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The Smart Way to Pack for Months in Outer Space

WHAT'S IN YOUR BAG? By HILARY POTKEWITZ Sunita Williams’s commute is more harrowing than yours. The Houston resident used to take a...

A Modern Spice Merchant Requires Calm at Customs

WHAT'S IN YOUR BAG? By HILARY POTKEWITZ Peter Bahlawanian understands why his luggage could raise eyebrows. It’s full of small plastic...

What a veteran Navy SEAL brings to the Montana backcountry

WHAT'S IN YOUR BAG? By HILARY POTKEWITZ Micah Fink is gathering combat veterans in the backwoods of Montana with a fleet of horses and...

How to Pack for Weeks on an Offshore Oil Rig

WHAT'S IN YOUR BAG? By HILARY POTKEWITZ Kyle Bardsley spends a lot of time at sea, but he rarely goes swimming. “That’s frowned upon....

Extreme Testing for Hydrogen Cars

WHAT'S IN YOUR BAG? By HILARY POTKEWITZ Jackie Birdsall pushes vehicles to their limits for a living. As a senior automotive engineer for...

Here’s the Pitch: the Perfect Bat for Each Baseball Player

WHAT'S IN YOUR BAG? By HILARY POTKEWITZ Walking into a Major League Baseball clubhouse, James Sass knows what every player wants from him...

A Biologist Works to Reconcile Bats and Wind Energy

WHAT'S IN YOUR BAG? By HILARY POTKEWITZ Tim Hayes’s early interactions with bats on his grandparents’ Indiana farm didn’t scream “future...

San Diego Sailor Trains for His First Olympics

WHAT'S IN YOUR BAG? By HILARY POTKEWITZ Most days, Caleb Paine spends a few hours suspended off the side of his boat, inches from the...

The Old-World Art of Restoring Pipe Organs

WHAT'S IN YOUR BAG? By HILARY POTKEWITZ Christopher Soer knows what it means to “pull out all the stops.” The 33-year-old builds and...

The Office Buildings That Welcome Bees

WHAT'S IN YOUR BAG? By HILARY POTKEWITZ If you’ve ever wondered where bees go during the winter, wonder no more. “They stay inside and...

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