A vol­cano erupt­ed in cen­tral Japan on Sat­ur­day, throw­ing hot ash­es and dead­ly fumes into the air, trap­ping moun­tain climbers and killing at least 36 peo­ple. Sol­diers, fire­fight­ers and relief work­ers using gas detec­tion sys­tems, were able to res­cue some…

Uh-oh. It’s that time of year again. Despite the fact it feels as though class­es began yes­ter­day the sea­son known as midterms has once more thrust its pres­ence upon us. Exhaus­tion. Sleep depri­va­tion. Frus­tra­tion. As the days become short­er and…

This past year was one of the most excit­ing years in sports his­to­ry. All four major sports had thrilling end­ings to their respec­tive sea­sons, result­ing in the coro­na­tion of five cham­pi­ons. The San Anto­nio Spurs were the kings of bas­ket­ball after…

I’ve always been attract­ed to mag­nif­i­cent archi­tec­ture, espe­cial­ly of build­ings attached to his­to­ry. Reli­gious mar­vels, like the ones I’m about to show you, hold a spe­cial kind of mys­ti­cism to me. These build­ings were cre­at­ed and imag­ined by great thinkers…

Look out world: there’s a new play­er on the mar­ket. Aliba­ba, a Chi­nese e‑commerce busi­ness group, had its IPO last Fri­day and quick­ly became one of the high­­est-val­ued com­pa­nies on the open mar­ket. The com­pa­ny shat­tered expec­ta­tions, as its value…

Sier­ra Leone recent­ly emerged from a three-day, nation­wide lock­down that last­ed from Sept. 19–21, a mea­sure that the coun­try deemed a suc­cess. The lock­down arose out of the coun­try’s des­per­ate hopes to muf­fle the spread of the Ebo­la virus, which has wreaked havoc…

Because of the lack of the phys­i­cal fit­ness and the con­gen­i­tal con­di­tions, Chi­nese bas­ket­ball play­ers can­not fight with Amer­i­can play­ers. Although there are more and more Chi­nese love play­ing bas­ket­ball, there are just sev­er­al play­ers can play the bas­ket­ball in…

Apple has been in the lime­light to an enor­mous degree over the past few weeks. Whether you love em or you hate em, the buzz is all about the iPhone 6, 6 Plus, Apple Watch, and of course iOS8. The…

I’ll argue this: Flo­rence, Italy is eas­i­ly the most mag­i­cal place in the world. End­less plates of pas­ta, breath­tak­ing art and those cliché espres­so cafes grace the cob­ble­stone streets of this unfor­get­table city. It was when I stud­ied abroad this past…

As it often does (for bet­ter or for worse), sports has brought a press­ing social issue — domes­tic vio­lence — to the fore­front of nation­al dis­course for every­one from ex-jocks to 60-some­thing year-old fem­i­nists. If you’re read­ing this, you probably —…