The Shopping Malls and Big Box Stores Gutted by E-Commerce

'Retail Apocalypse' captures the end of one era in American retail and the beginning of another.

Capturing the Aftermath of Wildfires in France

You don't have to have experienced a wildfire to know what one looks like, but what…

The ‘Liquidators’ Who Risked It All to Clean Up Chernobyl

Photographer Tom Skipp pays tribute to the 600,000 men and women tasked with the job.

How That Magical Jack Dorsey–Alex Jones Photo Happened

M. Scott Mahaskey captured the scene in an unscripted backdoor moment after the Twitter–Facebook Senate hearings.

The Ecologist on a Mission to Count New York’s Whales

Arthur Kopelman conducts whale-watching cruises to collect data—while also educating the curious public.

The Spiky Simulator That Will Help Find Oceans in Space

The Hybrid European Radio Frequency and Antenna Test Zone, or HERTZ, can mimic signals hurtling at…

A Cross-Country Road Trip, Courtesy of Google Street View

Matthew Muspratt traveled from coast to coast without ever filling up his gas tank.

The Mighty Honeybee Is Fighting Poverty and Deforestation in Zanzibar

On this Tanzanian archipelago, conservation and economic development are intertwined.

The Techies Turning Kenya Into a Silicon Savannah

The country is home to a $1 billion tech scene.

Inside the Arctic Circle, Golden Hour Has Nothing on Golden Day

When photographer Reuben Wu visited the Svalbard Satellite Station in Norway, the sun never strayed far…