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Personal Essays

CHINA'S EMPEROR IS TANNED, RESTED AND READY
Hawaiian heir to the throne seeks financial support to restore Ming Dynasty greatness

ALMOST A KNIGHT TO REMEMBER

SWISS RESEARCHER INVESTIGATES NATURAL TREATMENTS FOR FUNGAL INFECTIONS, IMPOTENCE

THE GUTS OF A NAME CHANGE
Aunt Sarah rather liked her real name

FATHER, GET THEE BEHIND ME
Ambitious dads push young African golfers

LIFE: ENDLESS KARMIC LOOP OR ONE CHANCE FOR GUSTO?
Philosophy on the trail in Upper Mustang, Nepal

THE DETECTIVE, THE SUBURBANITES,
AND THE KID WHO FAILED MUGGING 101.

"TRUST US, WE KNOW BETTER THAN YOU DO"
Brown-brown arrogance

SOFTBALL: THE TRAINING GROUND FOR A WANNABE SPY
The joys of beating the Marines

IMMORTALITY: THE KID COULD BE THE KEY
Designer sperm banks; nature vs nurture

WHEN WOMEN WATER LIKE GENTLEMEN
CAN EQUALITY BE FAR BEHIND?

Imaginative women avoid "winds under their bums"

ARE "SNOWMEN IN THE JUNGLE" OUR DISTANT RELATIVES?
Tropical version of the yeti roams Southeast Asia

"FIND ZE KOM-PLEE-CI-TEH"
Wearing a red nose helps business leaders love their inner warrior and avoid the "b" word

Golf

THE KEYS TO GOLFING SUCCESS? TRY A RED SHIRT AND THE RIGHT LOCKER. AND LISTEN TO YOUR MOTHER

"LEFT SIDE NO GOOD"
Asian caddies bring new insight to the game

ECO-GOLF: THE FUTURE OF GOLF: HOW GREEN ARE YOUR GREENS?

EXTRAORDINARY GOLF IS JUST A CLUB TOSS AWAY
Why do we make ourselves wrong? After all, there's possibility.

ZEN SHRINE HELPS DUFFERS FIND THE ANSWERS TO COSMIC QUESTION: WHY CAN'T I PUTT?

WINE, GOLF AND A HISTORIC SETTING
IN SOUTH AFRICA'S CAPE

MOLOKAI GOLF
Quiet, great golf and deserted beaches in an atmosphere of "old Hawaii"

RAPTURE ON THE BIG ISLAND
Chocolate chip cookies, lava golf and curious turtles feature in one of Hawaii's best resorts

SO MUCH TO DO, SO LITTLE TIME

GOLF WHERE THE BEST PROS PLAY, THEN RELAX AT ONE OF HAWAII'S FINEST HOTELS

GOLF VACATIONS "HOST"
Sam Ainslie talks about his perfect day on the Big Island of Hawai'i

 

Nature conservation

BORNEO NATIVE GROUP SCORES LAND CLAIM VICTORY

NEW SPECIES CAUSE GROWN MEN TO "TREMBLE WITH EXCITEMENT"

"MIRACLE RICE" UNWITTINGLY DESTROYS
BALI'S CORAL REEFS

HEADHUNTERS FIGHT FOR CONTROL OF FORESTS
Massacre is one more bloody battle in history of eco-conflicts

BRUNO AND THE BLOWPIPES
Who will determine the future of Sarawak's Penan?

DRAGONS OCCUPY THE PARCHED EARTH, MOTHER NATURE, IN HER DALIESQUE BEST, IS QUEEN OF THE SEA

CONSERVATION EXPERIMENT IN PHILIPPINES PROVIDES BENEFITS AND FRUSTRATIONS
Community management is one way to stop coral reef destruction; 25% of world's reefs already gone

SEARCHING FOR HANUMAN'S MOUNTAIN
Asia's Sacred Groves

CAN 'PEACE PARKS' HELP FEUDING COUNTRIES 'MAKE WILDLIFE, NOT WAR'?

AN INORDINATE FONDNESS FOR BEETLES
Through his passion for wildlife, Victorian explorer Alfred Russel Wallace changed the way we view our world

AN INORDINATE FONDNESS FOR BEETLES
Singapore proves a Coleoptera paradise for Victorian explorer Alfred Russel Wallace; new creatures still emerge

CROSSING THE LINE
A narrow strip of Asian ocean separates two vast ecological regions

LIFE AND DEATH ON SHIVA'S BEACH
Is a turtle worth risking your life?

ZIMBABWE'S 'WAR OF THE TREES' FIGHTS ON HOLY GROUND
People wage holy war on drought

SPIRITUAL LEADERS HELP TO RE-GREEN KRISHNA'S BIRTHPLACE
Vrindavan, India combines spiritual beliefs and pragmatic logic

RELIGIONS ON THE WING
Everyone in Irian Jaya wants a piece of Zakarias's soul

VISIT TO ISLAND OF BLACK LEMURS
STIRS "MATERIAL GIRL" INTO ACTION

DIVERS IN INDONESIA DO IT DEEPER, THEN DIE

 

Travel

MOSES DREAMS OF REVERSING JEWISH EXODUS IN BURMA
Caretaker of Rangoon's only synagogue dares to dream. Will his children go forth and multiply?

SINGING IN THE RAIN-FOREST
Sarawak's World Music Festival is an undiscovered jewel

HAWAIIAN JOHNNY APPLESEED SOWS EXOTIC FRUITS
Aphrodisiac durian, which smells like hell but tastes like heaven, one of his top-sellers

WANT A BUSINESS BOOST?
MAKE FRIENDS WITH THE DRAGON PRINCESS

LIGHTNING TEETH AND SORCERERS
Ready-to-use potions are big business in the Philippines

MY TURN TO LEAP
Canyoning in Switzerland

UZI FEVER
Letting the macho urges go out with a bang in Cambodia

THE SULTAN AND THE MERMAID: A LOVE STORY FOR THE AGES

VIEW WITH A ROOM
Dirt floor, share toilet with yaks, but a view to die for in Upper Mustang, Nepal

THE SKIES ARE ALIVE IN LANKA