Mar 18th, 2010 · Though Heath has worked primarily as a professor at the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College CUNY since the 1980's, he also continues to record and tour. Endurance, his latest album, not only demonstrates Heath's own passion and longevity — he is 83 years old! — but also the endurance of his warmly soulful bop.
Jun 11th, 2009 · The record for the longest time continuously singing may have been broken. The New Zealand Herald reports that Karen Davy entertained travelers at an airport for 48 hours. She stopped after suffering a sore throat.
Apr 1st, 2009 · A scientist and adventurer of legendary endurance, will and bravery, Percy Fawcett set out in 1925 to find the Amazonian city of El Dorado. The Lost City of Z, David Grann's novel-like reconstruction of Percy's quest, thrills both the heart and mind.
Aug 1st, 2008 · Could popping a pill turn you into a long-distance runner? Researchers report that they have identified two signaling pathways that are turned on in response to exercise — and that artificially turning those pathways on in mice produced rodents with much greater endurance.
May 1st, 2008 · David Blaine — who is described as an endurance specialist — set a new world record on the Oprah Winfrey Show. Blaine says he inhaled pure oxygen before he started, and then held his breath for 17 minutes and 4 seconds. When he broke the record, with half a minute to spare, he said he accomplished a lifelong dream.
Jul 9th, 2007 · Our humorist imagines a new kind of high-endurance car racing to compete with NASCAR: Hybrid Prius racing, inspired by the lead-footed son of former Vice President Al Gore.
Jan 21st, 2007 · An exhibit in San Francisco features folk art created from scraps and odds and ends by Japanese-Americans held in World War II internment camps. The art is known as "Gaman," synonymous with "patience and endurance."
Dec 27th, 2006 · There are a lot of highly paid workers putting in up to 100-hour work-weeks, and they're doing it by choice. Workplace columnist Lisa Belkin of The New York Times talks with Renee Montagne about new research on these extreme workers.