Not everyone is a fan of the rustic look of moss growing on their driveway, sidewalk, or patio. But, appearance aside, it’s a safety hazard. When moss covers materials like concrete, brick, wood, and paving stones, it can make these high-traffic sur…
Lees meerA lot of people find online shopping therapeutic: A way to zone out and destress at the end of a long day. For some people, simply browsing—and maybe adding items to their virtual cart with no intention of actually buying them—is enough. But others …
Lees meerLast month, the FBI reiterated the dangers of “juice jacking,” an alleged practice wherein bad actors steal data or install malware on your smartphone through public chargers. The problem is, there have been no documented cases of juice jacking in t…
Lees meerMy partner and I are enthusiastic members of the Joe Bob Briggs Mutant Family. For the next month or so, we will be spending virtually every Friday evening watching The Last Drive-In and eating snacks. Popcorn is a favorite, though my boyfriend and …
Lees meerOrgeat is something I only found out about in my 30s, about the time when I could confidently afford to go to a fancy cocktail bar and have that confidence dashed by not understanding ingredients on the drink menu. Googling this ingredient on my pho…
Lees meerMosquitoes really do like some people more than others. Some of the features that make you a mosquito magnet aren’t ones you can easily alter—your body size, for example, or the natural smell of your skin. But now, a study has found that scented soa…
Lees meerChildren, especially those between the ages of 4 to 6, love to play rough. Not only can it provide an outlet for their endless energy, but there’s also a purpose behind it: According to the University of Pittsburgh’s Office of Child Development, it …
Lees meerIn a highly competitive housing market, you may be tempted by properties that are being sold “as-is.” They’re often cheaper than others listed, but when a home is listed “as-is,” the seller won’t guarantee the condition of the property, make any rep…
Lees meerThe list of places to update your address when you move is long and the process tedious, whether you’re heading to a new neighborhood or across the country. While some of these updates are important but not time-sensitive, you’re actually on the clo…
Lees meerI’m currently in awe of peanut powder. It has all the flavor of raw peanuts and peanut butter, but a powdered structure that is nothing short of food-witchcraft. Regular, sticky peanut butter has always been the go-to for concentrated flavor, but th…
Lees meerThroughout your academic career, you’ll have professors who will only exist to you for a semester and won’t impact your life much beyond giving you a final grade. That’s fine. But there will also be those professors who genuinely seem to care about…
Lees meerIn the early days of messaging, each correspondence was final. Email, AIM, SMS—if you sent it, the other person would see it, with zero chance for retraction. Today, however, we live in the future, where we can edit a message with typos or thoughts…
Lees meerYour brain is complex, but once you figure out its little intricacies—like that it can only store about seven units of information in short-term memory—you can exploit them to help you remember more things. It’s not just the amount of information pr…
Lees meerWithin each seed catalog, there are plants you flip past—the ones that you’ve never heard of. These plants tend to lean towards “crops” that you don’t think you have the room to grow: sorghum, those warty gourds, wheat. Every year I ask myself, “Who…
Lees meerThis week’s Out-of-Touch Guide examines capitalism’s effects on the young, currently manifesting themselves in the form of annoying TikTok wealth-accumulation cults, ridiculous big-budget shark movies that everyone will see, and people using Venmo t…
Lees meer“I’m always doing some terrible workaround to try to get to Docs quickly,” our Senior Technology Editor Jake Peterson told me this morning. “It’s never quick.” But science has now accomplished what we all thought was impossible: an actually fast, si…
Lees meerSalad is a breakfast food, of this I am certain. Eggs, bacon, and toasted bread (croutons) are all comfortable amongst a pile of greens, but you can make them even more at home with a breakfast-y vinaigrette. Using maple syrup as your sweetener can …
Lees meerRice Krispies Treats are an easy-to-execute, adaptable dessert: You can go the traditional route, or change it up with different cereals, use potato chips, or elevate it with browned butter. As good as Rice Krispies Treats are in their many forms, …
Lees meerThe U.S.’s first over-the-counter birth control pill may be on its way. A panel of FDA advisors voted unanimously to recommend approval of Opill, a progestin-only birth control pill that would be taken daily to prevent pregnancy. Contraceptive pills…
Lees meerI get it, Thai curry can be hot stuff. Maybe it was the pad gra-pao recipe you tried, or the surprise chili pepper in your takeout two years ago that made you throw in the towel forever, but I want to encourage you to try again. This time, however, …
Lees meerA seamless login future is coming for all Apple users. Starting with iOS 16 and macOS Ventura, Apple offers built-in support for passkeys. You can add these new cryptographically generated keys directly to your iCloud Keychain and they’ll sync acros…
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