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Several years ago, I worked with my electrical engineer brother-in-law, Ryan Davis, on an article about ...

  When you were a kid, you not only went to school, where you did academics, art, and PE, but you ...

Evidence of the use of travois -- pulled sleds made with two-pole frames -- dates to before the invention ...

  You may know Steven Rinella as an expert hunter and the host of the MeatEater television show and ...

With our archives now 3,500+ articles deep, we’ve decided to republish a classic piece each Friday to ...

Origami is a perennially effective boredom killer for kids, and arguably the most fun kind of origami is ...

Whittling has long been a way people have wiled away the time. If you've got a younger child who isn't ...

These days, if we need some rope, we buy it at our local home improvement store.  But making your ...

A compass is a valuable tool for outdoor exploration. If you just know the basics of how to use one to ...

An important part of manhood has always been about having the competence to be effective in the world — ...

Garages can be unruly places. If you're like me, you kinda treat it like the junk drawer of your entire ...

  If you call someone a dirtbag, you might be insulting them for being dishonest. Or, you might be ...

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  When you think about bunkers, you might be apt to think of the 1950s and people building basement and ...

Picture yourself in the backcountry, scrambling over some boulders at the end of a long hike to reach an ...

  It's a thought that's crossed many a desk jockey's mind: "Man, I'd love to flee this office, get out ...

As a kid, you spend a lot of time imagining you’re someone else, like an astronaut deep in space, or a ...

With our archives now 3,500+ articles deep, we’ve decided to republish a classic piece each Friday to ...

Editor's Note: This is a guest article by Brett Stone.  If you stop and think for a second, you ...

Editor’s Note: This is a guest article by Dave Elniski. Driving may be the most dangerous task that ...