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Before I even knew there was a name for it, I was a trail runner. The first time I can remember running on a trail I was eight years old. My family had moved out of the city into a trailer park in the country. Other kids would roller skate or ride their bikes around [...]

Hikers and climbers scour the summits for an algae that may help cure cancer. Attention hikers and climbers: on your next trip to the local crag, you might have a hand in curing cancer. Sound ridiculous? Megan Sturdy, a medical chemist at the University of Illinois at Chicago and an avid climber, is calling on [...]