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When it comes to real estate, everyone has their preferences, and apartments are no exception. And there are so many factors to consider when deciding which part of a building you’d like to live in.Read more...

For those withuu traditional grass lawns, now is typically the time of year when they’re getting it back in shape after a cold winter and wet spring. But what if we told you that for the month of May, could you just sit back and enjoy another month without mowing?Read more...

Even indoor dogs have to go out sometimes, whether it’s to use nature’s toilet, take a walk, or run around a bit. And as you know from days when there’s any precipitation, whatever’s happening outside comes indoors with them—and that includes pollen.Read more...

Our relationships with our mothers can be complicated. Even if you have a close relationship with your mom, you might have had thoughts like, “I wish she wouldn’t call everyday,” “I don’t like it when she makes me feel guilty for my choices,” or “I don’t like it when my mom meddles in my personal life.”Read more...

Whether you’re in an unfamiliar place or broadening your horizons in your hometown, there are plenty of tools online to customize different walk, run, and bike routes wherever you are. The online tools we’ll highlight here are not all created equal, so let’s take a look at the best free options depending on what…Read more...

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No app is truly “finished”—even if you love it inside and out, it could always be just a little better. WhatsApp is the world’s most popular chat app, but it isn’t without room for improvement. And improve it will with these three new features, rolling out to WhatsApp users everywhere now.

We all know about “red flags,” or the signs that someone is not going to be a great partner. From someone not being able to admit when they’re wrong to being too quick to shit-talk an ex, the list of potential red flags is long and often-discussed. But you may have never heard about “pink flags”—something that could …Read more...

Bethesda Studios, the publisher behind many popular series like The Elder Scrolls, Doom, and Fallout, is closing down its PC launcher on May 11. That means you will no longer be able to buy, download, or play Bethesda games through the app. However, the company is letting players port their purchased…Read more...

The PS5 might be Sony’s shiny new console, but plenty of us are still happily playing our PS4s. That is, unless the system can’t read our discs. It’s a little more than frustrating when the PS4 refuses to play the $60 game you just popped in the disc drive. If you’re experiencing this issue, these tricks can help.

You rarely, if ever, need to remove earwax on your own. Earwax is good! I know this. I really do. And yet—even though I know better—sometimes I cannot resist the urge to use a cotton swab and clean my ears myself. Here’s what to know if you’re like me and occasionally go too far trying to clean your ears manually.

Mother’s Day is upon us, and Father’s Day is not far behind, which has many adult children everywhere scrambling to figure out what to get the man or woman who already has everything. At this point in their lives, our parents often want nothing and need nothing—because when they do want or need something, they simply…Read more...

The world has changed rapidly in the last few years, but change is the one constant of existence. The other constant is the fact that your tiny living space isn’t going to get magically larger just because it’s now your office as well as your sleeping chamber, gym, movie theater, and spa. The way everyone just…Read more...

War is hell, and we get visual reminders of that from Ukraine every day. Add in traumatic things that happen in the U.S. and across the world, and there are tons of images and videos that we might stumble across while trying to keep up on the news—or even while scrolling social media in an attempt to relax.

This week everyone is talking about imaginary dragons and a real legal case. Hopefully the trailer for House of the Dragon will draw some attention away from the Johnny Depp/Amber Heard trial. Also: It’s prom time again, and this year it isn’t being held on Zoom.

Outdoor lighting can add ambiance and style to your yard or patio, as well as both increased security and curb appeal. Installing outdoor lighting might seem complicated, but it’s fairly straightforward and can be done without a license as long as the voltage stays low. Here’s what you’ll need to install outdoor…Read more...

Brides get plenty of flak for acting demanding during the fraught lead-up to their Big Day. (See: Bridezilla movies, TV shows, articles.) Which is why, for a change, we’re turning our eye to the terrible behavior of wedding guests. Because a lot can go wrong when long lost relatives, jealous siblings, old college…Read more...

If you’re just getting started with an exercise program, you know you can’t go hard every single day. Taking a day off between intense workouts is usually recommended in order to reduce fatigue and give your muscles time to repair. Not all recovery days, however, require total rest.

Making a reservation for dinner might seem antiquated to you—a thing your elders did for special occasions. But there are some pretty good reasons to do it beyond the obvious fact that you won’t hungrily stand around in a foyer smelling everyone else’s delicious food. It’s not just about convenience for you (although…Read more...

If it seems like allergy season is getting worse every year, you’re probably not imagining it. Scientists who study the timing and movement of pollen have found that allergy seasons really have been getting longer, and potentially more severe.Read more...

I like video games, but I love Breath of the Wild. I’m a fan of everything: the story, the music, the open world exploration. Many of my play sessions involve aimlessly riding a horse around the map, or climbing random mountains to see what’s at the top. After five years of adventuring around Hyrule, I’m desperate…Read more...

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Odds are, over the past two years, you’ve woken up at least one morning with a scratchy throat and clogged sinuses, and your first thought was: Is it allergies? Or is it COVID? The frustration of this ambiguity lies in the completely disproportionate amount of stakes in each scenario. A positive COVID-19 test will…Read more...

Every job comes with a variety of expected duties, some of which may be helpful, longterm, for earning you a promotion—and some of which never will. For example, if you are a teacher, designing and implementing a new curriculum might help put you in line for a promotion, while volunteering your time for…Read more...

The heavens are providing us earthlings with a bountiful array of interesting things to see in the sky this month. The total lunar eclipse and planetary alignments would have been enough, but there’s more: Shooting stars from the Eta Aquarid meteor shower will be streaking across the sky this week.

