Survival

Sara Dahan, a 28-year-old mother from Sderot, reflects on her harrowing journey from foster care and trauma to surviving the October 7 attacks, as she fights to rebuild her life and secure a future for her three children.

Lea Stewart, who was critically injured by a great white shark at a beach in Sydney, recounts for the first time how she fought it off. She told the Australian "60 Minutes" that she thought of her baby daughter at the time: "In my head it was like - 'You ugly f***er, you're not taking me away from her!'". Her left arm, which she sacrificed in advance to save herself, was amputated, and she is now...

A family vacation in Thailand turned into a harrowing survival ordeal: a 50-year-old French father and his two sons, aged five and seven, spent over 16 hours adrift at sea after their rented jet ski broke down off the coast of Koh Samui.

Once a week, the "Checking the Myth" column deals with famous historical distortions, why they were created, and how they affect us to this day. This week: Does moss grow in a specific direction, thereby allowing for spatial orientation? Not in the middle of the forest.