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Deficiency of Vitamin D may even be a contributing factor for the greater prevalence of heart disease and diabetes. Check out this infographic by David McCandless, a London-based author, writer and designer.

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It's crawling with life down there. A remote expedition to the deepest layer of the Earth's oceanic crust has revealed a new ecosystem living over a kilometre beneath our feet. It is the first time that life has been found in the crust's deepest layer, and an analysis of the new biosphere suggests life could exist lower still.

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In 1960 a bathyscaphe took two men to the deepest point on Earth. In 2010 that manned descent to the Mariana Trench—still unmatched—won co-pilot Don Walsh the Hubbard Medal, National Geographic’s top honor for research and discovery. Yet it remains just a single, vital drop in an age of ocean exploration.

The secrets of the deep have emerged from research done far below the waves—and from far above them. Oceanographer Walter Munk deems the satellite TOPEX/Poseidon’s 13-year mapping of the sea surface, showing how currents affect climate, “the most successful ocean experiment of all times.”

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Every year, World Rivers Day falls on the last Sunday in September. To mark the event, The Big Wild has created an infographic that compares the length and volume of the world's 20 largest rivers.

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How to protect you home from storms.