After confronting her own mortality in a near-fatal bus crash, photographer Alison Wright dedicates her career to capturing the human spirit through her photographs and writing. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe ➡ Get More Nat Geo Live: http://bit.ly/MoreNatGeoLive About Nat Geo Live (National Geographic Live): Thought-provoking presentations by today’s leading explorers, scientists, …

“Craigslist, the parallel dimension where you can find a reasonably priced and barely stained couch as quickly as you can find a free handjob, is not to be trifled with, especially if that trifling involves the “casual encounters” section. Unfortunately, a Wisconsin man learned his lesson about not using Craigslist …

“Blaming a faulty printer is a convenient excuse for failing to get work done – but this explanation has helped a woman in China’s Hubei province save hundreds of marriages.”* A divorce clerk claims she saved 500 marriages by giving couples excuses like “the printer is broken” when they came …

“The summer travel issue of T, the Times’s luxury magazine that was included in this Sunday’s paper, drew some reader criticism, public editor Margaret Sullivan noted today in a blog post.”* New York Times readers are angry about a rail-thin model gracing the cover of the paper’s “T Magazine.” Is …

“Rail passengers searching for love in the Czech capital need look no further than the daily commute as the city makes plans to designate carriages on its underground trains for singles.”* Singles-only love trains might just be the best way to get people aboard public transportation, according to the Prague …

“Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on Wednesday offered an amendment to the Senate’s major farm bill that would allow states to require labels on genetically engineered foods. “Today we have an opportunity with this amendment to affirm once and for all that states do have the right to label food that …

“The wheels of justice move slowly sometimes, but not, apparently, as slowly as Webster’s New World Dictionary. Slang has always been a challenge for the courts in cases that involve vulgar or insulting language. Conventional dictionaries lag the spoken word by design. That has lawyers and judges turning to a …

Hang on for a fishing competition like no other! Brave US soldiers are about to battle 3,000 fishermen from around the world for a chance to be crowned King of the North Atlantic. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world’s premium destination for science, exploration, and …

Hang on for a fishing competition like no other! Brave US soldiers are about to battle 3,000 fishermen from around the world for a chance to be crowned King of the North Atlantic. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world’s premium destination for science, exploration, and …

Cenk Uygur responds to viewer questions both personal and serious. What would Cenk ask Obama in an interview? What music does Cenk like? What’s Cenk’s favorite fast food? What kinds of ads would Wold-PAC run? And…does Cenk wax his eyebrows?Cenk answers in this installment of Twitter Storm. To join the …