Empower
Building a campfire isn’t easy. Even if you have the essentials like matches and kindling, it takes skill and experience. But what if you’re missing one of the most essential items for building a fire—namely, usable wood? Even outdoor experts and regular campers might not be prepared for such a dilemma. Most often, it happens [...]
Bears, big cats, and wild canines are attacking humans more frequently than at any time in modern history. That’s according to a sweeping new international study released in the journal PLOS Biology last week. But it’s not just that there are more people on the planet—or more carnivores. Instead, a complex interplay of climate, socioeconomic [...]
Bear Grylls knows a thing or two about cold. At age 23, he was one of the youngest climbers ever to reach the summit of Mount Everest. He has also flown a paraglider high in the Himalayas, crossed the polar icecaps, slept in snow caves, climbed into crevasses, swum in icy water and explored ice [...]
On Monday, February 6, a devastating earthquake and several powerful aftershocks struck Turkey and Syria, seemingly out of the blue. But some say animal behavior may have offered early clues that the disaster was imminent According to The Washington Post, social media users reported unusual animal behavior from their dogs, wild birds and other animals [...]
Bear Grylls has traversed the icy Arctic, through hot deserts, up and down the world’s tallest peaks, and through thick jungles. One thing he knows is that having a map and compass are vital if you’re on an expedition or adventure and want to find your way. “Never depend on your GPS alone,” says Bear. [...]
For East Coasters, finding large swaths of untouched wilderness is hard enough as it is. A newly revived pipeline project could make it even harder. Intended to ferry natural gas from Northern West Virginia to Southern Virginia, the 300-mile-long Mountain Valley Pipeline was first proposed in 2015. Since then, conservation nonprofits and local recreationists have [...]
Cliffed out while canyoneering? Need to get off the mountain fast? These three methods let you use the tools you have to rappel quickly in an emergency. Some are as easy as tying a knot or hitch, and others require a little more equipment. Below, we’ll detail the best techniques to use if you’re short [...]
In a new book summarizing one of the longest happiness studies ever completed, researchers reveal that it’s not what you do for exercise but who you do it with that matters. The book, called The Good Life, details the results of the Harvard Study of Adult Development, which has been ongoing for more than 80 [...]
According to new research published in Nature Scientific Reports, regular fitness may help prevent memory loss as you age—but in some surprising ways. Over the course of the study, Dartmouth researchers followed 113 participants for a full year, collecting data from their fitness trackers and administering regular memory tests. The use of fitness trackers, by [...]
Colossal Biosciences, a U.S.-based gene editing company, has just announced an ambitious new plan to “de-extinct” the dodo. Dodoes—three-foot-tall flightless birds that once thrived on the African island Mauritius—went extinct sometime in the 17th century. According to even the most optimistic scientific models, they died out for good around 1690, shortly after European settlers arrived [...]
