6 of the best motels along Route 66

From disco-ball suites once favoured by Elvis Presley to sleek Pueblo Revival pads, here’s where to get your kicks by ...

What Malaysians do better than anyone else, according to a comedian

Japan is as different as life can be while remaining somewhat recognisable. It feels like cosmopolitan life turned upside ...

What it was like to retrace the first expedition down the Grand Canyon a century later

One hundred years after John Wesley Powell’s historic trek down the Grand Canyon, National Geographic went on a commemorative ...
Malaysia Sun

Heinrichiellus Natgeo: A Tiny Wasp Discovery of Global Significance

Small and indispensable! A group of entomologists from Chulalongkorn University discovered a new species of wasp in the Eastern Himalaya, dubbed Heinrichiellus natgeo, the name in tribute to the ...
News Tribune

Jim Whittaker, first American to summit Mount Everest, dies at 97

Jim Whittaker, a Seattle born and raised mountaineer who achieved legendary status when he became the first American to ...

Jim Whittaker, first American climber to scale Mt. Everest, dies at 97

West Coast climber Jim Whittaker reached the highest point on Earth on May 1, 1963. He later turned recreation co-op REI into ...