[Mountain Climbing Preparation] Mountaineering Gear and Useful Items Beginners Should Have

This is a checklist-style article written by an author who loves mountain climbing, focusing on how to cost-effectively ...
Nanny to Mommy

Turn Your Backyard into an Active Adventure Zone

A backyard can become a place for climbing, crawling, balancing, and racing without a costly play structure. Everyday items ...
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This dinosaur cat tree at Costco is equal parts cozy and chaotic

It's not every day your cat gets to nap inside a dinosaur, but here we are.
Alaska Business Magazine

Niche Activities: Truly Unique Alaska Experiences

Off the routine tourist trail, Alaskans have established businesses to share unique experiences like surfing, snorkeling, and ...
ZME Science

Scientists Thought This Venomous Primate Might Be Extinct. It Was Turning Up in People’s Gardens

This small primate has practically mastered the art of going unnoticed. With its nocturnal lifestyle and a silent, deliberate ...

Two Barefoot Days in Toyota: November 11th and 12th

There are currently no certified Man-Sandal instructors in the Chukyo region.“I want to participate, but there's no ...

Crabs Walk Sideways, But Is It by Choice or Evolution?

A crab scurrying sideways across the beach looks almost comically awkward, yet this strange gait conceals a surprisingly ...
University of Minnesota Twin Cities

Forestry program adapts to the changing times … and the changing climate

Students in Forest and Natural Resource Management integrate classroom learning with extensive field experiences to create ...
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In northwestern Madagascar’s Sambirano River region, a DNA study of 70 samples found a baobab species demoted to a variety in 1952 is distinct after all, and its aut…

Baobab species Adansonia bozy, named in 1910 and demoted in 1952, is back: DNA from 70 samples gives Madagascar seven endemic ...

Europe’s Toughest Trek? We Put a Notorious Corsican Hike to the Test.

The GR20, a 112-mile hiking trail that bisects the craggy Mediterranean island, is often billed as the continent’s most ...
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Japan Academy and Korea’s National Academy of Sciences: The Crucial Difference Behind the Nobel Prize Gap [Opinion]

Yun Seon-hee, Professor Emeritus at Hanyang University Law School and Director of the Intellectual Property & Information ...
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A Black Bear Attacked an Index, Washington Woman From Behind as She Walked Her Leashed Dog in Her Backyard, and Wildlife Police Later Killed Two Bears Raiding Trash in Town

Index sits where the North Fork Skykomish River runs out of the Cascade foothills, with Mount Index and the granite of the Index Town Wall rising over a town of just 155 people, the smallest ...