DIY(Page 27)

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White liquid marshmallow.
DIY

The anatomy of a marshmallow

By Aki Kamozawa and H. Alexander Talbot

The complete guide to Bluetooth headphone terms
DIY

The complete guide to Bluetooth headphone terms

By Whitson Gordon

Make DIY cold brew coffee—without fancy equipment
DIY

Make DIY cold brew coffee—without fancy equipment

By Cassidy Mayeda

Teenager dipping toes into a lake or ocean
Health

Your summer guide to sunscreen, from SPF to not-so-magic pills

By Sara Chodosh

Husks of vintage film cameras and lenses littering workbench
Environment

Inside New York City’s vanishing community of repair shops

By Stan Horaczek

The Milky Way at night over mountains.
DIY

The best ways to reduce light pollution and improve your quality of life

By Alisha McDarris

A person gardening in a wooden planter box.
DIY

Plant a garden that helps the planet by devouring carbon

By Ellen Airhart

Hurricane Florence in the Atlantic
DIY

How to prepare for a hurricane that’s about to hit

By Sophie Bushwick

Yogurt marinades make meat perfectly tender—here’s why
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Yogurt marinades make meat perfectly tender—here’s why

By Amal Ahmed

Step 5
DIY

Listen To Records With Your Teeth

By Nicole Lou

The 8 Best Student Tech Projects At Microsoft’s Imagine Cup
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The 8 Best Student Tech Projects At Microsoft’s Imagine Cup

By Julie Beck

Frustrated couple in bed
DIY

How to share a bed with a restless sleeper

By Jennifer Billock

Person driving car in the highway
DIY

5 essential road trip apps that have nothing to do with eating, sleeping, or navigating

By Haley Weiss

bike resting against wall
Health

How to wheel your way through the global bike shortage

By Dan Seitz

A person sitting at a table in an office, typing on a laptop computer.
DIY

Text expanders are the magical productivity tool you need to master

By Eric Ravenscraft

Bacterial zoo in a bottle
DIY

Grow A Bacterial Zoo In A Bottle

By Steph Yin

Electrical fan against window
DIY

How to stay cool if you lose power during a heatwave

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

Male red-winged blackbird
DIY

How to decode the secret language of birds

By Benji Jones

How to book the cheapest flights possible
DIY

How to book the cheapest flights possible

By David Nield

Prevent your phone from distracting you while driving
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Prevent your phone from distracting you while driving

By David Nield

BBC iPlayer
DIY

How to watch foreign TV at home

By David Nield

Smart homes for beginners
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Smart homes for beginners

By David Nield

Multiple desktops on a Mac computer.
DIY

Get more screen space than you ever imagined with virtual desktops

By David Nield

An Apple iPhone in a box, on a lush bed of soft gray blankets.
DIY

The first 4 things you should do right after you buy a new gadget

By David Nield

A swimming pool, from under the water.
DIY

It’s surprisingly hard to tell if someone’s drowning, so we made you a guide

By Whitson Gordon

A person sitting in a dark room with their hand on their face, staring at a phone as they try to figure out how to undo something in the iOS Notes app.
DIY

The simplest way to undo text in Apple’s Notes app

By John Kennedy

How to stop videos from autoplaying
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How to stop videos from autoplaying

By David Nield

A stack of papers that would be hard to merge together if they were PDFs.
DIY

How to combine PDF files for free without sketchy online software

By John Kennedy

Chinese banyan bonsai tree on bright yellow
DIY

The beauty and science of growing bonsai

By Stan Horaczek

A man running shirtless on the side of a road in hot weather.
Health

Know the difference between heat stroke and heat exhaustion. One can kill you quickly.

