There is a wide variety of scenarios where knowing how to escape a pair of handcuffs is vital; from kidnapping to home invasion, getting uncuffed without your c...
The sun, a glowing ball of hydrogen, helium, and massive magnetic fields 864,000 miles in diameter is composed of six layers; three make up the sun’s “body” and...
You’re out and about at the beach, enjoying the sun and your dose of “vitamin sea”, when you feel yourself being pulled out farther from the shore.
You’re c...
With harsh winters come greater health risks -- frostbite and hypothermia included. While there’s a wealth of information and tips about cold weather survival, ...
There are survival stories, and there are legendary survival stories. In this article, we feature three near-unbelievable stories of men who, despite seemingly ...
It is one of our most primitive but visceral fears; thrashing in the deep, far below the water’s surface, lungs burning for oxygen, arms straining toward the ev...
While some wildfires can be spotted from miles away and provide you ample time to get away from danger, some can happen quickly, and you may find yourself trapp...
A South Texas man died after wade fishing in the Gulf of Mexico. A fatality was also recorded in Virginia. Earlier this month, a man from New Jersey was left in...
In 1989, while working at Apple Computer in Cupertino, CA, I felt the beginning sways of an earthquake.
It was 5:17 p.m. and having lived in the San Francis...
Earlier this year, the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists announced an ominous warning regarding our proximity to ultimate doom: “A...
