This is 'Peak Week' for Asthma

If you have asthma and you feel like it’s gotten worse lately, it’s not your imagination: Llate September is informally known as asthma “peak week” because several asthma-exacerbating factors converge.Read more...

Find Your Perfect Bra Quickly By Knowing Your 'Sister Bra Sizes'

If you’ve ever gone shopping for a bra, you know how frustrating it can be. Between bra sizes being a myth and hormone levels changing the size of breasts throughout the month, it’s an uphill battle. Fortunately, this graphic offers a few pointers t…

The Best Apps That Now Support Dark Mode in iOS 13

iOS 13 is here, and like Android 10, Apple’s newest OS update brings an official dark mode to your iPhone. Apps can have their own special looks when you’re using dark mode, too, and the fine folks at Gadget Hacks have provided a long list of variou…

When You Electronically Sign Documents, Always Keep a Copy

When Paul, a freelancer based in New York, couldn’t getting a response from a consulting client who owed him money, he thought he might have to take legal action. I’ll download the contract, he thought, as he dug back through his inbox for a link to…

How to Make Your Own Stuffed Crust Pizza

The greatest gift that home cooking has to give is happiness, and few things make people happier than a slice of pizza. So, on this National Pepperoni Pizza Day, I’d like to talk about just how easy it is to make pizza at home—even a fully loaded, s…

How to Watch Tonight's Democratic Candidate Forum on LGBTQ Issues

Tonight, 10 Democratic presidential candidates will take the stage in Iowa individually to discuss issues affecting LGBTQ Americans, like the Equality Act, bans on conversion therapy, and some candidates’ controversial records on marriage equality. …

Buy a House During the First Week of Fall

If you want the most options and the least competition, the first week of fall is a great time to buy a home.Read more...

What Exactly Is the National Debt?

Among the near-constant discussion of an impending recession, you may have noticed some rumbling about our worsening national deficit. But you may be confused about how that national debt happens, and what it means for how the country’s finances are…

You Should Wait to Upgrade to iOS 13

We normally say it’s probably a good idea to update to the latest version of iOS whenever possible—for the extra features you get to play with, the potentially improved performance, and any bug patches or security fixes you might get. Though iOS 13 …

How to Be a Whistleblower

Whistleblowing seems to be in the news a lot, lately. And it makes us ordinary schmoes wonder: How would we handle ratting out our colleagues, or our superiors, if we had to—either to protect other consumers and citizens or merely to cover yourself?…

Teach Your Kids to 'Find a Parent' If They Get Lost

When my son was four, my husband and I took him and his then two-year-old sister to spend the day on a Florida beach. The scene was picture perfect: The sun was shining, we’d managed to remember sunscreen and beach toys, and both kids were content t…

How and Why to Start Journaling

Some of the most influential people in history kept detailed journals of their lives, including Charles Darwin, Marie Curie, Thomas Edison and Frida Kahlo. Those journals served two purposes: a permanent record for posterity and, presumably, a catha…

Everyone Hates You When You're Selfish in a Crowd

Reddit must know it’s Jerk Week. The top post on r/AskReddit last night asked, “What is something we can all agree on being a ‘dick move’?” The top answers, agreed upon by thousands of Reddit users, shared a theme: the most universal dick move is be…

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The Best Podcast Apps for Your iPhone and iPad (2019)

Almost everyone loves listening to podcasts, but finding a decent podcast app to manage your subscriptions can be tricky. Podcasts continue to grow in popularity and, as a result, there are more podcast managers on the App Store than ever before. Bu…

How to Make Your Old Phone Feel Like New

Phones age like bananas, or relationships. Our culture pressures us to spend money on the latest and greatest (phone, not banana). But there’s a wide range of ways to make your current phone feel new, for cheap or for free.Read more...

There Are Carcinogens in Tap Water, But Don't Freak Out Too Much

A new study found that tap water contaminants may cause 100,000 cases of cancer in the US every year. While the numbers may be right (it’s hard to be sure), that doesn’t mean you should worry too much about your tap water. Read more...

Buy Round-Trip Delta Tickets Starting at $93 Today

Delta is running a flash sale on fares today that bring a number of round-trip tickets down in price, one as low as $93.Read more...

This Is the Only Way to Throw Away Dirty Tissues

The bad news is, I’ve been disposing of my son’s dirty, germy tissues wrong for the whole first half of his childhood. The good news is, some things are about to change around here. Read more...

How to Tell Someone to Get Off Their Phone

Smartphone addiction is real. According to a log of my screen time, in the last seven days, I spent three hours and 15 minutes a day on my iPhone (and over 22 hours in total last week—almost an entire day). And I’m not alone. Our social media produc…

How to File a Claim for The Yahoo Breach Settlement

With all the big corporate data breaches that have been discovered over the past few years, you might have forgotten about the one at Yahoo that exposed 500 million account passwords in 2016.Read more...