8 Documentaries That Capture Something True About Love

8 Documentaries That Capture Something True About Love

Romance and love are oddly tricky to capture authentically in a documentary. So much of what fosters real connection — as opposed to, say, “Bachelor”-style performative love — happens away from cameras. Plus, every love story is a bit of an experiment, and the observer effect applies: being filmed tends to change the results. But … Read more

The sun’s rare green flash is coming: Here’s how to capture it with your camera

The sun’s rare green flash is coming: Here’s how to capture it with your camera

KEY WEST, Fla. – The green flash from the Sun is a phenomenon that has been the subject of much debate, with many people dismissing it as just a myth.  However, according to NASA, the green flash is a real phenomenon when the Sun sets or rises, and its light is refracted by the Earth’s atmosphere. Astronomers and amateur skygazers … Read more

Lolita the orca returning to home waters 50 years after capture

Lolita the orca returning to home waters 50 years after capture

Free Lolita! Fifty years after being captured in the Pacific Ocean and taken to the Miami Seaquarium, Lolita the orca is set to be released. For years, animal rights activists have argued that Lolita should be returned to her home pod in Puget Sound — and now she’ll finally make that journey to the Pacific … Read more

Cocaine cat? Wild feline tests positive for blow after capture

Cocaine cat? Wild feline tests positive for blow after capture

We smell a “Cocaine Bear” spinoff in the near future. Ohio authorities were flabbergasted to capture an escaped African wild cat that later tested positive for nose candy. The cocaine cat caper unfolded during a January traffic stop. The animal jumped out of the car and quickly climbed a tree, according to media reports. Hamilton … Read more

Paragliders capture never-before-seen footage of world’s second-tallest mountain

Paragliders capture never-before-seen footage of world’s second-tallest mountain

For the first time ever, two paraglider pilots flew to K2 and glided within 1,100 yards of the summit. They brought home never before seen views. “The images that will stay forever in my head, those views,” said Belgian paraglider Tom de Dorlodot to a Red Bull pool journalist at base camp. “It was the first time … Read more