First-Ever Commercial Spaceflight Scheduled to Launch Weeks After Titan Implosion
As Virgin Galactic readies the first-ever commercial spaceflight, safety experts draw comparisons to the tragic Titan sub-implosion.
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Four Women in the 60s Who Made Amazing Contributions to the Outdoors
Women in the 60s couldn’t have a credit card or get an Ivy League education, but they still stood up for what they believed in, and many of them did what they could to improve life for current and future generations. In particular, many women throughout history have advocated for the outdoors. Here are four [...]
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20 Best Camping Songs to Belt Out at the Campfire
What makes a great campfire song? There has to be a timelessness about it, to start. It requires a memorable, recognizable melody, lyrics that are easy to remember and sing, and themes that resonate with friends and family gathered around a campfire.
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Hail Storm Injures Nearly 100 at Red Rocks: Is Hail Getting Bigger?
Concertgoers were pelted with golf-ball size hail, leaving nearly 100 people injured. It raises the question: are hail storms getting worse?
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James Cameron Shares Shocking Thoughts on the Titan Submersible Design
Renowned film director of the 1997 Titanic film featuring Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio and ocean super-fan James Cameron has weighed on the safety of the Titan submersible. Cameron said that he suspected a tragedy as soon as he heard about it. “I felt in my bones what had happened,” he said. “For the sub’s [...]
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Orcas Ramming Boats 2,000 Miles Apart, What Could This Mean?
An orca attacked a yacht off the coast of Scotland, U.K. This is the first time this behavior has been recorded beyond Portuguese and Spanish waters. Alfredo López Fernandez, a biologist and representative of the Grupo de Trabajo Orca Atlántica, or Atlantic Orca Working Group (GTOA) told Live Science that behavior can spread through social [...]
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A Venomous Octopus, Fish That Look Like Toads and Other Sea Creatures To Avoid
As we’ve seen in his many TV shows, survival expert Bear Grylls has to avoid lots of deadly sea creatures under the water – in rivers and lakes as well as in oceans. The dangers of piranhas, jellyfish, electric eels, and urchins are often well-known. But what about the sea creatures that look harmless but [...]
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Who is Aboard the Missing Titanic Submersible?
Search teams are in a race against time to find a submersible that went missing during a dive to the Titanic’s wreck on Sunday. The submersible lost contact during its dive on Sunday, after about an hour and 45 minutes. Search teams are currently and urgently looking for the vessel, but there have been no [...]
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Climbing Legend Tommy Caldwell On Recovery And His Return to Action
Tommy Caldwell continues to be one of the faces of rock climbing while also advocating for sustainability, and he isn’t slowing down.