New satellite data surprises scientists

Run from base camp took less than 3 days

French captain Franck Cammas and his nine-person crew aboard the multi-hulled Groupama 3 have set a new record for the fastest circumnavigation of the globe by sail,crossing the finish line this past Saturday 48 days, 7 hours, 44minutes and 52 seconds after they started back at the end of January,…

And could shrink more

I’m looking for a pair of quick-drying pants for hiking in the slush and rain over the next few weeks. I need to look presentable if we stop at a brewpub on the way back. What have you got for me?

The film, directed by anthropologist Pegi Vail, takes a critical look at how and why we inadvertently love places to death.

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Recent news of a rogue otter devouring an alligator in Florida has us wondering: Just how dangerous are these river weasels?

When the Reverend Sun Myung Moon died in September, at age 92, obituaries described a man who'd inspired zealous devotion and condemnation—a summation that Moon never shied away from. "I am a controversial person," he wrote in his 2009 autobiography, As a Peace-Loving Global Citizen. "The mere mention of my name causes trouble in the world." Here's a loo