Murky Waters
At what point should a diving crew’s wild, risky, life-affirming harvest give way to the greater good?
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Do Bikes Belong in Wilderness?
A simple question divides a community right when cooperation is most critically needed
Forward on the Fumes of Ambition
Ultrarunning’s strange joy has nothing to do with how well you place. It’s about how hard you try
Intro
On one luminous sunny day in February, a gondola car was rising between Mammoth Mountain’s mid-station and its summit at 11,053 feet, but none of the five men inside were taking in the view. Instead, they were deep in discussion about children, specifically, about whether and when to have them and what their impact might … Read more
Merit Badges for Grown-Ups
It takes more than cookies to make a Girl Scout—a lot more
Portfolio: Drone
A bird’s eye view is not necessarily what you think it is. In the early 1970s, an avian scientist discovered that pigeons can see ultraviolet light, invisible of course to humans, which opened the door to an explosion in research on how birds actually interpret the world. It turns out that ultraviolet light is a … Read more