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bananas in cast iron pan
Life Skills

How to season a cast iron pan

You season and reseason for a reason.

Car exhaust was a major source of lead exposure.
Pollution

Leaded gas may have lowered the IQ of 170 million US adults

Lead, a neurotoxin, can cause long-lasting harms.

The user interface for Netflix on a computer in a browser window.
Tech Hacks

How to find where your favorite movies and shows are streaming

Don't waste time hunting down content.

A cracked wooden table at a restaurant, with a glass of white wine and a white plate with salmon and greens on it.
Projects

2 ways to rescue cracked wooden furniture

We recommend a bow tie. Not to wear, but you can put one on if you want to.

A woman in orange workout leggings and a gray sleeveless workout top doing a lunge squat with a barbell in a gym.
Fitness & Exercise

Enhance your workouts with ‘invisible exercise’ and brain training

The new book "The Expectation Effect" aims to help people harness the mind-body connection to improve their lives.

A man sitting on an airplane at sunset and looking into his backpack.
Life Skills

An experienced backpacker’s guide for flying with camping gear

What to know about bringing outdoor gear on planes.

A Windows laptop left open next to another Windows device on a wooden table.
Tech Hacks

Secure your Microsoft account so it’s hard to get into

Keep your digital property safe.

old woman and girl play chess inside the house
Projects

Teach your kids how to play chess—even if you don’t know how to

These are our favorite opening moves.

Person working on pc opening safe mode
Tech Hacks

Microsoft Office’s standalone safe mode can save your butt from bugs

Identify those bugs and crush them.

a candle in the darkness
Life Skills

Four things to do long before you lose power

Don’t get left struggling in the dark.

An iron pot on a spit above a cooking fire.
Projects

How to build the best cooking fire right on the ground

It's all about airflow and control.

worried man looking at laptop screen
Tech Hacks

All Wordled out? Here are 17 spin-offs to play instead.

For when you have no words but still want to play.

Pink Chromecast dangling from a Tv
Tech Hacks

Outsmart your Chromecast and stream anything you want

Cast all your content to the big screen.

Phone recording.
Tech Hacks

The best ways to record audio on your phone

Improve the sound of your videos.

Dried roses and other preserved flowers
Sustainability

How to preserve flowers in 4 easy ways

Dry ‘em, press ‘em, and, uh ... microwave ‘em?

These photo tips will help you get top dollar for the stuff you sell online
Life Skills

These photo tips will help you get top dollar for the stuff you sell online

Wipe the smudges off your electronics and kick up some bidding wars.

close up of a small Antarctic krill near the stone floats in the aquarium
Ocean

When krill host social gatherings, other ocean animals thrive

Krill love to stick together in swarms. In a new book, Ashley Ward writes about how these massive social bubbles keep ocean life afloat.

A person holding up their phone in front of a cityscape at night to take a photo for an Instagram Story.
Tech Hacks

Perfect your aesthetic by choosing your own Instagram Story background

You're in control, not Instagram.

Mineralized deposit that looks like a spiky flower in the red Mars soil
Mars

What is a ‘Martian flower’?

This garden rocks.

Elgato Wave:3 on a boom arm
Gaming

Elgato Wave:3 review: Go live and get loud

A USB microphone made for livestreaming and gaming, the Elgato Wave:3 helps content creators make all the noise they want.