Shutterstock / mrjo The numbers are in, and the World Health Organization (WHO) have named the 15 deadliest animals on planet earth. In a blog post (from a year or two ago) on his site GatesNotes.com, Bill Gates (yes, that…
Offset I-beams, ‘micro’ air-pressure adjustment, and aviation-grade TPU lamination… sleeping pads can be deceptively high-tech. But what does it all mean? Light weight, comfort, and durability are three holy grails of sleeping pad design. This year, Big Agnes took a…
Spending a year ‘off the grid,’ Amy and Dave Freeman use high-tech devices to keep in touch with the real world. Communication from remote corners of the globe is easier than ever. With a smartphone and portable satellite terminal that…
Blood, breath and urine. These are the holy trinity of determining alcohol intoxication but are virtually useless when measuring the amount of THC in your system thanks the the molecule’s ability to remain present in bodily fluids for up to…
If you understand the theory of cumulative stress, you’ll know the easy ways to recover before you’re stressed out. This post originally appeared on James Clear. The Theory of Cumulative Stress: How to Recover When Stress Builds Up It was…
BSX Even if you drink eight glasses of water a day, you still might not be properly hydrated. That’s the message Dr. Dustin Freckleton wants to get out to the public with a new product called the LVL band — a wearable fitness…
Image: Brad Perkins/Flickr Some acquire greatness through intellect or unbridled creativity. But Diego the tortoise sexed his way into legend. Diego, 100, is a rare breed of tortoise called Chelonoidis hoodensis. These animals are so rare that they only exist…
3 tweens cooler than you absolutely slay this Metallica medley By Brian Koerber2016-09-15 14:31:20 UTC Move over, Metallica. My dudes are here to steal the show from you old grumps. While most of you were wasting away your weekend watching…
By now, you might be familiar with the concept of particle accelerators through the work of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the monstrous accelerator that enabled scientists to detect the Higgs boson. But the LHC is not alone — the…
Does napping seem like a very difficult task for you to observe on a daily basis? OK, let’s say you’ve got so many job and assignments to do at work that you rarely have time to go for a short…