Life Skills(Page 13)

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

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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

Five map and compass skills every outdoorsman should master

Five map and compass skills every outdoorsman should master

By Keith McCafferty/Field & Stream

9.5 tips to scientifically enhance your grill game

How to avoid bringing bed bugs home from vacation

How to avoid bringing bed bugs home from vacation

By Nancy Troyano / Working Mother

Make a copy of this common office plant

By Mary Beth Griggs

The fastest way to chill your beer

The fastest way to chill your beer

By Sara Chodosh

The most efficient way to brush and floss

The most efficient way to brush and floss

By Claire Maldarelli

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

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

How to not die in a blizzard

How to not die in a blizzard

By Sara Chodosh

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

Photograph the night sky with your phone

How to photograph the night sky on a phone

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

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

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

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

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

5 Ways To Support Minority STEM Students

5 Ways To Support Minority STEM Students

9 Crazy Body Hacks That Give You Superhuman Powers

9 Crazy Body Hacks That Give You Superhuman Powers

How To Be A Brilliant Inventor

How To Be A Brilliant Inventor

The Disappearance Of The Instruction Manual

The Disappearance Of The Instruction Manual

By Mark Svenvold

Changing Food By Changing Its pH

Changing Food By Changing Its pH

By Harold McGee

How One Man Hacked His Way Out Of Homelessness

How One Man Hacked His Way Out Of Homelessness

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

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

By Alexandra Ossola

How To Cure Garlic Breath

How To Cure Garlic Breath

By Lindsey Kratochwill

Lost At Sea? Survive With These Tricks

Lost At Sea? Survive With These Tricks

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

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

How do you make the perfect snowball?

How do you make the perfect snowball?

By Daniel Engber

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

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

Vernier calipers on a light wooden surface.

Tool School: How to get the most precise measurements

By Vin Marshall

Ferrofluid forming a pile of conical shapes.

How to make ferrofluid

A white woman with short black-and-gray hair looking excited behind a chocolate bundt cake with a large slice taken out of it.

A scientific approach to dessert