There are few forces on Earth more powerful or deadly than a Category 4 hurricane. These storms can stretch for hundreds of miles over the ocean. At its centre a category 4 generates winds of nearly 200kmph and waves more than …
I decided we can't continue this way. Jason stuck already, he's exhausted. Clay is not happy either. We've got we've got to do something else. If I could just climb to the top of the cane, just to the lip, I c…
Singapore 2012 Side-by-side parabolic conservatories of glass and steel anchor this cutting-edge botanical garden in Singapore’s booming Marina Bay district. Named the 2012 building of the year by the World Architecture Festiva…
1. The Wire At the top of every HBO list is one of the culprits: The Sopranos or The Wire. While The Leftovers may have edged out The Sopranos, it's just impossible to beat The Wire: a show that captures the gravity of the …
The Man Who Hasn’t Slept In More Than Four Decades You’d think going without sleep for that long may have its drawbacks, but not for the man in central Quang Nam Province. His inability to sleep has not only made him famous, b…
On the morning of Wednesday, Dec. 13 ” the day she disappeared ” Danelle Ballengee made a few phone calls, sent a few e-mails, then, after a quick stop at Burger King for a chicken sandwich, french fries and coffee ” she is famo…
Survive Anything Disaster can strike at any moment. From earthquakes to virus outbreaks, it’s never expected, it’s never avoidable and it’s always a matter of life or death. Those who know how to survive do exactly that. Thos…
Jose Salvador Alvarenga (born c. 1975 ) is a Salvadoran fisherman and author who was found on 30 January 2014, aged 36 or 37, on the Marshall Islands after spending 14 months adrift in a fishing boat in the Pacific Ocean begi…