By Alisha McDarris

Theo Gray's Mad Science book cover, showing Gray with a thick glove that's on fire.
DIY

The Really Dangerous Book for Boys

By Mike Haney

5 DIY Tricks To Amp Up Your Jack-O’-Lantern
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5 DIY Tricks To Amp Up Your Jack-O’-Lantern

By Samantha Cole

Wind-Powered Record Player
DIY

How to build a record player powered by wind

By Thom Leavy

A lawnmower, which you won't really need for a ground cover lawn, with a shovel and a broom for digging up your grass lawn.
DIY

It’s time to rip up your lawn and replace it with something you won’t need to mow

By Jean Feingold

An iPad Pro with a keyboard, on a windowsill surrounded by plants and bathed in sunlight.
DIY

The best apps for iPad Pro connoisseurs: 10 essentials to download right now

By David Nield

Anthotype images on wooden table
DIY

Spice up your art with turmeric, sunlight, and a 19th century photography technique

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

Powerhouse tips to improve your favorite video call app
DIY

Powerhouse tips to improve your favorite video call app

By David Nield

An Amazon Fire HD tablet on a wood floor.
DIY

How to get any Android app on your Amazon Fire HD tablet, plus 8 other tips

By David Nield

A pomeranian with glasses reads from an iPad
DIY

Google Chrome’s Reading list will help you finally close some of those tabs

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

Old printed photos scattered around a table.
DIY

How to colorize your old black and white photos

By David Nield

Hands holding XBox controller in front of a large computer monitor
DIY

How to stream your PC games to all your screens

By David Nield

A snake plant sitting in an open cardboard box, ready for shipping.
DIY

How to ship your beloved houseplants across the country without killing them

By Ellen Airhart

Person working on Photoshop
DIY

How to wipe metadata from any file

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

Teal Yeti cooler and other travel gear on a blue background
DIY

Eat and drink well on your road trip with these 5 pointers

By Alisha McDarris/Saveur

Videogame controllers
Gear

Great online games to play with friends, even when you’re apart

By David Nield

person-holding-mask
Health

How you and your family can cope with post-COVID anxiety

By Jean Levasseur

A dirty, rusty grill outside on a brick patio.
DIY

How to get your grill ready for summer

By Whitson Gordon

Make the most of your Apple AirTags with these tips and tricks
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Make the most of your Apple AirTags with these tips and tricks

By David Nield

scientist injecting turkey
DIY

Thirteen science-backed ways to improve your Thanksgiving

By Sophie Bushwick

We asked for your best photos of frozen soap bubbles—and wow, did you deliver
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We asked for your best photos of frozen soap bubbles—and wow, did you deliver

By Sophie Bushwick

A Mac laptop on a wooden table with Google Docs open in suggestion mode.
DIY

The greatest Google Docs shortcut you’re probably not using

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

Hands holding slime with crumbs over a keyboard
DIY

This DIY slime can clean the grossest parts of your home and car

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

Fitbit Alta HR
DIY

How to choose the best fitness tracker for you

By David Nield

A person grimacing and holding their left shoulder with their right hand.
DIY

Perfect posture doesn’t exist—but you can still improve yours

By Eleanor Cummins

A woman with curly, dirty blonde hair sitting in front of a gray laptop with her hands in the air in an act of confusion or frustration.
DIY

I used Google Tasks to turn my Gmail inbox into a to-do list, and now nobody can stop me

By John Kennedy

Phone apps
DIY

Protect your digital footprint by erasing your phone tracks

By David Nield

person's hand with silver rings
DIY

Go full silver alchemist and clean your jewelry with science

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

Computer on a white desk with WeVideo editing platform on the screen
DIY

These free video editing tools are so simple, anyone can use them

By Jean Levasseur

Person checking phone in a coffee house.
DIY

The 7 best apps for sending money

By David Nield

One side of a reddish-brown brick building, with 15 windows arranged in a grid on the façade, each containing a separate window air conditioning unit.
DIY

How to prevent your window AC unit from falling out, and other cool tips

By Lauren Leffer

The Quadsaw Is A Tool That Makes Square-shaped Holes
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The Quadsaw Is A Tool That Makes Square-shaped Holes

By Xavier Harding

The Todoist app on an iPhone.
DIY

How to set phone reminders for anything

By David Nield

A blonde woman in an office, taking part in a video conference call on her laptop.
DIY

How to use Google Meet’s newest features

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

Hack A Teddy Bear To Say Anything
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Hack A Teddy Bear To Say Anything

By Andrew Rosenblum