The Wall Street Journal
Science and Commerce Clash Over Selling Dinosaur Fossils for Profit
April 14, 2020
Should anyone be able to dig up and sell dinosaur fossils? It’s a question that’s increasingly being asked as the commercial fossil market booms. WSJ met with fossil hunters and scientists to learn more about this niche market and the big bucks at stake.
The Controversy Behind Nike’s Vaporfly Running Shoe, Explained
January 23, 2020
Nike’s Vaporfly shoes have become a popular choice for both elite and amateur runners. But the shoes may soon be banned in professional competitions if World Athletics, the world governing body of track and field, decides they offer an unfair advantage.
Inside the Race to Save a Museum Home to Some of Humanity's Oldest Bones
Nov 19, 2024
The Nairobi National Museum in Kenya is home to million-year-old fossils, an unparalleled collection of insects, tens of thousands of bones and a fossilized skeleton crucial to our understanding of humanity. Despite its significance, the museum’s roughly 10 millions specimens are at risk as years of limited resources, mismanagement and corruption have left it in a state of dilapidation and decay. WSJ visits the museum and investigates how an international coalition of scientists is racing to save the museum and secure the millions needed to overhaul it in order to restore the institution and its vast collection to a state more befitting its immense importance to humanity.
This 85% 3-D Printed Rocket Uses the Biggest Metal 3-D Printers Ever
Feb 14, 2023
Startup Relativity Space is developing the world's first 3-D printed rocket, which it says is cheaper and quicker to manufacture than conventional rockets. Ahead of the company’s first orbital launch attempt, WSJ visited its California facility to meet founder Tim Ellis.
Apollo's Code: Meet the Computer Programmer Who Landed Us on the Moon
July 17, 2019
Perhaps the most dramatic moment of Apollo 11's mission to the moon was when the Eagle began its final descent to the lunar surface and the ship's computer became overloaded. Few were more nervous than the young computer programmer who had written the code for the landing. On the Apollo 11's 50th anniversary, WSJ sat down with programmer Don Eyles.
Investors Bet Ketamine Treatment Will Revolutionize Mental-Health Care
Sep 12, 2022
Hundreds of clinics specializing in ketamine treatment for depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder have popped up in the U.S. in recent years. Some investors are even throwing hundreds of millions of dollars into ketamine startups. How big could the market for psychedelic treatment get? WSJ visits one clinic, Nushama, to learn why some entrepreneurs are betting that demand for ketamine will continue to rise.
Noma 2.0: Reinventing the 'Best Restaurant in the World'
Feb 23, 2018
Chef-owner Rene Redzepi shuttered his award-winning restaurant to rethink everything. This video goes behind the scenes at the new Noma in its frantic final days before re-opening.
What Happens When a Family Loses Everything
Dec. 31, 2018
In September 2018, Hurricane Florence brought record-setting flooding to North Carolina. The Hudsons were among the thousands of families displaced by the storm. This documentary follows their rescue and their path to recovery. Video/Photo: Jake Nicol/The Wall Street Journal
How Robinhood Is Shaking Up Stock Trading
Aug 7, 2020
As millions of new traders sign up for the investment app Robinhood, the company is facing scrutiny for enabling some inexperienced users to make risky bets. WSJ spoke with a financial education professional and two Robinhood traders about how the app is shaking up the brokerage industry.
Is an NFT Worth $69 Million? Today’s Art Market Thinks So | Niche Markets
Feb 14, 2022
Non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, have gone in the last year from a relatively obscure blockchain technology to a market valued at around $44 billion. WSJ explores how NFTs are transforming the art market and tells the story of who is behind the buzz.
Why Elon Musk’s Starbase is Meeting Resistance in Texas Border Town
May 7, 2021
Elon Musk’s proposed SpaceX expansion in South Texas is dividing Brownsville area residents. Some in the small border town believe the aerospace company could be the economically depressed region's ticket to development, jobs and education. Others say it's a threat to the community and the local environment.
