Cat playing Jenga with his owner.
Short break with a ball boy.
When you look at sporting achievements over the last decades, it seems like humans have gotten faster, better and stronger in nearly every way. Yet as David Epstein points out, we might want to lay off the self-congratulation. Many factors are at play in shattering athletic records, and the development of our natural talents is just one of them.
North Brother Island - It's one of New York 's best kept secrets. Lying in plain sight of the city is an island which no one has inhabited for more than 50 years.
