An ancient race that lived 2,700 years ago in the Gobi Desert may have been among the first to use cannabis for medical or religious purposes.
It was while running, walking and sometimes merely shuffling for 250 kilometers (155 miles) across the Gobi Desert that I learned what motivates people to reach the finish line and complete a physical and mental challenge.
When a 'Yellow Dragon' roars, Beijing listens.
Imagine returning from vacation with tales of excavating mummies in the Atacama Desert in Chile or tracing the history of the planet's fresh water back nearly 20,000 years in Mongolia's Gobi Desert.
Marathons? Everyone's done one. Ironman? Hardly a real challenge. Hence, a growing number of hard-charging executives are taking up the painfully extreme sport of exotic ultramarathoning. Take the ...
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It shouldn't have bothered me when Iridium, the satellite-telephone company, filed for Chapter 11 protection. I have no current plans to visit the Gobi Desert, and my GSM phone works everyplace but...
My friend Albert is a globe-trotting TV producer. On long trips, he takes three cell phones, each capable of working in only one area of the world. I tell him I'm writing an article on Iridium, the...
An ancient race that lived 2,700 years ago in the Gobi Desert may have been among the first to use cannabis for medical or religious purposes.
It was while running, walking and sometimes merely shuffling for 250 kilometers (155 miles) across the Gobi Desert that I learned what motivates people to reach the finish line and complete a physical and mental challenge.
When a 'Yellow Dragon' roars, Beijing listens.
Imagine returning from vacation with tales of excavating mummies in the Atacama Desert in Chile or tracing the history of the planet's fresh water back nearly 20,000 years in Mongolia's Gobi Desert.
Marathons? Everyone's done one. Ironman? Hardly a real challenge. Hence, a growing number of hard-charging executives are taking up the painfully extreme sport of exotic ultramarathoning. Take the ...
Watching Iridium's satellites get blown to smithereens is a fitting end to the disastrous project but hardly the most creative. The $5 billion network of 66 satellites was supposed to provide world...
The Chinese market has been an elusive one, particularly for Westerners. Much of the frustration stems from the lack of information: Reliable facts about China and about how its people live have be...
It shouldn't have bothered me when Iridium, the satellite-telephone company, filed for Chapter 11 protection. I have no current plans to visit the Gobi Desert, and my GSM phone works everyplace but...
My friend Albert is a globe-trotting TV producer. On long trips, he takes three cell phones, each capable of working in only one area of the world. I tell him I'm writing an article on Iridium, the...
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