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A bird flying near a concrete commercial building with large windows on a sunny day.

How to help birds avoid crashing into your windows How to help birds avoid crashing into your windows

By Natalie Wallington

Work space at home with ergonomic chair.

Set up an ergonomic home office before you destroy your body Set up an ergonomic home office before you destroy your body

A small plant sprouting out of some brown dirt.

Quick and dirty tips to make sure your plants love the soil they’re in Quick and dirty tips to make sure your plants love the soil they’re in

By Ellen Airhart

Tortoise on the ground surrounded by plants

How to turn your garden into a tortoise sanctuary How to turn your garden into a tortoise sanctuary

By Natalie Wallington

mushrooms growing in the wild

How to forage your way through your neighborhood How to forage your way through your neighborhood

By Ellen Airhart

A person sitting in a car with their bare feet out the open window, looking at a road map while overlooking an ocean.

Make your fall weekends more exciting with geocaching Make your fall weekends more exciting with geocaching

By Noah Lederman

Person chopping vegetables and putting them in lunch boxes

A guide to easy, healthy school lunches that kids will eat A guide to easy, healthy school lunches that kids will eat

By Jean Levasseur

Homemade marshmallows sprinkled with powdered sugar on a cutting board, next to a mug of hot chocolate with a marshmallow in it.

Can you handle these fat, fluffy DIY marshmallows? Let’s find out. Can you handle these fat, fluffy DIY marshmallows? Let’s find out.

By Natalie Wallington

Panis quadratus on a marble plate on a wooden table

Eat like an ancient Roman by recreating bread from Pompeii Eat like an ancient Roman by recreating bread from Pompeii

By Alisha McDarris

Bowl of chapulines

You should start eating bugs. Here’s how. You should start eating bugs. Here’s how.

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

Three mason jars with homemade fabric dye and some dyed shirts inside them. From left to right: purple, orange, and pink.

Make natural fabric dye with vegetable scraps Make natural fabric dye with vegetable scraps

By Natalie Wallington

A tiger swallowtail butterfly puddling and drinking water in a muddy area.

Butterflies drink more than nectar—here’s how to turn your yard into an oasis Butterflies drink more than nectar—here’s how to turn your yard into an oasis

By Kristine Nemec

A refinished wooden side table with black iron legs, on a hardwood floor next to a pink armchair.

Upgrade your stooping game by learning how to refinish a table Upgrade your stooping game by learning how to refinish a table

By Shawn Shinneman

Pot of melted chocolate

How to temper chocolate—even in hot weather How to temper chocolate—even in hot weather

By Natalie Wallington

A bar cart with lined-up bottles of infused syrup.

Craft herbaceous homemade drinks with simple syrup infusions Craft herbaceous homemade drinks with simple syrup infusions

By LaVonne Roberts

Make a custom rubber stamp to leave your mark on everything Make a custom rubber stamp to leave your mark on everything

By Natalie Wallington

View from inside a catio with white cat on a swing

Tips to build the safest, most purr-fect catio for your feline overlord Tips to build the safest, most purr-fect catio for your feline overlord

A hedgehog drinking water out of a bowl on some grass.

How to protect wildlife from extreme heat How to protect wildlife from extreme heat

By Natalie Wallington

Light brown dog rising its paw as in a greeting

Moisturize your pup’s pads with some DIY paw balm Moisturize your pup’s pads with some DIY paw balm

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

Brown mushrooms growing on a green, mossy surface.

Grow your own mushrooms in a homemade terrarium Grow your own mushrooms in a homemade terrarium

By Natalie Wallington

An owl sitting on the branch of an evergreen tree in the forest.

Transform your yard into an owl kingdom Transform your yard into an owl kingdom

By Natalie Wallington

An electronic Post-It note

Build it: the electronic Post-It note Build it: the electronic Post-It note

By Dave Prochnow

man pointing a Homemade Water Blaster

How To Build Your Own DIY Water Blaster How To Build Your Own DIY Water Blaster

By Daniel Dumas

Amp Your Ride Amp Your Ride

By as told to Colleen Park, By Doug Costlow

A carpet of moss next to a brown rock.

Why and how to grow your own moss garden Why and how to grow your own moss garden

By Ellen Airhart

A stack of pancakes topped with berries and edible flowers, on a white plate atop a white tablecloth.

7 edible flowers and how to use them 7 edible flowers and how to use them

By Natalie Wallington

A cross-stitched QR code.

How to cross-stitch a QR code—and why you should How to cross-stitch a QR code—and why you should

By Ruth Kogen Goodwin

Close up to aloe vera plant

How to grow, harvest, preserve, and use aloe vera How to grow, harvest, preserve, and use aloe vera

By LaVonne Roberts

Person applying sheet mask

7 things you can do to actually prevent wrinkles 7 things you can do to actually prevent wrinkles

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

White liquid marshmallow.

The anatomy of a marshmallow The anatomy of a marshmallow

By Aki Kamozawa and H. Alexander Talbot

A person gardening in a wooden planter box.

