"One year spent on the independent professional wrestling circuit in the Pacific Northwest, where the only thing that’s faked is the outcome of the match."

A few years ago I met a guy who used to go to wrestling school. The whole point of wrestling school, he explained, is to learn how to perform gymnastics that appear to be real fighting but are actuall...

A few years ago I met a guy who used to go to wrestling school. The whole point of wrestling school, he explained, is to learn how to perform gymnastics that appear to be real fighting but are actuall...

If more cities start regulating outdoor lighting, we humans could make the environment better for all living creatures

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Researchers in Vermont infected 5,300 American elms with a lethal dose of Dutch elm disease. Those that survive could help them build the most genetically diverse, disease-resistant population yet.

More miles of the country’s rivers were reconnected last year thanks to dam removals than at any other time in history.

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Join us at the Literary Arts Bookstore & Cafe for a celebratory evening of readings from the 2026 Oregon Literary Fellowship recipients. The following fellows will be joining us: Devon

Not long ago, I was reading, in a magazine profile, a physical description of a person “who has a prodigious white beard, wavy gray bangs, and dark, beetling eyebrows.” A photo of the person was inclu...

28 years ago, the team’s nemesis Reggie Miller sunk a shot that dashed their playoff dreams. Here’s what Spike Lee and others sitting courtside remember.

Taken to its logical conclusion, this line of thinking is absurd—and damning.

Garlic ranks high on our list of beloved ingredients — meet the die-hard enthusiasts who are obsessed with improving it.

For decades, Mariner Books has stewarded The The Best American Series®, a literary institution that began in 1915 with Best American Short Stories, to your bookshelves. But just in case you’re stum…

Readings by Joel Calahan, Giovanna Frene, Hayan Charara, Christie Hodgen, & Charu Sinha. Live music by Alisa Amador.

Fifty-six years ago, after a tense race to save the Apollo 13 crew, the astronauts finally splashed down safely. Here’s what flight directors who got them home remember.