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Anxiety, depression, obesity—kids are increasingly becoming unhappy and unhealthy. But there is a pill-free solution: outdoor play.

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I'm nervous about rising ticket prices and added fees. Can I still travel regularly without breaking the bank?

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There's more to life than chasing definition in certain muscle groups. Maintaining a healthy weight, for instance.

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The "eight-percent rule" ignores the power exercise has to counter time spent on your butt.

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An excerpt from Unruly Places: Lost Spaces, Secret Cities, and Other Inscrutable Geographies examines the spaces between borders

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11 questions you’re too embarrassed to ask about cycling’s most famous race.

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The roads are dangerous. But the real hate happens on social media. And it's both disgusting and scary.

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Virtual reality is just for gamers. But augmented reality—a new wearable technology—could revolutionize how we train for sports, making athletes faster, better, and more precise.

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In a desperate measure to burn surfeit calories, men and women have rushed to stuff their jiggly bits into resistance pants. But can clothing really make a workout any better?

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A new book, DEEP, digs into the science and emotion swirling around climate change and how it will impact the ski industry.

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Why Sandy Vietze, the U.S. skier who urinated in front of a girl on a JetBlue flight, should be reinstated immediately.

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Decades after the Soviet-era meltdown drove 60,000 people from their homes in the Ukraine, a rebirth is taking place inside the exclusion zone. With Geiger counter in hand, the author explores Europe's strangest wildlife refuge, an enchanted post-apocalyptic forest from which entirely new species may soon emerge.

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