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A person standing on a rock by the water under cloudy skies while looking at his phone—hopefully he has a good weather app.
DIY

The best weather apps you can put on your phone

By David Nield

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 locked iPhone displaying its lock screen.
DIY

Smartphone security starts with the lock screen. Here’s how to protect it.

By David Nield

Beautiful porch with screened doors and plants as a way to keep cool without ac
DIY

5 ways to stay cool without blasting the AC

By Dan Seitz

B-52 Bomber
Technology

Inside a training mission with a B-52 bomber, the aircraft that will not die

By Rob Verger

A person talking on a phone.
DIY

How to make voice calls from any device

By David Nield

A phone with the Twitter icon on the screen, on top of a closed cardboard box that says "Handle with care."
DIY

How to download your data from Twitter and other sites

By Stan Horaczek

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

dinosaurs
Science

How do we know what dinosaurs looked like?

By Sara Chodosh

Is it possible to boost your immune system?
Science

Is it possible to boost your immune system?

By Claire Maldarelli

a man using his phone on the New York City subway, while other passengers also use their phones
Health

Your smartphone is gross. Learn how to clean it properly.

By David Nield

a photo of a laptop with a Gmail inbox open
DIY

9 Gmail features to get you out of your inbox and back to work

By Whitson Gordon

A black TV remote on a gray chair in some sunlight.
DIY

How to deal with movies that bounce from too quiet to too loud

By Whitson Gordon

A Microsoft Surface tablet with a red keyboard and mouse on a shiny black countertop.
DIY

Find out if you need to replace your laptop with a tablet

By David Nield

a person using an Apple laptop on a wooden desk with various materials around
DIY

How to choose the right laptop for you

By David Nield

A30
Technology

How pilots land their planes in powerful crosswinds

By Rob Verger

The best mini fridges
Gear

The best mini fridges in 2024

By Brandt Ranj

A fanned-out stack of printed photos on a white surface.
DIY

Organize your catastrophic digital photo library

By Harry Guinness

A lineup of the best running headphones on a white background
Gear

The best running headphones

By Julian Vittorio

Pile of print photos
DIY

How to move your photos to and from any cloud service

By David Nield

A brunette woman wearing a light pink shirt and light blue jeans sitting on a white carpet in front of a white couch and typing on her new silver laptop.
DIY

The quickest way to set up a new PC

By Whitson Gordon

woman opening present
DIY

Regifting is good, actually

By Molly Quell

A woman walking on a street wearing headphones, viewed from her shoulders up, as she looks off to her right.
DIY

5 ways to find your next favorite podcast

By David Nield

A lineup of ridiculously expensive gifts on a white background
Gear

Gifts to help your friends and family indulge in luxury

By Mallory Johns, Amanda Reed, Brandt Ranj

sugar-covered jelly candiies
Science

Why don’t fake flavors taste like real fruit?

By Sara Chodosh

Caster Semenya on track with south african flag around her
Health

The complicated truth about testosterone’s effect on athletic performance

By Sara Chodosh

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

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

By Harry Guinness

colorful carrots with locally grown tag attached
Environment

Is organic food bad for the environment?

By Ula Chrobak

What’s it’s like to fly an 11,500-pound experimental helicopter (with zero experience)
Technology

What’s it’s like to fly an 11,500-pound experimental helicopter (with zero experience)

By Rob Verger

10 tips to help you become a Pixel 4 expert
DIY

10 tips to help you become a Pixel 4 expert

By David Nield

The California wildfire culprit no one’s talking about: invasive grasses
Environment

The California wildfire culprit no one’s talking about: invasive grasses

By Ula Chrobak

An iPad with a detachable keyboard add-on, on a white table next to a Starbucks cup and an iPhone.
DIY

How to help your iPad cosplay as a laptop

By David Nield

Procrastination is hurting Future You. Present You can help.
DIY

Procrastination is hurting Future You. Present You can help.

