outdoors week 2017

Tech

Undraining the Swamp

11.04.17

By Ankita Rao
Tech

Following a Google Map to Nowhere Is Easy. Getting Out Is Hard

11.01.17

By Michael Byrne
Tech

The City of the Future Is Hiding in the Arizona Desert

10.30.17

By Daniel Oberhaus
Tech

Reclaimed Land

10.28.17

By Lauren Steele
Tech

How America’s National Parks Became Hotbeds of Paranormal Activity

10.28.17

By Sarah Emerson
Tech

‘The Long Dark’ Is a Video Game Where the Main Character Is the Wilderness

10.27.17

By Matthew Gault
Tech

What Will the Outdoors Sound Like in the Future?

10.26.17

By Samantha Cole
Tech

How to Scrub GPS Data from Your Photos

10.26.17

By Asia Murphy
Tech

Inside Antarctica’s Illicit Gaming Scene

10.26.17

By Caroline Haskins
Tech

The Video Game Based on Thoreau’s ‘Walden’ Will Bring You Closer to Nature

10.25.17

By Michael Piel
Tech

‘Skyrim’ Looks Better With Real Trees

10.25.17

By Matthew Gault
Tech

Engineers Want Gamers to Explore the Moon with a Remote-Controlled Nanobot

10.25.17

By Jacob Dubé

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3 Alt-Rock Albums That Would’ve Been Old Enough to Get Married in Colonial America

Alt-rock didn’t have the biggest year in 2014, but these three albums are among the hidden gems turning 12 in 2026.

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By Lauren Boisvert
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How a Budweiser Commercial Inspired Sir Mix-A-Lot to Write His 1992 Hit, ‘Baby Got Back’

Sir Mix-A-Lot’s 1992 hit about junk in the trunk may seem like a goof, but it was a direct response to stick-thin models of the 90s.

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By Lauren Boisvert
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Music

Death Cab for Cutie Just Announced a New Album

I Built You a Tower will release June 5 on ANTI records. Listen to the first single, “Riptides,” below.

3 hours ago

By Nick Stockton
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Metallica Vocalist James Hetfield Proposed to His Girlfriend While Swimming With Sharks

Metallica frontman James Hetfield’s new fiancée revealed that they got engaged while “swimming with whale sharks on Friday the 13th.”

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This 2003 Jet Hit Could’ve Had a Totally Different Meaning if This Original Lyric Made the Cut

Jet’s debut single is a jangly, groovy rock song you can dance to, but the initial draft of the lyrics was surprisingly negative.

3 hours ago

By Lauren Boisvert