When Doug Wheelock came home after 163 days in space, he said he had craved the aroma of leaves, grass, flowers, and trees, the rush of Earthiness that reaches astronauts only when the hatch opens back onto the living planet Saving Tips June 9, 2026 When Doug Wheelock came home from the International Space Station in November 2010, the first thing that startled him was…
When survivors near Lake Nyos woke on the morning of 22 August 1986, the cattle were dead in the fields, the birds had fallen out of the trees, and 1,746 of their neighbours were lying where they had stood the night before, with no fire, no flood, and no wound to explain it. Saving Tips June 4, 2026 Just before 10 p.m. on 21 August 1986, a low rumble rolled across the hills above Lake Nyos in northwestern…
