National Geographic February 2014

Secrets of the Brain

“It’ll take me a moment to locate your brain,” the scientist says. With new technologies, he’s able to shed light on life’s great unsolved mystery: how the human mind really works.

There’s No Place Like Home

When a man lives in one place for most of his life, he doesn’t need GPS. He is guided by memories of boyhood bike rides, the ever present Mississippi and the undeniable power of rhubarb.

Brunelleschi’s Dome

How did a hot-tempered goldsmith create the miraculous edifice in Florence?

{ Special Poster } The Cathedral of Florence and Redefining the Dome

Gold Fever in the Yukon

Prospectors invade Canada’s great wilderness

Karma of the Crowd

Millions of pilgrims flock to a Hindu gathering in India – and find inner peace in numbers.