In the history of first aid, the simple tourniquet has probably saved more lives than any other invention. The device was known to Alexander the Great and conti...
It’s a regular weekday morning in your urban neighborhood, but then suddenly everything changes. As you get into your car to drive to work, you turn on the radi...
Wind whips around you, shooting ice and snow into your face. You’re colder than you’ve ever been, colder than you imagined was possible. The wind finds any vuln...
Apart from the ax, knife, club, and bow and arrow, the spear may be the oldest weapon known to man. Consisting of a sharp, leaf-shaped or triangular point attac...
If you’ve invested time and resources to prepare yourself for the worst, the last thing you would want to happen is to let those who haven’t, know about it.
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Nobody knows for sure where mass-killing viruses originate. They appear suddenly around the world without warning.
Microscopic enemy. A view of the filamen...
Hypothermia is a dangerous condition where the body loses heat faster than it can produce it, resulting in a critically low body temperature. Because most cases...
Apart from the obvious undrinkable fluids like chemical substances, and unfiltered and untreated water, there are other fluids that are not advisable to drink s...
Camouflage is a form of protection. The military has been using camouflage for soldiers since the mid-18th century to deceive and avoid enemies, or make it diff...
You’re walking out to your car in a dark parking lot, your arms full of shopping bags. From your right, someone steps out suddenly from behind a car and confron...
