outdoors

My car was at the auto shop. It was officially about to get junked (yay!), but I had to be there to hand it off to the folks taking it away. That's more than a 15-mile roundtrip from my home…

I'm often disappointed with a good chunk of electric kick scooters I test. Many of them just don't have a range that satisfies my needs. I frequently trek from Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, into lower…

I have attempted many times to become a Hydration Queen, all of them futile. I spend my day chugging coffee, realize I’m thirsty somewhere around 3 pm, spend 20 minutes at the sink pouring…

On a warm Thursday evening, our neighborhood bike caravan—parents, kids, and three electric bikes—rolls into the weekly roller disco night. A friend skates toward us, eating a vegan ice…

Back to the study. The Connecticut group chose a site where they could monitor a small, contained deer herd: a peninsula jutting into Long Island Sound where the property surrounding a…

Who doesn't love a good BBQ. When the sun starts to shine we all start our yearly rush to the garden centre to top up on charcoal or refill the gas canisters. However, there is now a new way…

Don't dress for the ride—dress for the fall. I've been riding motorcycles for years, both for personal enjoyment and for my job as a product reviewer, and I'm picky about my gear. Lots of…

I had never dreamed of attempting to make Sinaloa-style chicken. The citrus-marinated, charbroiled chicken that came to prominence in the city of Guasave is, for my money, one of the most…

For the past few years, the entrance of my New York City apartment has been littered with one or two electric scooters for testing, along with a folding ebike. My wife has been thrilled. She…

This story originally appeared in High Country News and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.The first grainy film clip shows a black bear exploding out of the trail camera’s frame. In…