By Audra Williams

A Black woman with orange, braided hair sitting in front of a silver Surface laptop, possibly using Microsoft PowerToys.
DIY

Paste text without ugly formatting, and other ways Microsoft’s PowerToys can help you

By David Nield, Justin Pot

America’s obsession with meat, explained
Environment

America’s obsession with meat, explained

By Eleanor Cummins

Choose and install the right dash cam for your car
DIY

Choose and install the right dash cam for your car

By Whitson Gordon

Find any file in the cloud
DIY

Find any file in the cloud

By David Nield

How to stay safe around moose
DIY

How to stay safe around moose

By Alisha McDarris

A busy woman overwhelmed at work, holding her face in her hands in front of a Macbook laptop with some open notebooks around it.
DIY

6 apps and tools to help organize your life

By David Nield

Up your smartphone game with these accessories
Gear

Up your smartphone game with these accessories

By David Nield

Here’s what would happen if you worked out like a strongman
Health

Here’s what would happen if you worked out like a strongman

By Sara Chodosh

Four ways to make beef more sustainable
Environment

Four ways to make beef more sustainable

By Ula Chrobak

A Google Home Mini on a white table.
DIY

5 quick fixes for your connectivity problems

By David Nield

Stain removal tips from a Buckingham Palace-trained butler
DIY

Stain removal tips from a Buckingham Palace-trained butler

By Olga Loginova

A carbon-neutral burger? It’s not impossible.
Environment

A carbon-neutral burger? It’s not impossible.

By Ula Chrobak

Are we alone in the universe? Probably not.
Science

Are we alone in the universe? Probably not.

By Rob Verger

How to configure your smart thermostat to save the most money
DIY

How to configure your smart thermostat to save the most money

By Whitson Gordon

coiled up snake
DIY

The best remedy for a snakebite: carry car keys

By Alisha McDarris

three plus-size women take a selfie
Health

Fat-shaming only makes the obesity epidemic worse

By Sara Chodosh

The flight deck of a British Airways 747-400
Technology

Explore the gauges, levers, and history of a 747′s iconic cockpit

By Rob Verger

The best guitar tuners for all levels of musicians.
Gear

The best guitar tuners for classical, electric, and acoustic guitars

By Julian Vittorio

The main page of Netflix on a web browser.
DIY

Watch anything you want without signing up for every streaming service

By David Nield

A hand with magenta painted nails reaches out from the darkness to tap on a phone lying on a shiny black table.
DIY

How to juggle multiple accounts within individual smartphone apps

By David Nield

I flew in an F-16 with the Air Force and oh boy did it go poorly
Technology

I flew in an F-16 with the Air Force and oh boy did it go poorly

By Rob Verger

A blonde person sitting in a red camping hammock atop a forested ridge, looking out over a lake in some mountains.
DIY

Camping hammocks will free you from tent tyranny

By Alisha McDarris

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

What to bring on your next beach trip
Gear

What to bring on your next beach trip

By Billy Cadden

A person's hands on a smaller black keyboard in front of a larger black keyboard, perhaps figuring out how to use mouse keys to navigate their computer without a mouse.
DIY

How to use mouse keys to navigate your computer with only your keyboard

By Dan Seitz

An old TV on a wooden table in front of a wall covered in orange square-patterned wallpaper.
DIY

7 ways to find new music, shows, and movies

By David Nield

A Black person reaching their hands into a zeer pot—a type of DIY refrigerator—full of green beans, tomatoes, and other produce.
DIY

The coolest way to keep food cold without electricity

By Ilana E. Strauss

A person sitting outside during the summer, with their feet up on a metal fence, reading a book on an e-reader.
DIY

Why it’s worth carrying more than one gadget

By David Nield

31 ways to organize all your stuff
Gear

31 ways to organize all your stuff

By Billy Cadden

What NASA’s twin study actually taught us about living in space
Science

What NASA’s twin study actually taught us about living in space

By Claire Maldarelli

I got my hip replaced at 39. Here’s why that might get more common.
Health

I got my hip replaced at 39. Here’s why that might get more common.

By Rob Verger