At first glance, I thought Dr. Blackburn’s research was a bit esoteric. Telomerase? Telomere? What are these things and why should I →

At first glance, I thought Dr. Blackburn’s research was a bit esoteric. Telomerase? Telomere? What are these things and why should I →

By the time the 21st Century arrived, I had thought that Brian Eno would have written Music for Spaceports, and that I would be listening →

More than 100 years ago Einstein predicted the existence of gravitational waves—ripples in spacetime, where space is stretched →

Although the Canary Islands are home to the wild canary, the islands were not named after the bird. It’s the other way around →

At STARMUS 2016 Brian Greene will tell us about String Theory and the Nature of Reality. He will do this in just 20 minutes. →

The STARMUS Festival in the Canary Islands claims to make “the most universal science and art accessible to the public.” The speakers →

If you look at some of the places I’ve traveled—Jukkasjärvi, Barrow, Fairbanks, Puntas Arenas, Patagonia, Andes, Himalaya, and Antarctica →

I really had no idea what I was getting into when I made my way to the Art Car Museum in Houston. I expected to see →

San Pedro de Atacama is about one hour driving time from the border with Bolivia. I wondered why our van had to stop in San Pedro to →

I never thought I’d be sleeping in a shipping container. Yet here I am and I am grateful. We are →

Every great adventure starts with a flat tire. Or at least that what I hoped. We drove for an hour and a half south of San Pedro de →

I’ve never been to the moon, and I doubt whoever named this valley has been there either. In fact, I am certain →

Most trips to the Atacama Desert start in Calama, the closest airport and mining town. My trip was no different. And, like most tourists →

On a cloudy day in Santiago, there are no lines for the funicular in Parque Metropolitano. The park is one of the →

I’ve taken so many trips and with so much variety, that I think I have everything any adventure traveller could need. Cold weather?

Greenwashing…is a form of spin in which green PR or green marketing is deceptively used to promote the perception that an organization's →

For eons Mt. Everest presided over the landscape without humans setting foot on it. It was a sacred mountain, revered by those who →

I had been warned that a cup of siphon coffee would set me back seven dollars or so. If the line into Blue Bottle Coffee weren't so →

I just finished a picnic lunch in the countryside outside Siem Reap. I am sitting under a tree next to a Buddhist temple. Two sad, dirt →