SpinLaunch: A Rocket Startup That Wants to Catapult Satellites Into Space
Apr 7, 2022
Startup company SpinLaunch is developing new technology to launch rockets into space that reduces dependence on traditional fuels while significantly lowering the cost. WSJ visited SpinLaunch’s headquarters to see the technology in action and learn what its widespread adoption could mean for the emerging commercial space industry.
Why Investing in Sports Cards Is Taking Off | Niche Markets
Sep 23, 2021
Since the pandemic began, reports of former hobbyists digging up their old collections and discovering a windfall have not been uncommon.
Clergy Abuse Victims' Agonizing Choice: Take Settlement or Risk Lawsuit
July 11, 2019
Jimmy Pliska, of Scranton, Pa., is one of those who are seeking compensation from the church for sexual abuse that happened many years ago. If he accepts a settlement, he fears he may never know the truth about his alleged abuser.
Six Suicides, One Year, One High School
April 12, 2019
In less than a year, six students who had attended Herriman High School in Utah committed suicide. The WSJ visited Herriman and found a community searching for answers as they struggle with the loss.
Cold Pursuits: A Scientist's Quest to Uncover Antarctica's Secrets
December 29, 2018
For three decades scientist Peter Doran has collected environmental data in Antarctica. This year he is leading a project that uses aerial sensors to probe beneath the surface of vast glaciers.
Art World’s Newest Star Makes $3 Million Paintings.
September 21, 2018
Njideka Akunyili Crosby, one of the young stars of the contemporary art world, talks about her influences at her studio in Los Angeles.
GREAT BIG STORY (CNN)
One Step at a Time: The First Elephant Prosthetics
Jun 15, 2016
When Mosha, an elephant, was two years old, she lost her leg in a landmine injury along the Thai-Burmese border. Luckily, an orthopedic surgeon was able to fit her with the first prosthetic leg ever designed for an elephant. As she’s grown, she’s needed to be fitted for new ones. But she’s never forgotten the doctor who changed her life.
Meet a Metal Thrasher Turned Virtuoso Watchmaker
Apr 1, 2016
Dan Spitz, who played lead guitar for the metal band Anthrax, left the group in the '90s to pursue an unexpected path: master watchmaking. Now, he's one of the top watchmakers in the world, but can still shred a guitar like it's 1983.
The Concrete Cowboys of Philidelphia
Mar 21, 2016
For the past decade, Malik Divers has run a small Philadelphia stable where he trains teenagers to ride and keep horses. Divers says that the horses keep kids off the streets and teach them responsibility. For 18-year-old Shahir Drayton, riding has even become an essential form of therapy.
THE GUARDIAN
Puerto Rico's drug addicts: 'Nobody wants to know them' | Guardian Investigations
Puerto Rico has an HIV/Aids infection rate nearly four times the US national average -- over half caused by injection drug use. I traveled to the island to report on the island's little-known crisis.
COCONUTS
I Wayan Mudana | One of Bali’s last master woodcarvers
Apr 15, 2016
I Wayan Mudana, one of Bali's last traditional woodcarvers, sometimes takes over a year to complete a sculpture. He prays and meditates before beginning a project, seeking inspiration for the story that lives in each unique piece of wood. Watch our original video on this beautiful but dying art from the Island of the Gods.
On The Edge Of Genocide | One man's fight to preserve Myanmar's Rohingya
Mar 9, 2016
U Kyaw Hla Aung is a community leader and human rights activist desperately trying to alert the world to the plight of his people - the Rohingya. Despite evidence that the Rohingya have lived in Myanmar for centuries, the government classifies the group as illegal aliens. Today most Rohingya in Myanmar live in tragically overcrowded and unsanitary refugee camps.
Fishing for Hope
Oct 29, 2015
This is the story of Adi, a fisherman in the remote village of Tumbang Nusa in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Before I met him, Adi and his fellow fishermen had forgone their livelihoods for over a month because of the thick toxic haze that blanketed their village. Fortuitously, on the day I arrived to film, the haze had dissipated enough for Adi to get back on the water.