Stephanie Pearson
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Good Read: The Definitive New Book on Balls and Why We Love Them (Interview)
Posted Tue May 15, 2012 07:30 AM ET | 0
One would be hard-pressed to find a human who hasn’t hit, kicked, or thrown a ball. John Fox, a Harvard PhD in anthropology, has spent the last decade researching the roots of this ubiquitous orb, which goes back a ... Read more
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Six Awe-Inspiring Art Installations Worth the Road Trip (or Scuba Dive)
Posted Mon May 14, 2012 07:30 AM ET | 0
Planning a summer museum tour? Don’t miss Damien Hirst’s The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living (the infamous shark suspended in formaldehyde) at London’s Tate Modern or I Spy: Photography and the Theater of the ... Read more
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High-Altitude Hydroponics: Jackson, Wyoming, to Build A Three-Story Greenhouse
Posted Tue May 8, 2012 07:30 AM ET | 0
Jackson, Wyoming, is best known for extreme peaks and extreme weather in which extreme athletes like to play. But this historic cowboy town will soon be known for one of the most innovative architectural-agricultural-sustainable work projects... Read more
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Sufferfest 2012: Chad Kellogg Makes His Second Speed-Climbing Record Attempt on Everest
Posted Thu May 3, 2012 09:44 AM ET | 0
It’s been a traumatic season on Mount Everest so far—two Sherpas have lost their lives, an avalanche between Camps I and II injured several climbers, and The North Face team member Cory Richards was evacuated off the mountain by ... Read more
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“Floating Doctors” Sails to Remote Locations to Provide Medical Assistance to Those Most in Need
Posted Tue Apr 24, 2012 03:25 PM ET | 0
On April 21, 2010, Dr. Benjamin LaBrot, his sister Sky LaBrot, and their crew left the United States and sailed for Haiti on the 76-foot-long Southern Wind, a sailboat they retrofitted into a floating hospital that can carry eight ... Read more
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Next Step, Superwoman: Amputee Fit With Bionic Ankles
Posted Tue Apr 24, 2012 07:30 AM ET | 0
Lynn Budde might feel a step closer to Superwoman. Last week the 50-year-old Kentucky resident, who lost her limbs, nose, and upper lip to Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS) in 2009, was the first female bi-lateral amputee to be fit ... Read more
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Diver Searches for Mysterious Underwater Crystals in Pacific
Posted Thu Apr 19, 2012 07:30 AM ET | 0
If Alice in Wonderland slid down the rabbit hole and landed underwater, she might have found what San Diego-based recreational diver Michael Harlow claims to have come across: millions and millions of shimmery purple translucent crystals. The only... Read more
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Hot Swedish Hypercar Hits 250 MPH
Posted Tue Apr 10, 2012 07:30 AM ET | 0
And you thought eluding the cops at 90 mph in your turbo Saab was exciting. On April 5, the Swedish 1,200-horsepower Koenigsegg Agera R topped out at 249.54 mph on a 1.5-mile straightaway at Gran Turismo’s Nürburgring Nordschleife, blowing ... Read more
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RIP Caballo Blanco: Ultramarathoner Found Dead in New Mexico
Posted Wed Apr 4, 2012 04:13 PM ET | 0
On March 27, Michael Randall Hickman, a.k.a. Micah True, a.k.a. Caballo Blanco, set out for a 12-mile run near southern New Mexico’s Gila National Forest and never came back. Five days later searchers found the 58-year-old ultrarunner’s... Read more
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Move Over Michael Phelps: New Swimsuit Has Built in Gyroscope and Accelerometer
Posted Wed Apr 4, 2012 07:30 AM ET | 0
Leave it to the Swiss to develop a tool that promises to vastly improve swimmers’ times. Scientists from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne’s Laboratory of Movement Analysis and Measurement have designed a new waterproof,... Read more
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6 Practical Jokes Perfect for April Fool’s Day (Video)
Posted Fri Mar 30, 2012 05:41 PM ET | 0
Just in time for April Fool’s Day, we bring you the best You Tube has to offer where it comes to the funny, idiotic, ingenious, and just plain cruel. Whether you’re a practical joker or just enjoy watching others’ ... Read more
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Attention Adventure Racers: To Compete in This Race, You Must Bring Your Polar Bear Banger
Posted Thu Mar 22, 2012 01:29 PM ET | 0
Now that it’s warmed up to a balmy 0 degrees Fahrenheit along the 55th parallel, the people of Nunavik (a.k.a. the Nunavimmuits), Quebec, are hosting their first-ever winter International Nunavik Adventure Challenge this weekend, March 24-26. In a... Read more
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Tree-Climbing Camp in Hawai’i Isn’t for Kids
Posted Wed Mar 21, 2012 03:04 PM ET | 0
If you’ve ever had designs on becoming the next Julia Butterfly Hill, the famous activist who lived in a 180-foot redwood for 738 days, here’s your chance: This week in Paia, Maui, on March 24 and 25, Master Tree ... Read more
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So, Mikael Strandberg, What’s It Like to Explore the Coldest Place on Earth, Siberia? (Interview)
Posted Fri Mar 16, 2012 07:07 AM ET | 0
One would think Swedish explorer Mikael Strandberg wouldn’t need to travel farther than a few hundred miles north of Stockholm to find the coldest place on Earth. But he spent February in the Russian Far North-East with the Even ... Read more
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Spring Travel: 8 Getaways That Will Stoke the Whole Family
Posted Thu Mar 15, 2012 11:38 AM ET | 0
No adventurous parent wants to drop a boatload on a family vacation that only caters to the kids, or, worse, deal with little monsters whining about how bored they are. To plan the perfect spring break for families with ... Read more
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