Babies With Three Genetic Sources

Britain is hoping to alter the desperate future of children diagnosed with damaged mitochondria before they’re even born. Through a possible “mitochondrial donation,” women will be able to donate their healthy eggs to a mother whose fertilized egg contains damaged mitochondria. The only kicker to the transplant operation is that the child born from the donation will then carry the genes of three people: the …

Spice Girls: Right Back At Ya

Children of the ’90s rejoice: the Spice Girls have just dropped four previously unreleased songs that didn’t make it onto their final album Forever (2000) and while the tracks don’t include vocals from Geri—who left the band in ’98—they are classic, positive vibe-saturated, girl-power pop. “Right Back At Ya” offers plenty of motivational messages, friends forever sentimentality and even a rap (and a mention of …

Salisbury, Connecticut’s Jumpfest 2015

The three-day event sees skiers hurling themselves off a 70-meter high jump

The Salisbury Winter Ski Association (SWSA, pronounced “swaa-sa”) is a local club in Salisbury, Connecticut that teaches kids to ski jump. Now in its 89th year, SWSA is one of the last all-volunteer run clubs in the country. Every Sunday morning, year-round, a group of volunteers (who refer to themselves as Swamp Yankees) drive down the back road in a picturesque New England setting to …