At ten years old, Lindsey Jacobellis first picked up a snowboard after watching her big brother try it out. Soon she was racing the older boys down the slopes and beating them. Today, Lindsey is the world s most successful extreme sports competitor in boardercross a turning, jumping, heart-stopping downhill race on snowboards and the halfpipe a high-flying stylized snowboarding show. On the snow, a driven, fierce athlete emerges from this well-spoken woman with trademark curly blond hair. Her phenomenal talent has taken her from countryside Connecticut to mountains around the world, where she has medaled in a series of X Games, the World Cup, and the Olympics. What a ride!...

On average, each American throws away a staggering one ton of trash every year. Most of that trash will reach a dead end in a landfill, taking up space and polluting the earth. We can all make an effort to live a life less trashy by recycling, reusing, and being smart about what we buy. But what can we do with the trash we do make? Cities all over the world are making their trash work for them by turning it into energy. In waste-to-energy power plants, trash is burned in a controlled way to generate electricity while keeping it out of the landfill. Even landfilled trash can be used to generate energy, if we harness the gas released when garbage breaks down. Turning trash into energy is a practical way to help our landfills last longer and reduce our need for polluting energy from coal and oil. Tell your parents!...

Before the 1900s, hundreds of thousands of wild tigers roamed Southeast Asia. Their beauty, fierceness, and intelligence inspired fear and awe in their human neighbors. These peoples gave the tiger starring roles in folktales and mythology. Human fascination with tigers continues. Unfortunately, the tiger may not survive in the wild much longer. Researchers estimate that fewer than 2,500 tigers remain in their natural habitat. As the human population explodes in Southeast Asia, the wild tiger population pays the price. Can the wild tiger be saved by its only natural enemy people?...

Clifford Harris Jr. began rapping when he was only six years old. At nineteen, his hard work and perseverance scored him a record deal, pulling him out of a dark life in a drug-dealing Atlanta hood. Since 2003, T.I. has ruled the airwaves as a rap King. Each of his albums outsold the last, a rare feat in hip-hop. And T.I. keeps aiming higher. An actor, a fashion designer, and head of his own production company, the King easily conquers it all with his knack for business. But with such a bright future ahead of him, can T.I. shake his shady past?...

Go outside on a gusty day and you ll feel the wild force of the wind. For at least a thousand years, people have sought to harness its power. We ve used sails to push boats to new distances, and windmills to pump water or grind corn. Today, we re using the wind to create electricity. In our polluted, energy-hungry world, wind power comes forward as a clean, green, renewable answer. In 2008, the United States became the world s top producer of wind energy, and China doubled its wind power capacity. The real beauty of wind, however, is that you don t have to wait for the power company to install a wind farm near you. Concerned citizens all over the world are looking to be part of the new energy solution, installing their own personal wind turbines in their backyards or even on their roofs. Can your family join them and harness the power of the wind?...

As a Little Leaguer in San Diego, Cole Hamels was fascinated with pitching. When Cole s high school coach taught him how to throw a changeup, Major League scouts flocked to see him strike out batters by the dozens. But injuries put Cole s pitching dreams on hold several times. His high school doctor once told him he d never pitch again. Cole s hard work and stubbornness kept his pitching dream alive. Now his changeup is one of Major League Baseball s most unhittable pitches. In 2008, he was named MVP of both the National League Championship Series and World Series. He led the Phillies to their first World Series victory in 28 years. After just three seasons in the majors, baseball fans and analysts were predicting Cy Young awards in Cole s future. Find out why fans agree: The Phillies red-hot lefty is just warming up....