In 1980, Michael Walker, one of the most significant designers in knifemaking history, patented a locking mechanism that would forever change the EDC world. Now referred to colloquially as the liner ...

In a discovery that points to potential new antibiotic medicines, scientists have deciphered the workings of a common but little-understood bacterial switch that cuts off protein production. In a ...

You’ve lost your trunk key or the lock is jammed. This kind of thing always seems to happen at the worst possible moment. If your truck is equipped with a power lock, the trunk will open automatically ...

Life rarely follows a straight path. Nick Palizzi’s story demonstrates this. He grew up in rural Michigan, graduated with honors from the University of Detroit’s School of Architecture and started his ...

As gun owners, we know it is our responsibility to keep our guns safe and secure. There are many different ways to do this, and they can be as elaborate as building an actual vault in your home to as ...

We're seeing an increasing number of "smart" locks that are installed over top of a door's existing old-school lock. This means that they protrude from the door, looking a bit gawky and potentially ...

GiantMouse has pulled two of its limited-run folding knives from the market after reports that their locks can fail... The ...

We earn commissions from purchases you make using links in our articles. Learn more. The money spent on a trailer lock will be a lot less than the cost to replace a whole trailer if it gets stolen. If ...

I’d like to think that the only thing I need to live a car-free life is my bike and my enthusiasm. But it’s the extra gear that helps me stay as two-wheeled as possible. In this regular column, I take ...