A Syrian refugee camp, one example of an extreme economy. The best and worst moments in public life center around the same reality — that each of our communities is like a tree clinging to a cliff in ...

What is it that makes stories of mountaineers, arctic explorers, and test pilots so captivating? Most of us are never going to climb the Eiger or fly a new airplane to the edge of space. And, we’re ...

The hugs are one of the things they miss the most. But while masks have become necessary and other restrictions to stop the spread of the coronavirus has brought normal face-to-face interaction to a ...

Are you pounding the pavement looking for a new job and feeling down and out? Or maybe you're in a career plateau navigating your next move. Either way, there are lessons to be learned from ...

The heat dome that descended upon the Pacific Northwest in late June 2021 met a population radically unprepared for it. Extreme heat disasters like this are becoming increasingly common in regions ...

Forget pommel horses and gym mats, these schoolchildren have endured the ultimate PE lesson - a gruelling army commando assault course of barbed wire, swamps and fire dubbed 'the world's hardest ...

To paraphrase the Grateful Dead, what a long, unique trip it’s been for Tanner Foust in his first season with the Extreme E series as he took his early season lessons to Chile to compete in the Copper ...

BEAVER CREEK — “Extreme Terrain” means any place within the ski area boundary that contains cliffs with a minimum 20-foot rise over a 15-foot run and slopes with a minimum 50-degree average pitch over ...

Learning isn't so easy when your school isn't air conditioned during a heat wave, many school districts are finding. Credit: Phil Roeder via Flickr. Phillips 66 is Closing its LA Refinery this Month.