Jan 22
The internet and other technologies have radically transformed the way we look at the world, allowing us to understand and connect with our physical environment in ways that we’d never thought possible. Interested in seeing what Manhattan looks like from 5,000 feet above the earth? Google Maps has an app for that. Want to see …
Dec 18
Best known for a rich archaeological history in the form of pre-Columbian structures such as Chichen Itza and–perhaps more ominously–for a prediction that the end of the world will happen this Friday, the Mayan civilization has influenced both scholastic and amateur followers of Mesoamerican culture for centuries. Like many others, Guillermo de Anda, a National Geographic …
Dec 12
In part one of the series, Mapping the Unknown, we followed the story of National Geographic Explorer Kenny Broad, who researched the effects of climate change by diving into blue holes in the Bahamas. For part two, we saw Nobel laureate Adam Riess explain his search for the universe’s elusive “dark matter” and how it could …
Dec 04
Landing the Mars Curiosity Rover, discovering new exoplanets, or uncovering supermassive black holes are among the most widely known and celebrated achievements in science today. But ask Dr. Adam Riess, Professor of Astronomy and Physics at Johns Hopkins University, and he might say the best is yet to come. Riess won the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics, …
Dec 03
Anthropologist and explorer Kenny Broad has recently tackled research on a variety of environmental issues in a unique, head-on fashion, or should we say head first– literally. The 2011 National Geographic Explorer of the year has spent much of his time diving into subterranean underwater caves in the Bahamas, known as blue holes, in order …
Nov 21
Renowned documentary photographer Chris Rainier has spent much of his life traveling to the far corners of the earth on expeditions that uncover global culture. Following in the footsteps of a long line of ancestors who also explored the world, Rainier has dedicated his life’s mission to put on film the last remaining natural wilderness …
Nov 02
In an acting career that spans over the course of three decades, Andrew McCarthy is best known for his roles in some of the most celebrated movies of the 1980s, including St. Elmo’s Fire, Pretty in Pink and (dare we say it) Mannequin and Weekend at Bernie’s. Lately, McCarthy has taken a slightly more pensive …
Oct 19
As the principal river in the Southwestern United States, the 1,450 mile Colorado River is part of an extensive watershed that includes seven U.S. states and two Mexican states. Starting in a wet meadow on the western edge of Rocky Mountain National Park, the Colorado River flows southwest into Utah and into Arizona, where it has …
Oct 03
Paleontology and the Leakey family name go almost hand-in-hand, beginning with the remarkable discoveries by Louis and Mary Leakey in the Olduvai Gorge in the 1930s and continuing with their son Richard and daughter-in-law Meave in the present day. Together, the Leakeys have been responsible for uncovering tools and fossils from ancient humans that once …
Sep 25
There’s something slightly unsettling about the idea of facing a million-strong locust horde in Africa, as the following video from the BBC demonstrates. Hindered only by food and water supplies, locusts swarms stretch up to 6 miles in length with the insects eating almost everything green in their paths. Iain Couzin says locusts will even …
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