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Books Teenage Boys Will Actually Finish

The rule that turns a quitter into a reader, plus fifteen books that survive contact with a distracted fifteen-year-old.

GuideScience & SpaceDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

Your First Telescope Should Probably Be an 8-Inch Dobsonian

Aperture and a steady mount beat everything else. Skip the 675x box-store special and buy the thing you'll actually carry outside.

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StoryHistoryMarcus ValeSep 23, 20266 min

The Two Hours at Pearl Harbor and the Answer That Followed

A destroyer fired the first shot at 6:45 in the morning. What happened over the next three years is the part worth telling.

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Twenty Books Every Man Should Read Before Forty

Twenty books, ten years, one every six months. A list you can actually finish, with the mature-content flags nobody else bothers to give you.

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GuideScience & SpaceDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

How a Car Engine Actually Works, Stroke by Stroke

Four moves, a few thousand times a minute, and a gallon of gas becomes forward motion. What's happening, and what actually kills engines.

StoryHistoryMarcus ValeSep 23, 20266 min

Lincoln Hired the Men Who Thought He Was a Fool

He ran a cabinet full of rivals, a war he was losing, and a country that hated itself. The record shows exactly how he did it.

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GuideBooksRay OkonkwoSep 23, 20266 min

Nine Business Books That Actually Earn Their Pages

Most of the business shelf is one decent idea stretched to 240 hardcover pages. These nine aren't, and each one suits a different guy.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next two weeks.

GuideScience & SpaceDean ShawSep 23, 20267 min

Five Things You Can Find in the Night Sky Without a Telescope

Twenty minutes in the backyard, no gear, and you can pick out a planet, a star cluster, and a galaxy two and a half million light years out.

StoryHistoryWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Ten Miles of Track in One Day

On April 28, 1869, a crew in the Utah desert broke a record nobody has broken since. Getting there took seven years, a mountain of granite, and men who kept showing up.

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GuidePreparednessSam OrtizSep 23, 20265 min

Drill Your Kids for Emergencies Without Giving Them Nightmares

A four-minute drill, a nine-word script and the phrases that keep a scared kid calm — what actually works with children under twelve.

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GuideScience & SpaceDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

The Real Story Behind SpaceX, NASA and the Race to the Moon

Strip out the hype and the space race comes down to one number, one unproven maneuver, and one country moving faster than most Americans realize.

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StoryHistoryMarcus ValeSep 23, 20266 min

The Wright Brothers Didn't Trust the Experts and They Were Right

Two bicycle mechanics from Dayton threw out the world's best flight data, built their own wind tunnel, and beat every funded rival on earth.

GuidePreparednessWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Crate the Cat Before the Wind Picks Up

The pet plan that works is the one you build on a quiet Tuesday: carrier, records, microchip, and a hotel two counties inland that takes dogs.

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GuideGarden & YardDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

How to Pick Between a Push Mower, a Rider and a Zero Turn

Lot size, slope and your gate width decide this, not horsepower. Run the numbers before you spend $4,000 on the wrong machine.

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Is your money actually in order?

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History6 min

Washington Slept in a Tent Until His Men Had Roofs

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What to Do Before the Power Goes Out When You Live Alone

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GuideGarden & YardWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Put the Lawn to Bed Right Before the Ground Freezes

The last fertilizer run of the year does more for your grass than everything you did in June, if you time it to the soil and not the calendar.

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Gettysburg and the Three Days That Decided a Nation

A cavalry officer decided to buy time on a ridge outside a Pennsylvania farm town, and 51,000 men paid for it.

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