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Dion McGregor's true talent emerged each morning just before he woke up.

The world's scariest hike is more than an internet meme—it's a 7,000-foot-high cliffside trail in China that will take your breath away.

Inspired by a flubbed prison escape, the Barkley Marathon is a ludicrously challenging 100-mile race only a handful of runners have completed. Finishing it twice? That's next to impossible.

From ancient mud bricks to salty beet juice, roads have a long, winding history—and a glowing future.

Before 1917, the only thing tougher than drawing a road map was reading one.

Step away from the dog whisperer. Canine-cognition scientist Alexandra Horowitz knows what your dog is thinking.

A.J. Jacobs is one of thousands of researchers tackling the biggest challenge in the history of ancestry.

Taking a job as a news anchor for the brand-new music channel Revolt TV—and moving from his native New York City to Los Angeles—was a huge change for this blogger, filmmaker, and Bar-certified attorney. SIngh reveals what his new creative life is like, on

The history of the roller coaster is more than a little loopy.

Road rage is hardly a new phenomenon. In fact, Britain’s first speeding laws were enacted in the early 19th century to stop horse-drawn carriages from “furious driving.” But what is it about roads that turn law-abiding Jekylls into bird-flipping Mr. Hydes

How an architect revolutionized the basketball shoe.

Miki Sudo is not full. In fact, she is almost never full.

Move over rum! Brazil’s favorite spirit is coming to town.

We persuade ourselves that we can influence random events, a fantasy psychologists call “the illusion of control.”

Shel Silverstein bridged the worlds of adult and children's art, while becoming wildly popular in the process.

What do great authors do at their summer homes? Compose our favorite beach reads.

Scientists are working to alleviate those maddening, irritating, altogether obnoxious things that can make your everyday life hell. And not a moment too soon!