Nicaragua Surf

Didn’t get a chance to see any of the foreign-language movies nominated for an Academy Award this year? Better brush up before Sunday! We’ll make it easy: Here’s a synopsis of each of the five nominees, compiled by staff who attended the All Roads Film Project “Global Glimpses” screenings at National Geographic headquarters last weekend.… […]

It's cold, it's dry, the air is thin. The nearest city is miles away across a barren landscape of boulder-strewn hills. At night, the only lights to guide you are the stars in the sky. Astronomers, welcome to paradise. […]

"Bears force us to think hard about what we really mean when we say we want to preserve nature. A sample here and there? Multitudes of certain majestic creatures but only token numbers of others – just enough to let us say we didn’t drive them completely extinct?" – Douglas H. Chadwick […]

Once again, Newt Gingrich shows us that he is a stupid man's idea of what a smart man sounds like. […]

As we rush to develop tar sands in Canada, we prepare to choke on our own progress. […]

In just two years, Mitsubishi's electric car went from high-priced experiment to one of the most affordable electric cars on the road. […]