NEW YORK TIMES | A western road trip to the world's largest RV rally.
Dropping In on Obama's Kenyan Grandmother
SLATE | What it means to be an Obama in Africa.
Read More
Tom, a Lagotto Romagnolo, hunting Oregon winter white truffles with his trainer, Jim Sanford. Credit: Laura D'Art
In Search of the Best American Truffles
WSJ. | Long considered inferior to European varieties, American truffles are making a comeback with a festival in Oregon and a few highly skilled dogs leading the way.
Read MoreHow Humanity Is Killing The World: 'Racing Extinction'
WIRED | Attention, humanity! You are ruining the world. And The Cove’s Louis Psihoyos is back to make you confront what you’re doing.
Read More
THE MAVERICK: Engineer Graham Hawkes and his team show off their latest invention: Super Falcon. Credit: Douglas Adesko
The 36,201 FT (Deep) Man
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ADVENTURE | It was one of the last great feats of exploration: Diving alone, in a sub, to the bottom of the Mariana Trench. For three years the quest consumed an idealistic engineer and a single-minded record-setter. This is their untold story.
Channing Tatum and the Quest for the Perfect Buzz
MEN'S FITNESS | How two young entrepreneurs and one Hollywood A-Lister, with the help of a caffeinated Amazonian “super leaf,” are trying to shake up the $30 billion energy-drink market with a healthier alternative.
Read More
In Droege's lab at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, pizza boxes provide storage to thousands of pinned bee specimens. Volunteers Gene Scarpulla (in green) and Tim McMahon peer through microscopes to ID the insects. Credit: Robert Wright
The Incubator
AUDUBON | Once USGS biologist Sam Droege gets a research project up and running, he dreams up a new one—and builds it.
Deep Impact: Attenborough at 88
AUDUBON | Never mind old age. David Attenborough still does his own stunts in a lifelong quest to bring wildlife to your living room (or mobile device).
Read More
Guests in the lodge at a Summit Series weekend at Powder Mountain in January had views of the Wasatch range. Credit: Jim McAuley
The Ski Resort That Crowdsourcing Built
NEW YORK TIMES | The young owners of Powder Mountain in Utah use their networking skills to draw investors to their planned ski resort.
Read More
At The Top Of The World
WORLD WILDLIFE | Snow leopards, fresh water, and climate change in Kyrgyzstan.
Read MoreSpringtime on the Border
ALTERNET | Instead of waiting for Washington to take action, the Minuteman volunteers bring Washington to the border, demanding attention for an illegal immigration storm.
Read More