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PopSci's curated collection of life skills, tech tips, and hands-on projects we think you'll love.

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Android phone on marble table.
DIY

How to transfer your WhatsApp stickers to Signal and Telegram

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

A person holding an iPad with Apple TV+ on the screen.
DIY

How to cancel Apple TV+ because you probably have too many streaming services

By Debbie Wolfe

The best laser levels will help you complete home improvement projects with precision.
Gear

The best laser levels

By Bob Beacham

A person taking a new iPhone out of a box on a wooden table.
DIY

How to find the WiFi password on an iPhone in a few simple steps

By Tony Carrick

A person holding a cell phone with the Snapchat app open on it.
DIY

How to delete Snapchat and say goodbye to the ghost

By Debbie Wolfe

Person working on laptop computer, possibly enabling Chrome flags.
DIY

10 Google Chrome flags you need to turn on right now

By David Nield, Sandra Gutierrez G.

person learning how to use trekking poles
DIY

Learn how to use trekking poles and improve your time on the trail

By Alisha McDarris

A hand holding an Android phone and taking a screenshot while outdoors in a park.
DIY

How to take a screenshot on any device (we know you want to)

By David Nield

The best angle grinders are a versatile tool for sharpening, removing rust, and more.
Gear

The best angle grinders

By Bob Beacham

A laptop on a desk, probably with Apple apps for Windows installed
DIY

You can use many of your Apple apps on Windows. Here’s how.

By David Nield

WhatsApp's Delete account menu
DIY

How to permanently delete your WhatsApp account without losing your precious chats

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

The best monitor wall mounts of 2023
Gear

The best monitor wall mounts

By John Alexander

An iPhone charging on desk next to laptop, a situation in which if you changed your iPhone's charging sound, it may have triggered an automation.
DIY

Your iPhone’s charging sound is boring. Have it say ‘Gimme some juice!’ instead.

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

A DIY citronella candle in a small metal candle tin on a black surface outside.
DIY

How to Frankenstein old wax scraps into a totally new candle

By Rachel Feltman

A man use binoculars with the Facebook icon on the lenses looking out from a desktop computer screen.
DIY

How to see everything Facebook knows about you, and what you can do about it

By David Nield

Complete your tool set with one of the best impact drivers.
Gear

The best impact drivers

By Tony Carrick

Two women sitting on a couch using a Windows computer.
DIY

7 hidden Windows features you should be using

By David Nield

Supermoon and full moon closeup
Science

The upcoming ‘blue supermoon’ will be the biggest of the year

By Rachel Feltman

A security camera peeking through an open door.
DIY

The Opt Out: Home security cameras guarantee surveillance, not safety

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

Person carefully hiking uphill
DIY

6 uphill hiking tips to prevent your legs from turning into jelly

By Alisha McDarris

People signing karaoke probably using their laptop
DIY

Host an epic karaoke night with just a laptop and a mic

By Justin Pot

Person smiling with airpods on
DIY

How to clean AirPods and other headphones

By Natasha Roy

A person's hand holding an iPhone with the Instagram login screen visible.
DIY

How to deactivate Instagram because the Likes don’t love you back

By John Kennedy

A Facebook Like icon doing a thumbs-down, as you might do if you want to delete your Facebook account.
DIY

How to delete your Facebook account and take your data with you

By Sandra Gutierrez G., John Kennedy

Doxycycline antibiotic pill for STI and STD prevention on a coral background
DIY

This ‘morning after’ pill could prevent STIs from unprotected sex

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

A laptop showing how to reverse image search on the Google image results page.
DIY

How to do a reverse image search

By David Nield

Brown-skinned child with black braids at the grocery store holding ripe fruit like pineapple and papaya in arms
Environment

Pick the sweetest, ripest fruit with this science-based guide

By Sara Chodosh

Phone showing Waze directions, probably using recorded voices for navigation
DIY

Anybody can be your travel guide with customized Waze voices

By David Nield

Keep your floors shining with the best floor buffers.
Gear

The best floor buffers

By Billy Cadden

A person sits with their laptop on their legs and Amazon open in their browser to figure out how to cancel Amazon Prime.
DIY

