Dan Buettner is a well-known researcher, explorer, and author who has worked all over the world. He developed Blue Zones(TM) in order to study and popularize the world's best health, longevity, and happiness practices. He has toured the world to tackle some of science's most pressing problems as a pioneer in exploration and education. Buettner's National Geographic cover article on the Blue Zones was one of the magazine's best-selling covers, and his book was a New York Times bestseller.