At the age of 22, South African Mark Shuttleworth founded a company that helped improve the security of business transactions on the Internet. Four years later, he sold his company for 400 million dollars. Today, Shuttleworth is using the earnings for a lofty goal: to become the first African citizen in space.
At the age of 22, South African Mark Shuttleworth founded a company that helped improve the security of business transactions on the Internet. Four years later, he sold his company for 400 million dollars. Today, Shuttleworth is using the earnings for a lofty goal: to become the first African citizen in space.
For rower Jill Fredston, rowing in Arctic and sub-Arctic waterways for several months every summer isn't an adventure but "a way of life." Describing her experience in a new book, she reflects on wild places and what they mean to people.
Imagine driving down a highway at 85 mph, then opening the door and sticking your head out so it nearly skims the asphalt. That's how one "slider" describes skeleton, a sport that last appeared in the Olympics more than 50 years ago—and has now returned as the Games' ultimate thrill ride.
As skydiving increases in popularity in the United States—more than
300,000 people make about three million jumps a year—National
Geographic Today asked correspondent Kristin Whiting to take the
plunge and report what it's like to freefall thousands of feet towards
the ground.
In his final dispatch for the Kansas storm season, researcher Herb Stein
reports on how he and his colleagues finally managed to intercept a
tornado. Although as tornadoes go this one was "weak," it was the first
time the team was able to record the entire life cycle of a
tornado—gathering data that will take months to analyze.
National Geographic's Adventure magazine has compiled a ranked list of books judged by a literary panel as the 100 greatest adventure books of all time. They represent true stories of exploration, survival, and daring adventures.
Scientists who track tornadoes in radar trucks often drive hundreds of miles a day without encountering any major storms. Yet even the "failures" provide data useful in developing a better understanding of this powerful phenomenon of nature.
In the style of early explorers, a crew of experienced and novice sailors traverses the Southern Ocean and Antarctica under the mighty sails of a turn-of-the-century square rigger.
