The first recorded competitive canoe sprint race took place at the British Royal Canoe Club in 1869. Canoe and kayak races feature on the Olympic Games programme, each with its own specific rules.
Traditional Valentine’s Day gifts come in the form of flowers, chocolates and stuffed animals, but we like to highlight unique presents that can be loved all year long — or gobbled up immediately.
I lost three close friends — such losses seem to happen all too frequently these days. These three remarkable people were Goodith Heeney, Jon Grant and Jean Murray Cole.
This story is part of Imagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors, a climate-fiction contest produced by Grist Magazine. Imagine 2200 asked writers to imagine the next 180 years of equitable ...