Travel is one of the great connectors of the modern world. We often take for granted the ability to jump in a plane, on a train or in our cars and experience different people and cultures. Some of the most memorable moments of our lives happen when we are traveling…

When you’ve spent your entire life overweight, you try to convince yourself that it’s just normal. You tell yourself that it must be bad genetics, and perhaps a bad digestive system. Big bones run in the family, you say, and oh well, food is a required sustenance of life, so…

There are many people you meet in your life: Some you never think about again. Some you occasionally wonder what happened to them. Some you become close with. And then there are the rare few who change your life completely, sometimes without you even realizing it. I met Alex Niles…

Ten years after its introduction, Facebook continues to change the way we act and see the world  — Ten years ago Tuesday, Facebook launched in the Harvard dorm room of the now infamous Mark Zuckerberg. Today, the social networking site boasts 1.23 billion members worldwide (1 in 6 people) and has 350 million photos uploaded and 6 million “likes” every single day. Nobody could have ever guessed that…