My Weekend at a Conference for the Super-Happy
In Miami, a motley crew of scientists, new-age gurus, and TED-flavored influencers join forces to help us all “choose happiness.”
The Thieves Who Steal Sunken Warships, Right Down to the Bolts
How pirates are diving down to wrecks on the sea floor in search of scrap, and in the process are stealing 6500-ton ships — in their entirety — leaving only the imprint of the massive hulls on the sea floor.
Going It Alone
Rahawa Haile shares her story of hiking the Appalachian Trail as a queer black woman in the spring of 2016 — traveling through hundreds of miles in states that staunchly supported Donald Trump in the election.
The Wildest Party on Earth
Eva Holland profiles the sweaty, rhino-skinned, costumed competitors of Horseshoe Hell — a competitive rock-climbing race in Arkansas, in which participants attempt to complete as many climbs as they can in a 24-hour period in blazing temperatures.
How 1,600 People Went Missing from Our Public Lands Without a Trace
From cougars to stalkers to falls down deep canyons, America’s 640 million acres of public land offer countless ways to disappear. The 1,600 people who already have is only an estimate, since no reliable system exists to track their numbers and cases, or to find them.
Our Lady of Strays
The world’s greatest dog sanctuary is on a small farm in Costa Rica, where hundreds of canines run wild over the land—eating huge piles of food and slobbering happily on Lya Battle and her small band of dedicated volunteers.
The Detective of Northern Oddities
A profile of Kathy Burek, a veterinary pathologist who performs necropsies on animals (whales, sea otters, polar bears) that mysteriously turn up dead in Alaska.
What Happened to Eastern Airlines Flight 980?
In 1985, Eastern Air Lines Flight 980 crashed into the side of a 21,112-foot mountain in Bolivia. No bodies were recovered at the crash site, and the plane’s black box was never found. More than 30 years later, two friends from Boston organized an expedition to figure out what happened.
The Future of Disaster Relief Isn’t the Red Cross
Team Rubicon breaks rules to put veterans to work and assist people in need. Is this the facelift the aid industry needs?
A Terrifying Journey Through the World’s Most Dangerous Jungle
Jason Motlagh joins US-bound migrants as they traverse the guerilla-ruled area around the Colombia-Panama border.