Walk-ons may not be the most talented athletes on the roster, but they know what it means to persevere.
BY KELLI ANDERSON
Photography by Glenn Matsumura
Worlds Without End Marrying particle physics (the study of the very small) to cosmology (the study of the very large), Andrei Linde argues that our universe is just one of many. BY SCOTT SHACKELFORD
Long Distance Calling Ultrarunner Will Laughlin has ascended a 13,000-foot peak in the snow, trudged 60 miles on a sprained ankle, and raced for a week in the Sahara. For this he receives neither fame nor fortune.
Why keep going? He’s not exactly sure. BY MARISA MILANESE
About Face His backstage comedy about colorblind casting lets David Henry Hwang examine the nation’s quandaries about Asian identity. BY DIANE ROGERS
Small Change, Big Payoff Got 25 bucks?
You can be a global investor—and do a world of good. BY CYNTHIA HAVEN
