Bill Donahue is a writer for Outside, Harper’s, Wired, The New York Times Magazine, and more…
We all make mistakes, but in 2013 a Welsh computer engineer named James Howells made one of the largest errors of all time when he tossed into the landfill a laptop carrying the password for a Bitcoin account now worth $1 billion. Now it’s his obsessive life mission to recover his lost riches.
Popular Mechanics
Edited by Lou Mazzante
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Scientist James Godwin believes that humans may soon be able to regenerate limbs and new tissue (heart, lungs, pancreas, whatever), just like that beloved salamander, the axolotl.
The Boston Globe Magazine
Edited by Jason Schwartz
Narragansett Indian Tarzan Brown won the Boston Marathon in 1936 and 1939, and the marathon’s infamous Heartbreak Hill owes its name to him. So why did he die in obscure poverty?
Runner’s World
Edited by Pavlina Cerna
In Nigeria, Christian Happi is pioneering a revolutionary approach to fighting disease.
Harvard Public Health
Edited by Michael Fitzgerald
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Why Kenyan distance runner Evans Chebet will beat the great Kipchoge at The Boston Marathon.
Runner’s World
Edited by Leah Flickinger
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Nineteen-year-old Ku Stevens is both a record-breaking distance runner and an inspiring Native American activist intent on exposing the dark history of Indian boarding schools.
Red Bulletin
Edited by Nora O’Donnell
Snowboarding pioneer Jake Burton’s life story, as told by his closest associates.
The Red Bulletin
Edited by Nora O’Donnell
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In walking over 9,000 miles along the perimeter of the United States, Rue McKenrick got shot at, got stopped by police 20 times, got attacked by biting ants, had a tree fall on him and battled depression. And he never stopped being an idealist.
Backpacker
Edited by Casey Lyons
Walking across deserts, jungles and tundra, Sarah Marquis is rewriting the rules of exploration.
Outside
Edited by Gloria Liu
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