realities of life for seal pups. Witness the narrow escapes and tragic losses that define the daily struggle for survival in the wild, …
  29. Life and excavation at the ancient Mayan city of Tikal in the 1950sThis archival footage captures the daily rhythm of the University of Pennsylvania Museum's archaeological project at Tikal between 1951 and 1959. It offers a rare glimpse into the…
  30. Life and logistics inside the orbital outpostWith ten crew members currently inhabiting the International Space Station, the orbital laboratory is a hive of complex transitions. From inspecting fire extinguishers to testing …
  31. Life and research aboard the International Space StationExpedition 50 astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Peggy Whitson discuss the realities of living and conducting research in orbit during an educational event for students in West Virgin…
  32. Life and science aboard the International Space StationStep inside the International Space Station during Expedition 26. This video captures a series of in-flight interviews where crew members answer questions from global media about …
  33. Life and science aboard the International Space Station during Expedition 40This video captures the diverse activities of the Expedition 40 crew, from conducting microgravity science to performing complex spacewalks and monitoring Earth's oceans from orbi…
  34. Life and scientific work inside the International Space Station's Columbus moduleEuropean Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers shares his experiences living and working aboard the International Space Station. This session provides a firsthand look at daily ope…
  35. Life and work aboard the International Space StationIn this series of interviews, NASA's Commander Scott Kelly discusses the progress of his year-long mission and the technical challenges of maintaining the orbital laboratory.
  36. Life as nature intended in Earth's last untouched EdensExplore a world shielded from human interference. This footage takes you inside a cave teeming with cockroaches to witness a delicate ecosystem that remains largely unchanged by t…
  37. Life at 17,500 miles per hour with Luca ParmitanoJoin ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano as he shares a direct update from the International Space Station, detailing his transition into the Expedition 36 crew.
  38. Life at the edge of human endurance in the heart of the Antarctic winterTwelve people spend the long Antarctic winter at the Concordia research station, isolated 1200 km inland on a high plateau. With temperatures plunging to -80°C and the sun absent …
  39. Life at the edge: how microorganisms survive the impossibleWhat defines the limits of life? This lecture from the German Aerospace Center explores microorganisms that don't just endure extreme conditions—they thrive in them.
  40. Life began as a single cell, and for most of history, it stayed that way.Unicellular organisms are the oldest life forms on Earth, emerging nearly four billion years ago. While we often equate complexity with multicellularity, these single-celled maste…
  41. Life builds its entire complexity from a surprisingly limited set of twenty-two building blocks.Across all known life, only twenty-two amino acids are genetically encoded to construct proteins. While thousands of other amino acids exist in nature, these specific few were sel…
  42. Life doesn't always need phosphorus to build its own blueprintFor decades, biology textbooks taught that phosphorus was an indispensable building block for all known life. However, NASA-funded research in California has uncovered a microorga…
  43. Life expectancy in Argentina is at a record highAt 77.5 years in 2024, life expectancy in Argentina is the highest in World Bank data going back to 1960.
  44. Life expectancy in Argentina, 1960 to 2024Life expectancy in Argentina rose from 64.2 years in 1960 to 77.5 years in 2024, according to World Bank data.
  45. Life expectancy in Australia, 1960 to 2024Life expectancy in Australia rose from 70.8 years in 1960 to 83.1 years in 2024, according to World Bank data.
  46. Life expectancy in Brazil is at a record highAt 76.0 years in 2024, life expectancy in Brazil is the highest in World Bank data going back to 1960.
  47. Life expectancy in Brazil, 1960 to 2024Life expectancy in Brazil rose from 53.2 years in 1960 to 76.0 years in 2024, according to World Bank data.
  48. Life expectancy in Canada, 1960 to 2024Life expectancy in Canada rose from 71.1 years in 1960 to 82.1 years in 2024, according to World Bank data.
  49. Life expectancy in Chile is at a record highAt 81.4 years in 2024, life expectancy in Chile is the highest in World Bank data going back to 1960.
  50. Life expectancy in Chile, 1960 to 2024Life expectancy in Chile rose from 57.2 years in 1960 to 81.4 years in 2024, according to World Bank data.
  51. Life expectancy in China passed 50 yearsLife expectancy in China passed 50 years in 1962. The latest value, for 2024, is 78.0 years.
  52. Life expectancy in China, 1960 to 2024Life expectancy in China rose from 33.4 years in 1960 to 78.0 years in 2024, according to World Bank data.
  53. Life expectancy in Egypt is at a record highAt 71.8 years in 2024, life expectancy in Egypt is the highest in World Bank data going back to 1960.
  54. Life expectancy in Egypt, 1960 to 2024Life expectancy in Egypt rose from 44.4 years in 1960 to 71.8 years in 2024, according to World Bank data.
  55. Life expectancy in France is at a record highAt 83.0 years in 2024, life expectancy in France is the highest in World Bank data going back to 1960.
  56. Life expectancy in France, 1960 to 2024Life expectancy in France rose from 69.9 years in 1960 to 83.0 years in 2024, according to World Bank data.
  57. Life expectancy in Germany, 1960 to 2024Life expectancy in Germany rose from 69.1 years in 1960 to 80.8 years in 2024, according to World Bank data.
  58. Life expectancy in India is at a record highAt 72.2 years in 2024, life expectancy in India is the highest in World Bank data going back to 1960.
  59. Life expectancy in India, 1960 to 2024Life expectancy in India rose from 45.6 years in 1960 to 72.2 years in 2024, according to World Bank data.
  60. Life expectancy in Indonesia is at a record highAt 71.3 years in 2024, life expectancy in Indonesia is the highest in World Bank data going back to 1960.