What's the One Device You Need to Survive the Apocalypse?
The zombie horde is coming. The pandemic is spreading. An EMP just fried the grid. One way or another, you need to get…
The Last Man On Earth Proves That Survival Doesn't Always Have to Suck
I love a good post-apocalyptic tale. The Road, The Walking Dead, The Leftovers—these are all fine examples of end-times…
Meet the Engineers Trying to Prevent the Destruction of Humanity
From asteroid impacts to robot takeovers to superbug pandemics, there are a thousand ways human civilization could be…
What Japan Can Teach Us About Prepping for a Major Earthquake
Earlier this year, it was revealed that the US Pacific Northwest could face a 1-in-10 chance of a suffering a…
How These Structures Were Engineered to Survive a Global Catastrophe
Whether spurred by the Cold War, climate change, or just the seemingly inevitable arrival of an asteroid strike, humans…
14 Dumbest Ways That Humans Will Survive The Apocalypse
The whole point of a post-apocalyptic story is that someone survives. But when you have a calamity that wipes out 99.9…
Do You Have A Crazy Survival Story?
It’s Survival Week here at Gizmodo, and we want your tales of how you got out of life-threatening situations.
Does Canned Food Ever Really Go Bad?
Why, hello! We’re so glad to see you made it past the velociraptornadoes, sinkhole maze, and fire ants made of literal…
Close Calls: Three Times When Humanity Barely Escaped Extinction
Today it looks like humans will have to launch themselves into space to get enough room for our collective population,…
Why Do People Take Selfies In Emergencies?
When a United Airlines flight made an emergency landing this summer due to medical situations on board, as the oxygen…
Meet the Preppers Who Are Ready for the Next Massive Solar Storm
Hurricanes and blizzards are petty trifles compared with the weather phenomenon that troubles apocalypse preppers:…
The Time I Survived
Who am I to be writing about survival? Well, I’m someone who’s survived. It’s happened a few times, but this is the…
How To Survive Pretty Much Anything
Survival is a mix of preparation, knowledge, tools and luck. This week we’ll be exploring the practice and, to get us…
Why I'm Still Obsessed With Survivor After Watching All 450 Episodes
For the 30th season of Survivor, my friends and I started a fantasy league. A Survivor fantasy league, where points are…
This Week, Your Survival Is at Stake
You know you worry about it sometimes. What if there were a massive earthquake, or a huge storm ... or you just got…