National Geographic • 22nd May 2025

Iffy about camping? Here's what a guided camping trip can offer.

“Our family loves the outdoors. We just don’t like sleeping in it.” This is what I heard my 11-year-old daughter telling another girl on our camping trip, who had asked where else we’d been camping. The answer: Nowhere.

Extended Weekend Getaways • 13th May 2025

Hiking lesser-known parks

While people flock to Taos and Santa Fe for skiing and other attractions, the national and state parks in southern New Mexico are a lesser-known alternative for hikers and outdoor enthusiasts.

WebMD • 12th May 2025

BCG Treatment for Bladder Cancer

Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is the main immunotherapy used to treat early-stage bladder cancer.

WebMD • 7th April 2025

Life After Endometrial Cancer: What to Expect

The treatment you need for endometrial cancer depends on several things, including the type and stage of cancer and your individual circumstances.

U-M Erb Institute • 20th February 2025

Empowering regenerative agriculture and circularity at J.Crew

One of the programs O’Hare is especially proud of is that J.Crew is supporting 35 cotton farmers across the U.S. by paying them directly to fund their transition to regenerative agriculture.

Go World Travel Magazine • 12th February 2025

Up Close with Elephants and Tea Plants in Sri Lanka

I’m in a souped-up safari SUV in a Sri Lankan national park, and a couple of car lengths away, a female elephant and her baby are pulling plants from the ground and eating them. I’m close enough to hear them chewing.

Second Wave Michigan • 31st January 2025

Collaboration gets Dearborn air quality data to people who need it

“Air quality, even just down the street, can be very different from your front door. Having these sensors at a hyper-local level can really give you a better picture of what's going on,” says Nick Thomas, director of MiNextCities at NextEnergy.

Chalkbeat • 10th January 2025

Detroit’s high childhood asthma rate contributes to chronic absenteeism

In Detroit, children have especially high rates of both asthma and absenteeism. Chronic absenteeism – when a student misses 10% or more of the school year – is a complex and pervasive problem.

Belt Magazine • 9th January 2025

Living the Tiny Cabin Life

My husband and I packed our two kids and our dog into the car and spent a weekend in a tiny cabin in a destination I’d never heard of.

Parents • 13th December 2024

Why 3 Out of 4 Parents Are Thinking About Pulling Their Kids Out of Sports

Kids benefit from sports in various ways, but the cost of their participation has become a problem for many families.

Starting Line 1928 • 12th December 2024

Sara Mae Berman — Starting Line 1928

In 1969, 32-year-old Sara Mae Berman was the first woman to cross the finish line in the Boston Marathon. She did it again in 1970 and 1971. But women weren’t allowed to enter officially.

WebMD • 20th November 2024

What Is Scarcity Mentality?

A scarcity mindset is a way of thinking that focuses on something you don’t have enough of.

Model D • 6th November 2024

East Side seniors better equipped to age in place with home repair grants and education

Seniors in Detroit often face challenges maintaining older homes. The nonprofit organization U SNAP BAC created a program to help with home repairs and to address needs that it often sees among the seniors it serves.

Parents • 5th November 2024

The Childhood Hobby Shared by 69% of Women Leaders

Girls who play sports can benefit in many ways, including improving their physical and mental health and boosting their academic performance. A recent study by the Women’s Sports Foundation shows that sports prepare girls to be leaders, too.

The Guardian • 25th October 2024

Hellah Sidibe: the man on a seven-year run streak who once hated running

Hellah Sidibe has been on a streak since 15 May 2017. Rain or shine, and no matter how his body is feeling, he has gone for a run for the last 2,700-plus days.

Lonely Planet • 4th October 2024

Epic Runs of North America

I wrote two pieces in this Lonely Planet book: White Sands National Park and The Detroit Riverwalk

National Wildlife • 29th September 2024

Maintaining a Sandhill Crane Oasis in the Desert

In a New Mexico desert transformed by human activity, wildlife managers create the seasonal wetlands that sandhill cranes rely on each fall and winter.

Planet Detroit • 26th September 2024

Planet Detroit's guide to running in Detroit

There’s never been a better time to be a runner in Detroit.

WebMD • 22nd September 2024

COVID Headache: How Long Does It Last?

A COVID headache is a headache that you get as a symptom of COVID-19, or the coronavirus. It’s a common symptom.

Audubon • 3rd September 2024

This Runner Is Completing a 100-Mile Ultramarathon in Every State—For Owls

Ten years ago, Pete Ripmaster was running through the frozen Alaska woods in the middle of the night, lost and alone.