The big Halloween update for both Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Call of Duty: Warzone is live, and while there is plenty of new themed content for fans to sink their teeth into - noteworthy the ...

Tech touches everything these days, even the most primitive of instruments. If you have a bird problem, forget the old fashioned scarecrow—you can get its modern successor, a bird-repelling drone. The ...

Fall is a magical time. The leaves change color, the air turns brisk, hot apple cider and bonfires trend and scarecrows arrive. If you’ve never ventured beyond pumpkin carving and need scarecrow craft ...

Scarecrows do a much better job scaring humans than they do scaring birds. If scarecrows were used to ward off birds, adds James P. Leary, a historian and folklorist focused on rural Midwestern life, ...

The scarecrow is an ancient device; they’ve been found all over the world and its use predates written language. With that such a long history, it’s hard to get a sense for superlatives. That said, we ...

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