Unexpected Guest
Astronomers still don’t know what 2017’s interstellar visitor ‘Oumuamua’ really is—which makes it all the more wondrous
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Portfolio: Seeds of Revolution
Cuban surfers face a lack of gear and a suspicious government, but are finding ways to build a new culture one jury-rigged paddle-out at a time
Recommended Reading
AJ 12 • Recommended Reading Recommended Reading A 4,000-mile Alaskan journey, four centuries of Black nature poetry, and a grizzly’s last season By Emily White Issue 12 The Sun Is a Compass: A 4,000-Mile Journey Into the Alaskan Wilds Caroline Van Hemert · Little, Brown Spark · 2019 “Inside Passage: Row north along the Pacific … Read more
The Girl Who Bikes to Weddings
Escape from a stifling engagement opens to the freedom of a grander world
Three Square
In backpacking, every ounce counts. Here are three lightweight DIY dehydrating recipes to get you started
Above the Water, Against the Sky
The stilt houses of the Texas intracoastal waterway shelter anglers, shrimpers, and water lovers—and are open to anyone who scores a five-year lease
Unlocking the Dawn Wall
Heralded as the climb of the century, it never would have happened without a radical solution to an impassable crux
The Sharp End
With research piling up showing fish feel pain, one angler takes on the moral and ethical calculus of continuing to cast
The Pulse of New Wave
It’s the first truly unique way to surf in millennia, but can hydrofoiling rise above the doubt to find acceptance in surfing’s mainstream?