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DIY iphone headphone jack

This engineer spent 4 months installing a headphone jack on an iPhone 7

How to publish your own ebook

How to publish your own ebook

How to install Android Oreo on your phone right now

How to grow custom greens designed by chefs

How to grow custom greens designed by chefs

By Sarah Z. Wexler / Saveur

Restore old print photos with free software

greenwood grill

How to grill meat over an open fire

By Tim MacWelch/ Outdoor Life

Can’t find safe eclipse glasses? Make your own eclipse projector instead.

Can’t find safe eclipse glasses? Make your own eclipse projector instead.

By Sophie Bushwick

Game of Thrones

How to avoid spoilers online

Build a portable computer on a USB stick

How to find free music and movies online

How to find free music and movies online

Find fake photos

Spot faked photos using digital forensic techniques

By Stan Horaczek

What to do if you break your leg in the middle of nowhere

By Kate Baggaley

How to make new friends as an adult

How to make new friends as an adult

Three tricks for staving off hunger in a survival situation

Three tricks for staving off hunger in a survival situation

By Tim MacWelch/ Outdoor Life

How to avoid eBay scams

Plan a road trip using only your smartphone

How to find a new job on your smartphone

Five map and compass skills every outdoorsman should master

Five map and compass skills every outdoorsman should master

By Keith McCafferty/Field & Stream

Google Play Music

How to get the most out of Google Play Music

Create your own commands for Amazon Echo and Google Home

Create your own commands for Amazon Echo and Google Home

9.5 tips to scientifically enhance your grill game

The best Apple Music tricks and add-ons

How to beach-proof your phone

By Sophie Bushwick

8 new skills you can learn by watching YouTube

8 new skills you can learn by watching YouTube

Train ride in Alaska by Stan Horaczek

Seven tips for shooting nature photos with your smartphone camera

By Stan Horaczek

Cat at computer.

The best ways to make your own GIFs

By Mallory Johns

How to avoid bringing bed bugs home from vacation

How to avoid bringing bed bugs home from vacation

By Nancy Troyano / Working Mother

YouTube add-ons and tricks to improve your watching

The fastest way to chill your beer

The fastest way to chill your beer

By Sara Chodosh

Make instant slushies with supercooling

Make instant slushies with supercooling

By Marissa Shieh

5 outdoor games you can build yourself

5 outdoor games you can build yourself

By Sophie Bushwick

The best travel apps to install on your phone

The most efficient way to brush and floss

The most efficient way to brush and floss

By Claire Maldarelli

How to become a Lego master builder

How to become a Lego master builder

This is why you should beat egg whites in a copper bowl

This is why you should beat egg whites in a copper bowl

By Sara Chodosh

Surprising things you can clean in the dishwasher

Surprising things you can clean in the dishwasher

By Sophie Bushwick and Billy Cadden

How to make the best protest sign

How to make the best protest sign

By Sophie Bushwick

Three (very) young inventors using 3D printing to change the world

By Jason Lederman

The Amazon Echo and Echo Dot

20 helpful Amazon Echo voice commands for you to try

The easiest way to kick your caffeine habit

The easiest way to kick your caffeine habit

By Claire Maldarelli

The scientifically best way to sweep a floor

The scientifically best way to sweep a floor

Da Vinci’s Architronito

How to build a steam-powered cannon invented by Da Vinci

By William Gurstelle

How to not die in a blizzard

How to not die in a blizzard

By Sara Chodosh

How to recycle your phone no matter where you live

How to recycle your phone no matter where you live

cat sits next to scratching post

Keep your cat overlord happy with this easy DIY scratching post

How to fix a leaky faucet

How to fix a leaky faucet

How to survive the ‘Little House’ books

How to survive the ‘Little House’ books

By Sophie Bushwick

Erasing graffiti

How to erase permanent-marker graffiti

By Sophie Bushwick

How to make a survival whistle from a soup can

How to make a survival whistle from a soup can

By Eleanor Cummins

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Jobs at Popular Science: Now hiring an Editorial Assistant

By Popular Science Team

Photograph the night sky with your phone

How to photograph the night sky on a phone

By Sophie Bushwick

Portable garden

Build a DIY garden you can bring on the road

By Mary Beth Griggs

A DIY version of Galileo's telescope

How to build a DIY replica of Galileo’s telescope

By Michael Koziol

DIY Sonic Tractor Beam

Now you can 3D print your own sonic tractor beam

By Sophie Bushwick

A sextant made from junk

How to make a sextant from random junk

By Sophie Bushwick

Here’s what’s inside the modern explorer’s survival kit

Here’s what’s inside the modern explorer’s survival kit

By Sara Chodosh and Peter Hess

These brothers built a mine-sweeping drone

These brothers built a mine-sweeping drone

By Coby McDonald

Here’s how to wrap a spherical gift, according to scientists

Here’s how to wrap a spherical gift, according to scientists

By Sophie Bushwick

How to build a DIY solar oven

Cockroach tea and cricket crepes: How to add (delicious) bugs to your diet

Cockroach tea and cricket crepes: How to add (delicious) bugs to your diet

By Rachel Feltman

How to sharpen your kitchen knives

How to sharpen your kitchen knives

By Sara Chodosh

Ace Of Cakes Duff Goldman talks cake hacking

Ace Of Cakes Duff Goldman talks cake hacking

How to actually, for real turn off social media this weekend

How to actually, for real turn off social media this weekend

By Sophie Bushwick

These Musical Instruments Play With Fire

By Jeremy S. Cook