For many Americans, the first concern when it comes to health care access is a financial one. It isn’t news that we have one of the most expensive health care systems in the developed world. But for ...

Imagine a landscape so barren it resembles Mars itself, where some weather stations have never recorded a single drop of rain in their entire operational history. This isn't science fiction – it's the ...

This story, “Tracking El Grande,” appeared in the February 2007 issue of Outdoor Life. In the pale dawn light, Valo Velazquez heads into a chill north wind blowing across Mexico’s Sonoran Desert. A ...