Posts by Sophie Clearwater
How Married Olympians Tara Davis-Woodhall, Hunter Woodhall Motivate Each Other Behind the Scenes
Brittany Bowe & Hilary Knight The U.S. women’s hockey team captain and veteran speed skater have a particularly special relationship with the Olympics, having gone on their first date during the 2022 Beijing Games. “Hilary and I have known each other for a number of years through different Team USA events…but that’s the first…
Read MoreFrom the Old West to the Alien: Where to See the Best Art in Denver
Denver has more than its fair share of cool murals. Pieter van de Sande (Editor’s note: This article was originally published in May 2024.) “I’m a little bit country and I’m a little bit rock and roll,” sang Osmond, and few places typify this lyric like Denver. Located about as centrally as an American city…
Read MoreIran Vows Retaliation After U.S. Widens ‘Economic D-Day’ Sanctions
“D-Day marked a historic campaign with our allies,” Bessent said Monday. “Today, in that same spirit, we are launching an economic onslaught against Iran’s financial connections around the globe.” After the measures were announced, Tehran’s Economy Minister Seyed Ali Madanizadeh said the government was prepared to counter the newly-unveiled U.S. sanctions. “They want to launch…
Read MoreU.S. Open Ball Person Confidential (The Art of Being Invisible)
Ballboys at the US Open (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images) Getty Images (Editor’s note: This article was originally published on August 27, 2014.) For three years, I worked the U.S. Open courts as a ball person. I wasn’t the quickest. I didn’t have the best hands. But I was super-focused, and I had an…
Read MoreThe American West’s Most Exclusive Private Clubs Sell Solitude by the Acre
A mountain with its own guest list has become the American West’s newest status symbol. Take Utah’s Wasatch Peaks Ranch, where guests forgo cameras and GPS tracking, then ride an airport-style shuttle to heated bubble lifts. The club covers more than 12,000 acres, yet sits only 35 miles from Salt Lake City’s airport, expecting membership…
Read MoreAfrica’s Wild Dogs Are the Most Hated Carnivores on the Continent. Here’s How Some Conservationists Are Saving Them Anyway.
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Meet the team that closely monitors the playful canines, who need help to form diverse packs and stop heir numbers from dwindling By Helen Sullivan Photographs by Marcus Westberg September/October 2026 A pair of African wild dogs at Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, the largest privately owned nature reserve in South Africa, near the Botswana border. Marcus…
Read MoreAfrica’s Wild Dogs Are the Most Hated Carnivores on the Continent. Here’s Why Some Conservationists Are Saving Them Anyway
Meet the team that closely monitors the playful canines, which need help to form diverse packs and stop their numbers from dwindling By Helen Sullivan Photographs by Marcus Westberg September/October 2026 A pair of African wild dogs at Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, the largest privately owned nature reserve in South Africa, near the Botswana border. Marcus…
Read MoreDemocrat rips Hasan Piker as ‘hack who thrives on hate’ over his warning to American Jews about Israel
Controversial far-left Twitch streamer Hasan Piker, who has become increasingly prominent in Democratic politics, is facing backlash from Rep. Hillary Scholten, D-Mich., over his remarks about American Jews’ support for Israel that she characterized as “talk of violence” targeting Jewish Michigan state Sen. Jeremy Moss. In a statement published Monday, Scholten said Piker was “a hack who thrives…
Read MoreWhy AI Watermarks and Detectors Could Backfire
—JDawnInk—Getty Images Claude now watermarks AI-generated text to comply with European Union transparency rules. OpenAI and Google add invisible fingerprints to AI-generated images. And Substack is touting a feature that scans pieces for signs of AI. Will we finally be able to tell what’s real on the Internet? My take: not even close. In fact,…
Read MoreSummer Is Ending With a ‘Blood Moon’ Lunar Eclipse. Here’s What To Know.
It’s not often that 3.6 billion people—or 44.4% of the world’s population—look at the same thing at the same time. And it’s not often that something comes along that’s worth the attention of all those billions. But that will happen on the evening of Aug. 27 when much of the world will be able to…
Read MoreMontreal airport marshaller seriously injured after being struck by plane: reports
A marshaller at Montreal airport was left seriously injured after being struck by a plane while it was pushing back, according to reports. The signaller, who hasn’t been identified, tripped and was struck Monday night by the Airbus A350 French Bee plane was bound for Paris, France, Radio Canada reported. One woman claimed the man…
Read MoreWorld’s oldest lab-grown human brains grow for seven years recording ‘passage of time’
A team of scientists have produced organoids that have become the world’s oldest lab-grown human brains — with some cells growing for around seven years. Harvard scientists developed the peppercorn-sized cell clusters for more than five years – shattering the previous record of 694 days, according to an article published in Nature last Wednesday. But…
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