By Keri Bridgwater Framed by the Superstition Mountains and swaths of giant saguaro cactus, Bush Highway in Mesa might be one of Arizona’s most scenic drives. It sweeps through 15 miles of Tonto National Forest, where Upland Sonoran Desert steadily giv…
Meet Karl Egloff, the Climber Trying to Set the All-Time 7 Summits Speed Record
By Evan Bleier In 2019, Swiss-Ecuadorian alpinist Karl Egloff climbed up from basecamp at Denali to the mountain’s 20,310-foot summit and then back down using a combo of hiking boots, snowshoes and running shoes in 11 hours and 44 minutes to set the fa…
According to the Oscars of Booze, These Are the 21 Best Tequilas and Mezcals
By Kirk Miller What tequila should you drink this year? Maybe you should consult with the Oscars of booze. Started in 2000, the San Francisco World Spirits Competition (SFWSC) is the longest-running spirits competition in North America and the largest …
Robert Plant Shared the Secrets Behind His Led Zeppelin Stage Presence
By Tobias Carroll If you look at enough photos of Led Zeppelin during their heyday, you might begin to realize something: Robert Plant is likely the platonic ideal of a rock and roll singer. (That he is also, literally, the singer of “Rock and Roll” is…
Is the “Military Diet” the Very Worst of the Low-Calorie Diets?
By Tanner Garrity The military isn’t without its eating disorders. Recent research has exhibited that the chaotic eating schedules of soldiers have a deleterious impact on their dietary habits, contributing to a rate of disorders (like bulimia, in part…
Warren Buffett Says $25 Is Too High a Price for “All of the Bitcoin in the World”
By Tobias Carroll Benjamin Franklin famously said that the only things that are certain in life are death and taxes. Then again, Benjamin Franklin did not live in the era of online trading and cryptocurrency. If he had, he might have been tempted to ad…
Dare We Say the World’s Longest Flight Looks Rather Comfy?
By Kirk Miller After spending a few years developing a plan for the world’s longest commercial flight, Qantas just officially announced an order for a dozen Airbus A350-1000 planes, which are capable of flying direct from Australia to New York, London …
Megan Fox Basically Invented Machine Gun Kelly, According to Megan Fox
By Kayla Kibbe Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly are primarily known for two things: PDA rivaled only by their celebrity couple doppelgängers, Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker, and saying some pretty weird things about each other. Some highlights in…
See Tennessee Ace Ben Joyce Throw the Fastest Pitch in College Baseball History
By Evan Bleier A reliever with a 0.86 ERA who has struck out 38 batters in 19 appearances out of the bullpen for the Volunteers, Tennessee righthander Ben Joyce has a cannon for an arm. During a 5-3 win for the top-ranked Volunteers over Auburn on Sund…
Timex Is Taking 25% Off Hundreds of Colorful Watches
By Kirk Miller Time to buy a new watch because it’s … spring? Whatever your made-up reason, today is a good day to grab a new ticker, and the smartest way to upgrade is via the latest sale at Timex. Right now it’s 15% off when you spend $49 or more on …