Wood. Humans have burned it for to heat their homes for thousands of years. It’s truly a renewable source of energy. While it may not be the most efficient or green method to warm a space, it ...

Participants in the first-ever contest put their wood chopping skills to the test by seeing how fast they could split various sized logs into smaller pieces with an ax and then stack them into a pile.

It’s nice to picture yourself chopping firewood like a lumberjack–deftly swinging an axe through log rounds to cut perfectly sized pieces. That said, it's simply not how it happens. For most of us, ...