Grayson Schaffer | Outside | 12 September 2012 "In the 16 years since 'Into Thin Air', Mount Everest has become safer in many ways, with better storm forecasting and amazing high-altitude rescue helicopters. So why did 10 people die in 2012?" (h/t @joespring) Comments Ashlee Vance | Businessweek | 13 September 2012 "Friends describe him as Steve Jobs, John D. Rockefeller, and Howard Hughes rolled into one." Founded PayPal. Made another fortune in solar power. Runs a private space programme. Makes electric cars. Ambition: To die on Mars Comments Max Blumenthal | Guardian | 13 September 2012 With the attacks on Western interests in the region, "a group of fringe extremists had proven that with a little bit of money and an unbelievably cynical scam, they could shape history to fit their apocalyptic vision" Comments Mark Jacobson | New York | 9 September 2012 "The projects remain a mystery to most New Yorkers, a shadow city within the city, out of sight and mind, except when someone gets shot or falls down an elevator shaft — just these bad-news redbrick piles to whiz by" Comments Sam McNerney | Scientific American | 10 September 2012 "Generating a good idea isn’t reading a 'top-ten ways to boost your creativity' article. Nor is it cherry picking from the latest cognitive psychology research. As Nietzsche described, it is like delivering and nurturing a child" Comments Gilbert King | Smithsonian | 12 September 2012 At the dawn of the 20th century, cycling was the most popular sport in America and Europe, and against all odds a young black man from Indianapolis named Marshall "Major" Taylor became world champion Comments | 
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