Flames shoot up from the sugarcane fields, punching the sky with thunderclouds of smoke. From these fall-harvest acres to prostitutes in Mexico, Debbie Fleming Caffery's photographs are driven by her empathy for, and personal connections with, her subjects.

Reindeer herders in Mongolia. Wealthy Chinese urbanites. Artists of the Chelsea Hotel. Malaysian garbage-heap dwellers. Julia Calfee's photographs are not about looking as much as feeling, not depicting, but rather delving.

After 163 years of darkness in the British Museum, the music of 19th-century Italian double bass virtuoso Domenico Dragonetti is being brought to light, releasing the full potential of an instrument that has for too long been shackled.

Nearly a quarter of the 57,000 people in Vrindavan, India are destitute and abandoned or widowed women, hoping for a better life. Thanks to Katie Walter, an embroidery collective and environmental efforts are uniting people toward positive change.

Many Native Alaskan youths would end up jobless or underemployed, if not for this ambitious educational program that's sending them into leadership roles in land management, oil-industry innovation, wildlife conservation and chemistry.

Andina Restaurant—with its novoperuvian cuisine and original raw-wood décor, classic hospitality and hip Portland, Oregon location—celebrates the marriage of two cultures, as one of the city's most memorable dining experiences.

As a kid, George Wendt was afraid to jump into water over his head. Good thing he overcame that, or he never would've founded what is now one of the longest-running and most successful rafting and sea kayaking operations in North America.

Every day, billions of people worldwide slap down the cash for instant lottery tickets and scratch at their luck. Most lottery lovers don't even notice the design of these small paper shapes—unless they're created by Israel-based Mergui Lottery Design.

The thyroid, a butterfly-shaped gland in front of the larynx, is only two inches long, but it causes big trouble for millions of Americans. If you're hypothyroid, you can feel sluggish and cold, and have trouble losing weight. Good thing there's something you can do.

From Native American inipis and ancient Roman laconicums to traditional saunas in Finland and those at five-star hotels, high temperatures and naked skin have been meeting for tens of thousands of years. There's a healthy way to take the heat.

Whether it's a bagel on the run, vending-machine cookies or French fries yet again, you know it's not the healthiest way to go. It's not only the calories and fat. Now there's something else to think about—the glycemic index.

More and more women in the United States are taking the time to build their careers, without making babies—yet! The average age of women in the U.S. who give birth for the first time has been increasing over the past three decades.

I lie down in this room ringed with gongs, some hanging and others in the shape of bowls. With eyes closed, I breathe deeply into the silence and let myself relax. By the time I leave this sound-healing session, I feel completely tranquil.

Think hypnosis and the hocus pocus of nightclub entertainers may come to mind. But instead of some guy in a tux making you snort like a pig, hypnosis has you in complete control of your thoughts, actions and surroundings.