sports Incredible video of "Spiderwoman" setting new speed climbing record David Pescovitz

travel The human and financial cost to summit Mount Everest is staggering Seamus Bellamy

Climbers fined $860,000 for drilling holes in a UNESCO protected rock formation Mark Frauenfelder

Environment Nepal is banning single-use plastic on and around Mt. Everest David Pescovitz

crowded places Look at this crowded line of people waiting for their turn to climb Mt Everest Mark Frauenfelder

trump Trump wants a goth brutalist border wall with black spikes (no, really) Xeni Jardin

babies Most popular baby names of 2018 Rusty Blazenhoff

crime The National Park Service's version of the FBI is no joke David Pescovitz

video Watch this climber's timelapse of Mount Everest at night Andrea James

video Watch a timelapse of climbers breaking an El Capitan record Andrea James

happy mutants Gorgeous,dramatic photos of Japanese playground equipment by night Cory Doctorow

photography Alex Honnold just completed the gnarliest free climb in history Andrea James

sports Teen climber Margo Hayes is first woman to conquer La Rambla Andrea James

art Behold the Wall of Genitals Rob Beschizza

makers John Edgar Park starts sharing his amazing maker skills Mark Frauenfelder

happy mutants A Burglar's Guide to the City: burglary as architectural criticism Cory Doctorow

Entertainment “Meru,” a new film on the quest to scale an “unclimbable“ mountain in India Mark Frauenfelder

Space WATCH: NASA JPL tests gecko-inspired grippers in zero gravity Andrea James

travel Malaysia blames quake on naked selfie tourists, some of whom now can't go home Xeni Jardin