Two scientists travel the globe on a mission to preserve endangered languages and cultures before they are lost forever. (National Geographic) View

Yep, the King of Rock 'n' Roll is alive and well ... and spends his days entertaining in nursing homes. (AARP) View

A 16-year-old California girl sets out to complete a solo nonstop sailing trip around the world ... and to break her brother's record. (LAT) View

Bessie Mae Berger, 97, and her two sons, Larry and Charlie, both in their 60s, tried to survive while living in their rusty '73 Chevy Suburban. (LAT) View

Stripping to your skivvies on public transit has become an annual event in 44 cities around the world. Follow one intrepid soul on his half-naked journey.(Time) View

Tokyo's Toshiro Kanamori teaches his fourth-grade class unconventional lessons in cooperation, compassion and sharing powerful emotions. (KarmaTube) View

Elizabeth Holzer, who is Jewish, married Friedel Pschorr, a wealthy Aryan, which saved her life in Nazi Germany. Now 98, she reflects on their intense love story. (BoingBoing) View

The making of a 92-year-old Miss Senior Arkansas is documented by the contestant's two filmmaker grandsons. (NYT) View

An American writer races to aid the badly injured Port-au-Prince orphanage manager who had once helped cure him of malaria. (Time) View

A 71-year-old man and a 7-year-old boy forge an unexpected friendship based on their experiences of losing a limb. (St. Petersburg Times) View

Residents near downtown L.A. are afraid to drink their brown tap water, which contains harmful levels of dangerous chemicals. By antiquated Federal standards, it's considered safe. (NYT) View

Leshelle Hicks thought she was moving into Joseph's House to die. Instead, the AIDS patient learned how to live. (WP) View