Forget nomads, heavy tents and epic songs chanted after a long day of herding across vast grasslands. These days, Mongolian young people are entranced by rap
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In Search of Himalayan Viagra
Jafra along with his two brothers crouch down in a field to pick through blades of grass, they have traveled five days by foot to a Himalayan meadow inside Nepal’s Dolpa district. They came, just as tens of thousands do each year, to harvest a highly valuable commodity from the high-altitude soil: the […]
The Right Chemistry
Edward Norton plays marathon man to fund African conservation
Actor Edward Norton already wanted to be in better shape for his 40th birthday than he was on his 30th when the idea hit — why not join members of an African tribe famous for its runners and run the New York marathon? Before he knew it, the star of “The Incredible Hulk” and “Fight Club” had signed on to the effort, despite never having run a marathon before.