Get Skilled

Editor's note: This is a guest post from Nick Welch, a pastor who has worked in a funeral home doing ...

Here’s the good news: piranhas very rarely attack humans unless said humans are already injured or dead. ...

When you see a door knob in its packaging at a hardware store, it can look like a confusing contraption. ...

In 2010, a tragic human stampede occurred during a festival in Phnom Penh. When thousands attempted to ...

Podcasts seem to be everywhere these days, but I still run into people who are interested in listening to ...

Studies show that people remember the beginning of something, and the end of it, the best. The middle of ...

So you know how to pick a lock with a tension wrench and rake. This is an incredibly useful skill, which ...

 When you study for a test or you’re trying to learn a new skill, what’s your typical approach? If ...

As we’ve established over the years, there are a number of relatively easy automotive maintenance tasks that ...

First used as a necessary technique for pre-WWII clunky gear mechanisms, heel-toe shifting is largely ...

Locking your keys in your car is one of those bone-headed moves we're all bound to make at some point. No ...

In most urban situations, the cell phone is the ultimate survival tool. With it, you can call for help, ...

As Henry Ford famously said, “Chop your own wood and it will warm you twice.” With all due respect to ...

Editor’s note: The following excerpt was included in FM 21-13, an Army field manual published in 1952. As ...

While almost any way you bust open a bubbly bottle of champagne is exciting, it's made even more so by ...

For each of the last four years, my wife and I (Jeremy) have hosted a Friendsgiving dinner the Sunday ...

In January of 2015, two Canadian hikers set off on a hike in the Eastern High Peaks Wilderness of the ...

Editor's note: This is a guest article by Alexander Franz. According to Brett's article on how a car ...

Editor's note: The following except on "Memory Aids" comes from Increasing Personal Efficiency (1925) by ...

Editor's Note: This is a guest article from Erik Kennedy.  There’s a myth that the moment you ...