Life Skills (Page 12)

Research-backed advice to make your daily life a little better—or at least a little easier.

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How to avoid bringing bed bugs home from vacation
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How to avoid bringing bed bugs home from vacation

By Nancy Troyano / Working Mother

The fastest way to chill your beer
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The fastest way to chill your beer

By Sara Chodosh

The most efficient way to brush and floss
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The most efficient way to brush and floss

By Claire Maldarelli

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

By Sara Chodosh

Surprising things you can clean in the dishwasher
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Surprising things you can clean in the dishwasher

By Sophie Bushwick and Billy Cadden

The easiest way to kick your caffeine habit
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The easiest way to kick your caffeine habit

By Claire Maldarelli

The scientifically best way to sweep a floor
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The scientifically best way to sweep a floor

By Rob Verger

How to not die in a blizzard
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How to not die in a blizzard

By Sara Chodosh

How to fix a leaky faucet
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How to fix a leaky faucet

By David Nield

How to survive the ‘Little House’ books
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How to survive the ‘Little House’ books

By Sophie Bushwick

Erasing graffiti
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How to erase permanent-marker graffiti

By Sophie Bushwick

Photograph the night sky with your phone
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How to photograph the night sky on a phone

By Sophie Bushwick

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

By Sara Chodosh and Peter Hess

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

By Sophie Bushwick

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

By Rachel Feltman

How to sharpen your kitchen knives
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How to sharpen your kitchen knives

By Sara Chodosh

Why We Always Get Sick While Traveling – And How To Prevent It
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Why We Always Get Sick While Traveling – And How To Prevent It

By PopSci Editors

5 Ways To Support Minority STEM Students
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5 Ways To Support Minority STEM Students

By Nicole Lou

9 Crazy Body Hacks That Give You Superhuman Powers
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9 Crazy Body Hacks That Give You Superhuman Powers

By Bob Parks

How To Be A Brilliant Inventor
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How To Be A Brilliant Inventor

By PopSci Editors

The Disappearance Of The Instruction Manual
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The Disappearance Of The Instruction Manual

By Mark Svenvold

Changing Food By Changing Its pH
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Changing Food By Changing Its pH

By Harold McGee

How One Man Hacked His Way Out Of Homelessness
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How One Man Hacked His Way Out Of Homelessness

By Rose Conry

Can We Hack Our Vision To See Infrared With The Naked Eye?
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Can We Hack Our Vision To See Infrared With The Naked Eye?

By Alexandra Ossola

How To Cure Garlic Breath
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How To Cure Garlic Breath

By Lindsey Kratochwill

Lost At Sea? Survive With These Tricks
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Lost At Sea? Survive With These Tricks

By Jia You

Good Idea/Bad Idea: Use A Belt Sander To…
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Good Idea/Bad Idea: Use A Belt Sander To…

By Mac Irvine

How do you make the perfect snowball?
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How do you make the perfect snowball?

By Daniel Engber

The Canning Jar: Ultra-Versatile Tool of the Modern Kitchen
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The Canning Jar: Ultra-Versatile Tool of the Modern Kitchen

By Paul Adams

Vernier calipers on a light wooden surface.
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Tool School: How to get the most precise measurements

By Vin Marshall

Ferrofluid forming a pile of conical shapes.
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How to make ferrofluid

By Mikey Sklar