A pair of hikers claim that a GPS mapping app called AllTrails left them stranded in a storm on Medicine Bow Peak, prompting ...

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Since their discovery in 2004, the grid cells in the brain, which are important for our orientation, have been regarded as a ...

Scientists at DKFZ and Heidelberg University Hospital discovered that brain grid cells, once thought to act as a fixed GPS, ...

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Roth was standing at the edge of a cave in Pirkanmaa, Finland. Inside, he knew, was a geocache: a container that was stashed ...

Part of one of the most accessible paths of the Catskills’ O&W Rail Trail, bike or hike this well-maintained segment that ...

PACKING FOR A hiking trip sounds simple enough. But packing properly is more challenging than it seems. Beyond the obvious— ...

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To enhance your outdoor activities and fitness tracking, GPS smartwatches are a great choice. Here, we have covered the top ...

Michigan’s remote Great Lakes islands offer wild shores, hidden lighthouses, and rare escapes into untouched natural beauty.

Cris Hernandez and his younger friend, Austin Richland, shouldered their packs at about 10 a.m. on Aug. 21 for what was ...