The stories behind the world's biggest, fastest, and rarest.
A world record is the best mark set anywhere; an Olympic record is the best set at the Games themselves. Why t...
Highest, deepest, hottest, driest, remotest: a guide to the planet's extreme places and the careful surveying...
Most failed record attempts are not failures of effort — they are failures of evidence. The six mistakes that...
A spire counts, an antenna doesn't, and a tower with no floors in it isn't a building at all. How the world's...
A record becomes official when an evidence file survives review, not when something amazing happens. Follow a...
Why two climbers can both complete the Seven Summits without climbing the same mountains — an explainer on how...
The most impressive hardscapes aren't the flashiest — they're the ones still standing centuries later. What se...
Most viral record claims fail on the same few points: no named recognizing body, no stated scope, no method, n...
The best record in NBA history sounds like one clean number, but it hides a rulebook — season length, win perc...
Ask what the fastest animal in the world is and the honest answer is a question back — fastest how, and where?...
The Challenger Deep is deeper than Everest is tall, but measuring exactly how deep is one of the hardest jobs...
The most expensive painting, the priciest collectible, the costliest building — value records look simple and...