Plant a garden that helps the planet by devouring carbon Plant a garden that helps the planet by devouring carbon

By Ellen Airhart

Listen To Records With Your Teeth Listen To Records With Your Teeth

The 8 Best Student Tech Projects At Microsoft’s Imagine Cup

The 8 Best Student Tech Projects At Microsoft’s Imagine Cup The 8 Best Student Tech Projects At Microsoft’s Imagine Cup

Bacterial zoo in a bottle

Grow A Bacterial Zoo In A Bottle Grow A Bacterial Zoo In A Bottle

Chinese banyan bonsai tree on bright yellow

The beauty and science of growing bonsai The beauty and science of growing bonsai

By Stan Horaczek

5 DIY Tricks To Amp Up Your Jack-O’-Lantern

5 DIY Tricks To Amp Up Your Jack-O’-Lantern 5 DIY Tricks To Amp Up Your Jack-O’-Lantern

By Samantha Cole

Wind-Powered Record Player

How to build a record player powered by wind How to build a record player powered by wind

A lawnmower, which you won't really need for a ground cover lawn, with a shovel and a broom for digging up your grass lawn.

It’s time to rip up your lawn and replace it with something you won’t need to mow It’s time to rip up your lawn and replace it with something you won’t need to mow

By Jean Feingold

Anthotype images on wooden table

Spice up your art with turmeric, sunlight, and a 19th century photography technique Spice up your art with turmeric, sunlight, and a 19th century photography technique

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

Old printed photos scattered around a table.

How to colorize your old black and white photos How to colorize your old black and white photos

A dirty, rusty grill outside on a brick patio.

How to get your grill ready for summer How to get your grill ready for summer

By Whitson Gordon

We asked for your best photos of frozen soap bubbles—and wow, did you deliver

We asked for your best photos of frozen soap bubbles—and wow, did you deliver We asked for your best photos of frozen soap bubbles—and wow, did you deliver

By Sophie Bushwick

Hack A Teddy Bear To Say Anything

Hack A Teddy Bear To Say Anything Hack A Teddy Bear To Say Anything

By Andrew Rosenblum

comic book flip phone

Build A Keyless Car Unlocker Out of a Cellphone Build A Keyless Car Unlocker Out of a Cellphone

By Dave Prochnow

Watch This Bicycle Go 80 MPH

Watch This Bicycle Go 80 MPH Watch This Bicycle Go 80 MPH

By Joey Carmichael

Beer Can Camera

Turn Empty Beer Cans Into Sun-Tracking Cameras Turn Empty Beer Cans Into Sun-Tracking Cameras

By Dave Prochnow

A white mug full of hot coffee on a white saucer, surrounded by roasted coffee beans.

How a popcorn popper can help you roast coffee beans at home How a popcorn popper can help you roast coffee beans at home

By Alisha McDarris

2011 Invention Awards: Dynamically Glare-Blocking LCD Sunglasses

2011 Invention Awards: Dynamically Glare-Blocking LCD Sunglasses 2011 Invention Awards: Dynamically Glare-Blocking LCD Sunglasses

By Elizabeth Svoboda

A frustrated woman sitting on the floor of a bathroom, resting her arm on the carpeted lid of a toilet.

How to fix a moaning toilet How to fix a moaning toilet

By John Kennedy

Super Moon rise over a valley

How to photograph the moon like a pro How to photograph the moon like a pro

By Stan Horaczek

Three homemade bubble lights, one blue, one red, and one green, over a small table and a chair.

Liquid lamps Liquid lamps

By Radiohole (Eric Dyer and Maggie Hoffman)

A person striking a block of plastic with a hammer, creating white lightning against a blue background.

Gray Matter: Trap lightning in a block Gray Matter: Trap lightning in a block

By Theodore Gray

How To Build A Jacob’s Ladder How To Build A Jacob’s Ladder

By William Gurstelle

An Artist Is Growing A Skeleton Human Hand In A Lab

An Artist Is Growing A Skeleton Human Hand In A Lab An Artist Is Growing A Skeleton Human Hand In A Lab

By Meaghan Lee Callaghan

5 MacGyver hacks you should try at home—and 2 you really shouldn’t

5 MacGyver hacks you should try at home—and 2 you really shouldn’t 5 MacGyver hacks you should try at home—and 2 you really shouldn’t

By Sophie Bushwick

Three children sliding down a slip and slide.

Beat the heat by building your own slip and slide Beat the heat by building your own slip and slide

By Jean Levasseur

Mom and kid in front of a cardboard rocket with white, blue, and red pain in a fenced-in yard

Turn your old boxes into a kid-sized rocket ship Turn your old boxes into a kid-sized rocket ship

By Lydia Geisel/Domino

You Built What? A Motorized Easy Chair to Roar Around Campus

You Built What? A Motorized Easy Chair to Roar Around Campus You Built What? A Motorized Easy Chair to Roar Around Campus

By Gregory Mone

Simple Project Of The Month: The DIY Camping Shower

Simple Project Of The Month: The DIY Camping Shower Simple Project Of The Month: The DIY Camping Shower

By Calvin Brennan

Make magical scratch-and-sniff holiday cards with the kids

Make magical scratch-and-sniff holiday cards with the kids Make magical scratch-and-sniff holiday cards with the kids

By Sophie Bushwick

"Tour de France" Aperitif

Keep dry January going all year with these cutting-edge non-alcoholic cocktails Keep dry January going all year with these cutting-edge non-alcoholic cocktails

By Dan Q. Dao/Saveur

A lit-up igloo under a starry night sky

How to build an igloo that’s structurally sound and cozy How to build an igloo that’s structurally sound and cozy

A DIY weather vane made out of recycled materials, set up outside.

Make your own weather station with recycled materials Make your own weather station with recycled materials

By Jean Levasseur

A half-ring vortex in a swimming pool

How To Create Vortex Rings In Your Swimming Pool How To Create Vortex Rings In Your Swimming Pool

By Dianna Cowern