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By Tobias Carroll When thinking about the future of commercial flight, enthusiasm for the possibility of electric planes runs into an unfortunate quality of the batteries required to power them: they tend to be very heavy. This isn’t as much of a probl…

By Tobias Carroll Scientists who study animals who live in the depths of the ocean find themselves in an impossible situation. The water pressure thousands of feet below the surface makes it impossible for humans to easily visit that ecosystem, but bri…

By Tobias Carroll We’re currently in the midst of a dramatic increase in the popularity of Japanese whiskey in the United States — and that applies just as much to distilleries’ history as it does to their current expressions. For connoisseurs seeking …

By Tobias Carroll Sometimes rock and roll is a family business. The music world abounds with instances of this, from Jakob Dylan to Miley Cyrus and beyond. For at least two of the members of Metallica, that’s also the case. Tye Trujillo (son of Robert)…

By Tobias Carroll For a span of 41 days, Tom Brady was retired from professional football. Then he wasn’t anymore. Brady’s return from retirement is one of the highest-profile examples of an athlete doing so — though admittedly, he wasn’t away from the…

By Tobias Carroll As it turns out, the future of Notre-Dame Cathedral involves a journey into its past. As part of the ambitious plans to have the historic building reopened by 2024, a host of repairs and renovations are now underway — and, as The Guar…

By Mickey Rapkin By Mickey Rapkin It was early morning but already hot as hell as seven Toyota Land Cruisers careened through a Mideast desert. Our driver, dressed in a traditional white flowing thube, pointed to a pine-scented “no smoking” sign dangli…

By Thomas Connors Before hotels began selling product, pinching an ashtray or robe was par for the course for some travelers. But with the emergence of the boutique hotel in the 1980s, people wanted to take the whole look home. Having a bedroom and bat…

By Tanner Garrity There are some startling photos online of old Olympic stadiums and villages that have fallen into disuse and disarray over the decades. It’s a familiar, unfortunate story for both former summer and winter host cities: billions are spe…

By Tanner Garrity Among Fernando Alonso’s many accomplishments — he’s won two Formula One World Drivers’ Championships, has 32 Grand Prix wins and is the erstwhile holder of almost every “youngest driver” record — the 40-year-old Spaniard also once cra…