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How to stop hackers from rickrolling your smart speaker
DIY

How to stop hackers from rickrolling your smart speaker

By Corinne Iozzio

snowflakes
DIY

Save a snowflake for decades

By Theodore Gray

Food science tricks to make the perfect popcorn
DIY

Food science tricks to make the perfect popcorn

By Claire Maldarelli

This holiday season, fix your loved one’s computer without having to visit them
DIY

This holiday season, fix your loved one’s computer without having to visit them

By David Nield

What to do if your dog eats your Christmas chocolates
Health

What to do if your dog eats your Christmas chocolates

By Claire Maldarelli

The easiest way to keep your home warm this winter
DIY

The easiest way to keep your home warm this winter

By Sophie Bushwick

Amazon tracks everything you buy. Here’s how to make that work for you.
DIY

Amazon tracks everything you buy. Here’s how to make that work for you.

By David Nield

How to actually get noticed on social media
DIY

How to actually get noticed on social media

By David Nield

Kickstarter
DIY

Fund a Kickstarter without losing your money—or your mind

By David Nield

Facebook on a phone screen.
DIY

Speed up your phone with ‘lite’ versions of apps

By David Nield

How to keep latkes crispy for eight days and nights
DIY

How to keep latkes crispy for eight days and nights

By Nicole Wetsman

Six apps and trackers to find your lost gadgets
DIY

Six apps and trackers to find your lost gadgets

By David Nield

How to prepare your car for winter
Technology

How to prepare your car for winter

By DriverSide Staff

Plan out the holidays with these smartphone apps
DIY

Plan out the holidays with these smartphone apps

By David Nield

How to prepare your home for winter
DIY

How to prepare your home for winter

By Mary Beth Griggs

Apple TV
DIY

10 smarter ways to watch TV

By David Nield

zombie apocalypse vehicle
DIY

This is the motorcycle you need to escape the apocalypse

By Zack Courts/Motorcyclist

17 gadgets and apps to make your dumb car smarter
DIY

17 gadgets and apps to make your dumb car smarter

By David Nield

31 ways to optimize your smartphone
DIY

31 ways to optimize your smartphone

By David Nield

You can use aluminum foil to strengthen your Wi-Fi signal
Technology

You can use aluminum foil to strengthen your Wi-Fi signal

By Rob Verger

How to make a sourdough starter—and keep it alive
DIY

How to make a sourdough starter—and keep it alive

By Nicole Wetsman

How to test your tap water for lead
DIY

How to test your tap water for lead

By Kendra Pierre-Louis

Eight apps to help you win National Novel Writing Month
DIY

Eight apps to help you win National Novel Writing Month

By David Nield

Eight Gmail add-ons you didn’t know you needed
DIY

Eight Gmail add-ons you didn’t know you needed

By David Nield

An isolated micrometeorite about 0.5 mm in diameter.
Science

Hunt for meteorites in your own yard

By Sophie Bushwick

You should make fermented veggies—for science
DIY

You should make fermented veggies—for science

By Mary Beth Griggs

Daydream View
DIY

Try these 10 awesome virtual-reality apps for Google Daydream View

By David Nield

Ubuntu
DIY

Why and how you should switch to Linux

By David Nield

Smartphone
DIY

Save your money and your data by preparing your phone for travel

By David Nield

How to keep your old videos, music, and photos safe forever
DIY

How to keep your old videos, music, and photos safe forever

By David Nield

How to build the video game you wanted when you were 13
DIY

How to build the video game you wanted when you were 13

By Billy Cadden

17 must-have tools for backcountry adventures
DIY

17 must-have tools for backcountry adventures

By Michael R. Shea and Will Brantley / Field & Stream

Smartphone
DIY

How to shoot the best video on your smartphone

By David Nield

Five advanced Chromecast hacks to level up your streaming experience
DIY

Five advanced Chromecast hacks to level up your streaming experience

By David Nield

Archive Gallery: The Geodesic Life
DIY

Archive Gallery: The Geodesic Life

By Denise Ngo

Archive Gallery: Mail Order Kits, From the Back Pages of PopSci
DIY

Archive Gallery: Mail Order Kits, From the Back Pages of PopSci

By Denise Ngo

Garden Hose: July 1955
DIY

Archive Gallery: Offbeat Uses for Common Household Objects

By Denise Ngo

An Alarm Clock Lazy Susan for Lazy People, November 1939
DIY

How To Hack Your Alarm Clock [Gallery]

By Julie Beck

20 essential Mac keyboard shortcuts to save you a click
DIY

20 essential Mac keyboard shortcuts to save you a click

By David Nield

Make your life paperless with these apps and gadgets
DIY

Make your life paperless with these apps and gadgets

By David Nield

Show your social savvy with these advanced Snapchat tricks
DIY

Show your social savvy with these advanced Snapchat tricks

By David Nield

11 new iOS 11 features to try
DIY

11 new iOS 11 features to try

By David Nield

Special FX
DIY

Six apps to add blockbuster special effects to your smartphone videos

By David Nield

Google Drive is changing—here’s how to prepare
DIY

Google Drive is changing—here’s how to prepare

By David Nield

Your routines might be screwing with your body. Here’s how to fix it.
DIY

Your routines might be screwing with your body. Here’s how to fix it.

By Claire Maldarelli

Heart Disease
DIY

Your schedule could be killing you

By Leslie Kaufman

This man would like to kill your holidays
DIY

This man would like to kill your holidays

By Matt Hongoltz-Hetling

How to find legitimate deals on tech
DIY

How to find legitimate deals on tech

By David Nield

DIY iphone headphone jack
DIY

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

By Rob Verger

How to publish your own ebook
DIY

How to publish your own ebook

By David Nield

Android Oreo
DIY

How to install Android Oreo on your phone right now

By David Nield

How to grow custom greens designed by chefs
DIY

How to grow custom greens designed by chefs

By Sarah Z. Wexler / Saveur

Old photos
DIY

Restore old print photos with free software

By David Nield

To make chef Jet Tila’s chewy drunken noodles, you’ll need to brush up on your chemistry
DIY

To make chef Jet Tila’s chewy drunken noodles, you’ll need to brush up on your chemistry

By Jason Lederman

greenwood grill
DIY

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.
DIY

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

By Sophie Bushwick

How to avoid email pileups
DIY

How to avoid email pileups

By Ellenore Angelidis / Working Mother

Game of Thrones
DIY

How to avoid spoilers online

By David Nield

How to do more with your fitness tracker
DIY

How to do more with your fitness tracker

By David Nield

Elgato Eve Motion Review: A smart sensor to automate Apple households
DIY

Elgato Eve Motion Review: A smart sensor to automate Apple households

By Popular Science Team

USB computer
DIY

Build a portable computer on a USB stick

By David Nield

How to find free music and movies online
DIY

How to find free music and movies online

By David Nield

Find fake photos
DIY

Spot faked photos using digital forensic techniques

By Stan Horaczek

injured hiker
Health

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

By Kate Baggaley