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When it comes to religion, parents—atheist parents, in particular—may find themselves stumbling to explain to their kids why other families believe in certain things, but we don’t. There are an endless number of “Big Talks” we have with our kids over the course of their childhood, but talks about religion are often…Read more...

Startling images of the massive floods inundating Kentucky illustrate the scale of damage that can result from immense rainfall, which has caused rivers throughout the Bluegrass state to massively overflow their banks. On Monday, Governor Andy Beshear declared a state of emergency, announcing in a statement that the …Read more...

Little thermometers you can buy and hang anywhere are fairly cheap, but there’s no need to get one if you own an Amazon Echo. That is, if you own one of two kinds of Echos: a fourth-generation Echo or a second-generation Echo Plus. Both of these have temperature sensors built into the smart speakers; you just have to…Read more...

It seems like it was only yesterday that I tossed a hunk of ginger into my air fryer to roast it, but it was actually an entire month ago. And though I was able to grate it on several slices of tiny tomato toast, I wasn’t able to make my way through the entire roasted root before it became a hard and shriveled shell…Read more...

If you were raised to see sex and sexuality as a source of shame and embarrassment, you might notice that such feelings tend to linger, no matter how educated, open-minded, and open-legged you consider yourself today. If you come from a religious background, it’s probably even worse.Read more...

The next SpaceX Starlink satellite launch will definitely take place one of these days. The first launch, slated for Feb. 28, was unexpectedly auto-aborted, despite the rocket being fully operational. After the rescheduled launch on March 1 was also called off due to bad weather, SpaceX announced plans to try again…Read more...

Everyone loves a punchy, flavorful, shelf-stable pantry staple, but let’s be honest—we can’t survive on anchovies and tomato paste alone. Most of the bulk ingredients that we’ll rely on in the weeks and months of quarantining ahead need a lot of sprucing up, and in a world where shopping for fresh ingredients is…Read more...

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Delayed onset muscle soreness—the kind that leaves you wincing as you walk down the stairs after squat day—is pretty common after your first day of a new workout. But it’s not as likely to happen after the second day, thanks to a phenomenon known as the repeated bout effect.Read more...

Communicating in the language of hashtags is an annoyingly universal aspect of social media. But if you’re using hashtags on your Instagram posts, tweets, or Facebook status updates, you should make sure they’re readable for people with visual and cognitive disabilities.Read more...

The popularity of podcasting has skyrocketed. Statistics from Edison Research and Triton Digital showed that 55% of Americans age 12 and older listened to a podcast in 2020. According to 2021 Global Podcast Statistics, there are currently 1,750,000 active podcasts around the world. It seems that everyone and their…Read more...

A friend of mine has a son who, at age three, became obsessed with clocks. Traditional wall clocks, in particular, were his jam, and before she knew it, she was learning about and purchasing all kinds of antique clocks to decorate their home.Read more...

It’s rare to see Apple add options to iOS that allow you to set the app you actually want to use to accomplish something as the default, rather than forcing you to use the official Apple app. And while I doubt you’ll ever be able to use anything other than the App Store to get new software on your iPhone (sans…Read more...

I detest crumbs. Worse than spills, or even sticky spots, crumbs scatter, cling, and hide in crevices and behind microwaves, where they are able to evade a damp dish cloth or paper towel. But they are, luckily, vanquished with an old or cheap paint brush.Read more...

Deepfakes are videos that glue one person’s face onto another’s body, making the former look like they’re saying or doing something that they never actually did—even if it’s something as harmless as Tom Cruise talking to the camera and hitting a golf ball. They’re hard to spot just from watching the video, but here’s…Read more...

Steam is less curated than other digital PC game distributors like the Epic Games Store. While that makes self-publishing games much easier on Steam, it opens the platform up to abuse—like the uploading of illegitimate versions of games without a developer’s consent.

Traditionally, you may have thought of doughnuts as a weekend food. But we’re a year into a global pandemic and time no longer has meaning, so go ahead and eat doughnuts whenever the hell you want.Read more...

When it comes to leading positions in the world of film and television, women have been overlooked. In 2019, women accounted for only 15.1% of directors in mainstream film and television—just over 1% higher than in 2018. Since the Time’s Up movement brought issues of sexual harassment and mistreatment of women in the…Read more...

Apologizing correctly and with great effect is an imprecise art. Any apology that truly suffices will convey both why it is you’re sorry, and that you understand how your potential transgression may have affected other people.

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One should always get a little privacy-skeptical when there’s a new flavor-of-the-week meme making the rounds. This time, it’s MyHeritage’s “Deep Nostalgia” photo animation tool, which renders pretty realistic deepfake animations from images you upload to the service.Read more...

We’re just about a year into this pandemic, and it’s been hard on basically everyone. From toddlers who can’t socialize with their little toddler friends to the elderly who haven’t hugged a single family member in a year, each one of us has been negatively impacted, regardless of our age, occupation, or financial…Read more...

Serving a good multi-component breakfast hinges on timing: The goal is to have everything on the plate at the same time and at the same temperature. This can become slightly challenging when there are several prep methods in play. Eggs in the frying pan, bacon in the oven, hash browns in another frying pan or…Read more...