How to cancel Amazon Prime in 5 easy steps

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

The best power banks for camping
Gear

The best power bank for camping, tested and reviewed

By Nick Hilden

A person signing a PDF document on their phone
DIY

All the ways to digitally sign a PDF

By David Nield

The best sewing machines for quilting
Gear

The best sewing machines for quilting

By Carol Benton

Yellow DeWalt batteries arranged in a pattern on a white background
Gear

Save up to $100 on DeWalt tools for fall DIY-ing at Amazon

By Amanda Reed

person holds hand to ear, old magazine illustration
DIY

This gadget from 1930 let people ‘talk’ to the dead—with a magic trick

By Bill Gourgey

A person using Apple Maps in a park.
DIY

Switch from Google Maps to Apple Maps without losing your favorite pinned places

By Justin Pot

best smoke detectors sliced header
Gear

The best smoke detectors, according to experts

By Brandon Russell

A woman lounging on a couch with a silver Macbook on her lap, possibly considering how she can create shortcuts for macOS.
DIY

Master your Mac by creating custom keyboard shortcuts

By David Nield

A wooden DIY dead-blow mallet
DIY

Don’t buy a dead-blow mallet—build your own

By Jean Levasseur

An iPhone on a wooden surface with the sign-in page for Mastodon on the screen.
DIY

How to see what’s happening on Mastodon without creating an account

By Justin Pot

Laptop on a wooden desk near a window with a person's hands on the keyboard.
DIY

4 ways to run Android apps and games on your computer

By David Nield

An AeroGarden hydorponic garden system on a bright green background with a sheer overlay of grass.
Gear

Grow greens while saving some with an AeroGarden at its lowest-ever price on Amazon

By Amanda Reed

food wrapped in aluminum foil
Technology

Scientists shake crumpled tinfoil to create electricity

By Charlotte Hu

A notebook with Spanish verb conjugations, written probably in the process of learning two languages simultaneously
DIY

You should learn two languages at once

By Amanda Svachula

Three young people of different races and genders standing on a sidewalk in a park during the fall, all holding their phones and laughing.
DIY

How to use AirDrop without opening your phone up to strangers

By Maddi Langweil

The Arc browser on macOS.
DIY

The new Arc browser will literally transform how you use the web

By David Nield

A smashed computer monitor on a floor near a discarded can—physical destruction is one way to permanently delete files.
DIY

Permanently delete files (for real)

By David Nield

A person sitting in a cafe at night, using a laptop.
DIY

5 ways to go back in time on the internet

By David Nield

An ultrawide monitor on a wooden desk in front of a window.
DIY

Make the most of your dual or ultrawide monitor setup

By David Nield

Amber tree sap dripping from a branch.
DIY

How to keep tree sap from ruining your car’s paint

By Maddi Langweil

antique store furniture
Environment

Pro tips for buying high-quality used furniture—and keeping it looking new

By Carla Delgado

The YouTube mobile app on a phone, with a Peppa Pig video queued up to download or watch.
DIY

How to download YouTube videos to watch offline

By David Nield

A homemade electrolyte drink that's a pale green lime color, on a cutting board next to some lime slices and sugar.
DIY

2 easy homemade electrolyte drinks that actually work

By Alisha McDarris

Deer tick passing tick-borned diseases to a young person by biting back of the neck
Health

6 tick-borne diseases you really don’t want to get

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

Hand wearing the Whoop 4.0 band
DIY

7 tricks to squeeze all of the benefits out of your Whoop 4.0 band

By David Nield

A shower of Perseids meteors lights up the sky in 2009 in this NASA time-lapse image.
Science

Two full moons, colorful meteors, and an asteroid will light up August’s sky

By Laura Baisas

A redheaded person in a blue plaid shirt sitting at a desktop computer, doing work and trying to minimize distractions while working from home.
DIY

How to avoid distractions while working from home

By Whitson Gordon

A man holding a laptop in an airport and looking at the flight board.
DIY

3 ways to make your laptop battery last longer—maybe all day

By David Nield

Borax powder in multicolor scoops on a blue background
Health

Don’t drink or douche with Borax, no matter what TikTok tells you

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

A person demonstrating how to safely cross a river or creek in the outdoors
DIY

How to safely cross a running body of water on foot

By Alisha McDarris

A piece of toast with homemade vegan butter on it
DIY

How to make simple and delicious vegan butter

By Rachel Feltman

An iPhone connected to an empty can showing a failed call on the screen.
DIY

The Opt Out: Analog life is possible. But it’ll cost you.

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

A desktop computer monitor with a waterfront scene on the screen.
DIY

Your computer monitor’s colors look bad because you haven’t calibrated them

By David Nield

A WiFi sign in a cafe.
Technology

WiFi 5 vs. WiFi 6: Which should you choose?

By Harry Guinness