The Mysteries of the Maya Revealed
New York Times Kids, April 28, 2019...
Dangerous Medicine
By Tom Clynes On the Front Line of the Ebola Epidemic Author’s note: With viral epidemics back in the news, I’m reposting this long-form feature article on the Ebola outbreak in Gulu, Uganda, which I reported with photographer Seamus Murphy for National Geographic Adventure. Dr. Mike Ryan, who co-led the international response to the Gulu...
Plugging Into Nature
By Tom Clynes One parent’s quest to raise analog kids in a digital age Authors note: This essay first appeared in Issue 4 of Adventure Journal. I was at the campfire, flipping pancakes, when 13-year-old Ethan came over and asked if he could use my phone. “I want to show those guys a YouTube video,”...
Nature: How To Raise a Genius
Lessons From a 45-year Study of Super-Smart Children. A long-running investigation of exceptional children reveals what it takes to produce the scientists who will lead the twenty-first century. On a summer day in 1968, professor Julian Stanley met a brilliant but bored 12-year-old named Joseph Bates. The Baltimore student was so far ahead of his...
Laser Scans Reveal Maya “Megalopolis” Below Guatemalan Jungle
By: Tom Clynes A vast, interconnected network of ancient cities was home to millions more people than previously thought. Author’s note: This story, which I reported in Guatemala and Mexico, garnered more than a million reads on the National Geographic website and was picked up by nearly every major media outlet. One of the more curious...
