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When an ill-planned adventure met its fate

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By John Krakauer, Manisha Bantawa
| The Kathmandu Post Verified
My friend Namrata suggested that I read ‘Into the Wild’. As an adventure lover, intrigued by the name, I started reading the book. Written by American writer and mountaineer Jon Krakauer, ‘Into the Wild’ is a 1996 nonfiction book about Christopher Johnson McCandless’s journey towards self-discovery and a nomadic lifestyle. Published in 1996, the book retells the story of McCandless written by Krakauer, which appeared in the January 1993 issue of Outside.
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The Brain Isn't as Adaptable as Some Neuroscientists Claim

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By John Krakauer, Tamar R Makin
| Scientific American Verified
The human brain’s ability to adapt and change, known as neuroplasticity, has long captivated both the scientific community and the public imagination. It’s a concept that brings hope and fascination, especially when we hear extraordinary stories of, for example, blind individuals developing heightened senses that enable them to navigate through a cluttered room purely based on echolocation or stroke survivors miraculously regaining motor abilities once thought lost.
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The Role Of Man's Responsibility To Nature

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By John Krakauer
| ipl.org
Nature is a huge part of the world today. Well mainly because it 's everywhere we go but also because man has to decide what to do with it. The huge question today is what is man 's responsibility to nature? What is man 's relationship with nature? People have many different views on how we should handle our responsibility. People believe that we are the master 's and control the earth. Some believe that we are abusing our power and that we should be making the earth a cleaner place.
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