In his stand-up comedy special "New in Town," comedian John Mulaney joked about the oversaturation of quicksand on childhood TV shows: "I always thought that quicksand was going to be a much bigger ...

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It sounds like something out of ‘Indiana Jones,’ but it’s a real risk. Quicksand warning. NPS warns of quicksand near shoreline and drainage areas in Glen Canyon. "It can appear dry and firm on the ...

“I didn’t think that was real.” That’s the reply I kept hearing from both coworkers and readers after we wrote about backpacker Austin Dirks’s rescue from a quicksand pit in Arches National Park in ...

Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor, and holds certifications as a personal trainer and weightlifting coach. She has been writing about health for over 10 years. Movies have to make ...

Quicksand may seem like something from a cartoon, but it became a very real danger for an experienced hiker during a trek through Arches National Park in Utah. Austin Dirks was hiking a roughly ...

Cincinnati’s first female police chief reflects on historic rise through department Cincinnati’s first female police chief took office amid a wave of milestones for women in the city’s top law ...