Elise Coker
This Is What Happens When You're Too Fat to Fly
In the Faroe Islands, an archipelago in the North Atlantic, baby fulmar birds float around helplessly until they lose enough weight to fly. For one week a year, Faroese hunt them in their boats, scooping them from the sea.
Ebola in New York City: No Health Workers Opted Out of Treating First Patient
Craig Spencer, a doctor who had been treating the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, tested positive for the virus on Thursday evening in New York City's first case.