A pilgrimage to the desk with the greatest view

Capturing the melting of glaciers, with data and art

Laufey on creating her own sound

In Washington’s rugged North Cascades, Mauri Pelto has measured shrinking glaciers for over 40 years. Now joined by his daughter Jill, an artist-scientist, their work offers both scientific precision and a visual reckoning with climate change. (Produced in partnership with

We leave you this Sunday at Providence Canyon in Southwest Georgia. Videographer: Darrall Johnson.

Tobacco had been cultivated and smoked by Native Americans for centuries before Christopher Columbus introduced it to Europe. Jane Pauley reports on how growing tobacco became America's first cash crop – and was ingrained in the nation's culture for generations.

Twenty-two years ago, Silicon Valley executive Henry Evans had a massive stroke that left him mute and paralyzed from the neck down. But that didn't prevent him from becoming a leading advocate of adaptive robotic tech to help disabled people – or from writing country songs, one

Actor @mradamscott (who previously starred in the sitcom "Parks and Recreation") is the Emmy-nominated lead in the critically-acclaimed @AppleTV series "Severance," about workers at a mysterious corporation whose brains are altered to create distinctly separate personalities in

Artist Rashid Johnson has used multiple media and materials to create works that examine race, masculinity, identity, aesthetics and (he says) his own anxiety. Now, Johnson’s career is the focus of an exhibition at the @Guggenheim, “A Poem for Deep Thinkers.” Alina Cho reports.

Icelandic singer-songwriter and cellist Laufey blends pop, jazz, classical and bossa nova into a dreamy sound that’s earned her a Grammy, bestselling albums and sold-out shows. With her third album "A Matter of Time" out this week, she talks with Tracy Smith about her

For over 40 years, glaciologist Mauri Pelto has tracked the shrinking glaciers of Washington’s North Cascades. Now joined by his daughter, artist-scientist Jill Pelto, whose watercolors capture the stark effects of climate change, their work reveals a rapidly vanishing

Laufey’s world is dreamy and romantic, filled with windswept cliffs, frilly dresses, and always the sound of a cello. She calls the instrument as vital to her music as her own voice — the signature touch that makes a Laufey song unmistakably hers.

Ben Stiller, executive producer and director of “Severance,” says Adam Scott was always the perfect fit for the psychological sci-fi drama series. From the very first read of the script nearly eight years ago, Stiller envisioned Scott as Mark, praising his unique tone, sharp

Artist Rashid Johnson calls his Brooklyn studio a kind of construction zone — a place where creation and subtraction are equally essential to his process. Johnson's career is the focus of an exhibition at the Guggenheim New York, "A Poem for Deep Thinkers."

“Severance” is a psychological sci-fi drama series about a mysterious company called Lumon Industries, where certain employees undergo a procedure that surgically separates their work memories from their personal ones. Conor Knighton rides the elevator to the set with Adam

The beloved Popsicle began in 1905 with 10-year-old Frank Epperson, who accidentally left a cup of soda mix and a stirring stick outside on a cold San Francisco night. Years later, Epperson patented his invention as the “Epsicle,” but it was his young son who coined the far

Take a walk among the majestic bald eagles of the Nooksack River in northern Washington state. Videographer: Mike Griffith.

Laufey began sharing her original songs and jazz covers online during the pandemic, not expecting the viral wave that followed. What surprised her most wasn’t just the love for jazz��it was discovering a whole community of young fans drawn to what she calls “the best music in

Laufey’s breakout album “Bewitched” briefly dethroned Frank Sinatra on the jazz charts, but the Icelandic-Chinese singer resists labels. Blending jazz with a swirl of other influences, she embraces her genre-bending style as a reflection of her mixed heritage.

Halle Berry turns 59 today. Her historic Oscar win opened doors for countless women of color, but it didn’t deliver instant Hollywood stardom on a silver platter. Born in Ohio and raised in Cleveland by a single mother, Berry grew up tough, finding inspiration in the grit and