If you have a big idea the world needs to read about, you can write a book—but the publishing world is hard to break into and tricky to navigate. What does an agent do? What is a query letter? Do you have to know someone who knows someone to get anywhere? Will the pub-world gatekeepers stand between your message and…Read more...

You may be a hard worker who graduated at the top of your class. You may be an asset to any organization that employs you. Even so, you may still, at times, sound immature or unprofessional at work. Because in the workplace (as in life) we are judged not only for the action items we can efficiently accomplish, but by …Read more...

Starting to actually like running is a surprising, exciting, and strangely addicting experience. Trying to understand all the lingo and terminology, however, can be disheartening, especially for beginners. We’ve collected a list of the most common running-related words that could confuse beginners, so read on to learn…Read more...

Everyone being online all the time, especially over the past few pandemic years, has been very good for criminals. According to the Federal Trade Commission, consumers lost more than $5.8 billion to scammers in 2021 through such a wide variety of ruses and boondoggles, it would take a library to describe them all.

When I was a younger man and surviving on budget liquors and hot dogs, getting a “nice” bottle of liquor was a pretty big deal. My natural instinct was to save these gifts; after a sample, I would reverently put the bottle on a high shelf and limit my interactions to gazing lovingly at it and breaking it out for…Read more...

Some families are Greeting Card Families—that is, when an occasion rolls around, be it yearly (birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, and the like) or a milestone (graduation, wedding, new home, etc), the cards flood the mailbox. As a member of a Greeting Card Family, I appreciate receiving a piece of mail that lets me…Read more...

Most dyslexic people are diagnosed in childhood, but the disorder can be overlooked and remain untreated into adulthood, which can lead to a different set of symptoms and struggles. There’s more to dyslexia than the common assumption that it simply makes people mirror or flip letters in their brains. Numerous other…Read more...

Rejoice, for today is World Password Day! You don’t get a day off work, but you do get a reminder that your security is likely at great risk. If you recycle the same password for multiple accounts (don’t lie, I know you do), or you use simple passwords because they’re “easy to remember,” you need World Password Day.

Following a recent system update, the PlayStation 5 finally supports VRR (variable refresh rate). VRR is a video setting that dynamically adjusts your TV or monitor’s refresh rate to match a game’s FPS (frames per second). This prevents annoying graphical issues like dropped frames, hitching, and screen tearing that…Read more...

Uh-oh: You have to go to court. Whether you’re a plaintiff, defendant, lawyer, or witness, the results of your trial might depend, at least in part, on how you conduct yourself in that stress-inducing room. As anyone who’s been tuning into the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard trial knows, courtroom behavior gets people…Read more...

This time next year, the United States government will require U.S. travelers to use REAL ID compliant identification to board domestic flights and enter certain federal facilities. In layman’s terms, this means you’ll no longer be able to board a plane using your standard-issue driver’s license.

If you’re trying to get views on social media, it’s hard to do it by telling people things they already know are true. Instead, you’ve got to surprise them: crunches are bad now, raw meat is good for you, and sunscreen—plain old uncontroversial sunscreen—is now supposedly causing cancer.Read more...

Rarely do I go to bed without something playing on my iPhone, usually a YouTube video. The problem is, I need to make sure the video is long enough for me to fall asleep to, but not so long it wakes up me down the line. Plus, I need to make sure autoplay is disabled, otherwise YouTube will be running through my…Read more...

When assessing a potential long-term partner, many factors must be considered. Their values, emotional management, political leanings—and so much more. One facet that sometimes gets glossed over in new relationships is the subject of money. While you don’t want to kill the vibe by inquiring how much student debt they…Read more...

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Even if your kids eat meat fairly regularly, you may be on a mission to get more plant-based snacks and meals into the regular rotation. At the very least, they may bring home a non-meat-eating friend for a playdate one of these days, and it’s nice to be prepared to hand over something filling and delicious for them…Read more...

You’ve taken the leap and scheduled a first appointment with a therapist. Maybe it’s your first-ever session with anyone, or your last session was years ago, or you’re nervous about switching to a new therapist. Whatever your exact circumstances, you have a calendar appointment to physically (or virtually) sit on a…Read more...

Odds are at some point in your life, you’re going to experience a five-ish year period where you’re getting invited to a bachelor or bachelorette party seemingly every few months. It’s going to be a Groundhog Day-esque scenario where every morning you wake up at your local airport waiting at the gate to fly to…Read more...

While most people have the capacity to have empathy, to put themselves in someone else’s shoes and feel what they feel, empaths feel other people’s feelings or physical sensations as if they are their own. When a child is an empath, it can be confusing for them and often disregulating. As a parent, it can be hard to…Read more...

Insects, spiders, and other small, many-legged creatures—which I will refer to from here on as “bugs,” and will accept no corrections on that point—belong outdoors. Mostly.

As with so much that’s great and terrible about modern pop culture, Star Wars started it all. A clever pun with ties to Margaret Thatcher (read on) gradually evolved into the theme for a made-up holiday now celebrated with at least as much passion as many “real” ones—like Labor Day, it’s really the sales that get…Read more...

Windows 10 gained a bad reputation when it came to updates—the internet is full of frustrated anecdotes about Windows rebooting to install an update at exactly the wrong time, like right when you’re about to start a presentation, or when you’re working on a tight deadline. This is one of the things that Microsoft…Read more...

After you’ve finished eating or juicing an orange, your first instinct might be to throw the remnants away. Of course, what you do with your own food scraps is your business, but you should know that orange peels have so much more to give—especially if you have a garden.Read more...

Have you ever looked at the tag on a plant at your local garden center and been perplexed that it says something like “Zones 5-9”? This number refers to the “hardiness zones” defined by the U.S. Department of Agriculture that act as a guide to which plants will survive best in which regions of the country. While there…Read more...