How whales avoid the bends

Beaked whales can spend two hours beneath the surface. Dolphins descend down to 1,000 feet and ­routinely make as many as 20 dives in a row to 300 feet. Research shows how these mammals avoid getting hit with decompression sickness. Read more in my piece in Scuba Diving magazine. 

John Howard Griffin, author of Black Like Me

John Howard Griffin, author of Black Like Me, was born on June 16, 1920 and died in 1980. This story in the June 2020 issue of Texas Co-op Power marked the 100th anniversary of his birth.