Home workouts are still a great, safe option in this ongoing pandemic, but not everybody has been able to put together a full featured home gym. Even if you only have a few dumbbells or a set of resistance bands—or nothing at all—there’s a workout out there for you. Here are some of our best ideas, based on what you…Read more...

On Saturday morning, the U.S. House of Representatives—or, more accurately, House Democrats—passed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan. (Zero Republicans crossed party lines to for the bill; two Democrats voted against it.) The plan, which is expected to pass the U.S. Senate this week, would provide a wide range of…Read more...

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Being called “crazy” only works in the service of making you feel crazy. It’s a loaded term already—an insensitive label for some someone prone to uncontrolled outbursts or violent behavior—but it’s often used to describe to anyone who may not be behaving in a conventionally “normal” way.Read more...

We are, as a society, obsessed with questions about whether an individual food is “good” or “bad” for us. But with the exception of things like poisonous mushrooms (which I would not classify as “food”), no food is bad for you.Read more...

I don’t use my Mac and my iPhone together as much as I should; I generally tend to complete tasks on one or the other, rather than handing off my work between the two platforms. I might change this up, though, now that I see how easy it is to trigger my iPhone’s document-scanning capabilities from my Mac.Read more...

Dealing with garlic skins has always been my least favorite part of peeling garlic. They either stick to my fingers or float about the kitchen, carried by slight breezes, before making their home atop random appliances. But I resent them no more, my dears, because it turns out they make a kick-ass broth.

Over the last year, Nintendo released several Mario games to celebrate the mustachioed mascot’s 35th birthday, but two of them—Super Mario 3D All-Stars and Super Mario Bros. 35—are only available until March 31. After that, both will be delisted from the Nintendo Switch eShop, and physical copies of Super Mario 3D…Read more...

In an effort to prevent young kids from stumbling across mature content—either on their own profile, or on a parent or older sibling’s profile—Disney+ has announced added parental controls. Here’s how to set them up.Read more...

At this time last year, you may not have given any thought to planting calendars, prepping soil, or growing seasonal vegetables. But a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of at-home gardeners has spiked, and now that we’ve made it back to March, those looking to plant their first spring garden may have a lot…Read more...

After a too-long hiatus, Lifehacker’s relationship column Tough Love is returning. The column’s new iteration will be written by me, and I’m very excited to forge a deep relationship with the site’s readers by helping them with their romantic, personal and existential woes.

From temporarily closed gyms, to new occupancy limits, to mask requirements, the pandemic has changed the way many of us exercise. But even if your local gym is open at this point, you may no longer feel comfortable heading indoors to work out with a bunch of other people, all of you grunting and gasping and…Read more...

A sale on Pokémon 25th anniversary apparel and Aukey’s Smart Watch lead Tuesday’s best deals.Read more...

Google Photos is going away soon—or at least, the useful free service we used to store years’ worth of photographs is finally getting hit with a storage limit. Go beyond that, and you’ll have to pay to store your photos. That’s not great, but what’s almost as annoying are the scare tactics Google is using to convince…Read more...

It’s Read Across America Day, which means millions of school children across the country will be celebrating today (or even all week) with Dr. Seuss-themed activities. The day, created by the National Education Association in 1998 to coincide with Dr. Seuss’ birthday, no longer has an official affiliation with the…Read more...

I love innovation and, for the most part, I think preciousness around certain foods does us all a disservice, but some things are indefensible, and this one, particular blonde lady must be stopped.Read more...

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For many people, sleeping isn’t easy. Roughly 70 million Americans suffer from some kind of sleep disorder, according to the Cleveland Clinic, and around 100 million people in the U.S. don’t typically get enough sleep. The problem has become even more pronounced during the pandemic.

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Many gyms allow people to take off their masks during workouts, as if the coronavirus will politely refrain from infecting others during exercise. It won’t, of course. Even if it’s legal to exercise maskless where you are, that doesn’t make it a good idea.Read more...

When it comes to main course proteins that “everyone” should know how to cook, the roasted chicken might be the most popular, at least in the United States. It is not, however, the easiest meat to master, nor is it even my favorite (though I do love this labneh-marinated bird). That, my friends, would be the pork…Read more...

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When you come across an interesting article online that you don’t have time to read right away, you may be in the habit of opening it in a new tab to read later—only for it to become lost in the chaotic mess of your browser bar. Instead, you should be using your browser’s dedicated “read it later” feature. It’s a…Read more...

Cooking dried beans isn’t quite as convenient as cracking open a can, but it does give you the chance to flavor them exactly how you like ‘em. One of my favorite additions is a strip of citrus zest. It may look puny swimming in a huge pot of beans, but don’t be fooled—even the tiniest piece flavors beans and their…Read more...

This weekend, the FDA authorized another vaccine for COVID-19, bringing the total number of options in the US up to three. While there are subtle differences between the three vaccines, all of them appear to be safe and effective, and experts recommend that you get whichever one you can.Read more...

Thanks to new economic regulations in France, it’s now easier to judge the reparability of Apple’s products anywhere in the world.

The only thing more predictable than the monotony of isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic has been the consistency of video conferencing. The necessity of staring into screens has made “Zoom fatigue” a very real condition, affecting regular office workers as much as the Hollywood icon Al Pacino, apparently.