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We’re live until 2pm EST! Christopher Kelly and Marc Eisenberg, cardiologists and authors of the book Am I Dying?!: A Complete Guide to Your Symptoms—and What to Do Next, are officially on call to discuss your weird and worrying symptoms, or whatever general health questions you’ve got. Post your medical queries in…Read more...

Everybody’s sleep needs are a little bit different, but most adults should be getting between 7 and 9 hours per night.Read more...

It’s always fun to get free things in the mail, especially if they’re a surprise—whether a gift from a friend or loved one or a subtle encouragement from Amazon that you should try out a sponsored product.Read more...

Over the holidays, I played a game with my family. My three nieces were at the table, so I did my best to clean up my potty mouth. I was so proud of myself for producing “crap” and “frick” instead of The Bad Words.

As you know, when other people make stupid mistakes, it’s because they’re fundamentally incompetent. When you make a stupid mistake, it’s because of specific circumstances, and/or because someone else is fundamentally incompetent. Adam Robinson, chess master and Princeton Review founder, has identified seven factors…Read more...

Despite its browser beginnings, Chrome OS is a bonafide desktop platform, complete with snapping windows, a file system, and keyboard shortcuts. As a new Chromebook user, you can also take advantage of the vast majority of Chrome extensions, Android apps, and Linux apps. (With a bit of finagling, you can even run some…Read more...

Much of the productivity conversations being had today are split into two camps: The first is comprised of people like our tech overlords, who continue to preach that waking up at 4 a.m. to spend more hours at work and fewer doing anything else will make you a genius. The second is made of those, like much of the…Read more...

Deadspin It Sucks That Trevor Lawrence Can’t Play In The NFL Until 2021 | The Root Civil Rights Institute Cancels Gala Honoring Angela Davis After Outcry From Jewish Community | Splinter Trump to Europe: Go to Hell | Jezebel Nursing Facility CEO Resigns After Woman in Vegetative State Gives Birth | The A.V. Club The …Read more...

Good thing you’re busy Kondo-ing your crap this week, because the best Netflix has to offer is Solo: A Star Wars Story (Wednesday), which I’d like to get excited about, but the sheer volume of “Star Wars stories” available to me on Netflix makes the arrival of yet another a nonevent. I will probably find my way to …Read more...

The few times I’ve wanted to listen to the radio while I work—because I occasionally get nostalgic for commuting—I’ve found that most radio stations’ websites are terrible. It’s like they’re trying to be this weird mix of a news service, a Tumblr blog, and a grab-bag of complicated web tools for playing music and…Read more...

The Grapevine R. Kelly’s Sales and Streams Have Increased and Jada Pinkett Smith Is Confused | Deadspin The Chargers Smothered The Ravens With An “Insane” Game Plan | Jezebel Kendall Jenner, Proactiv, and the Next Wave of ‘Empowerment’ Spon | Splinter Absolutely Do Not Give Him the Airtime | The A.V. Club Mahershala…Read more...

If you have a new puppy and are thinking about taking a trip that involves an airplane, you might also want to start looking into pet sitters. Airlines have started banning young puppies on flights. The latest to make the change: United. As of Monday, United will no longer allow pets younger than four months old in…Read more...

Essential oils may be natural, but that doesn’t mean they’re always healthy or good for you. They’re extremely concentrated versions of chemicals that plants make for various reasons: some to attract pollinators, some to repel or harm their natural enemies.

Wi-Fi connected home security cameras have largely taken over the baby monitor market, but nobody would blame you for feeling anxious about streaming a live video feed of your baby to the cloud. If you’d prefer to keep things local, Anker’s new Eufy SpaceView is a great all-in-one solution for just $126 (down from the…Read more...

There are still many types of wonderful apples at my local grocery store, but there are fewer than there were the week before, and even fewer than there were a month ago. Apple season is drawing to a close, friends, but you can make it last a bit longer—or make a mediocre out-of-season apple taste outstanding—with a…Read more...

In 2019, we’re bringing back monthly financial challenges on Two Cents (you can see 2017's version here). Each is meant to help us focus on a different aspect of our money, and, ideally, develop small changes into measurable differences in our financial lives.

You never know who’s snooping through your mail — or rooting through your trash. If you don’t have the space for a full-on shredder, give yourself some piece of mind with this $8 identity protection roller stamp. With just one swipe, you can easily obscure your personal information on discarded envelopes, bank…Read more...

Video games are expensive compared to other hobbies—but they don’t have to be! Here’s how to game on a budget.

After ten years of working in big city emergency departments and ICUs, I traded night shifts and fast-paced intensity for a new challenge: school nursing. Because my children were in elementary school and night shifts no longer worked for our family, I figured handing out Band-Aids and ice packs would be a welcome…Read more...

One of the things I like to do every now and then—especially around this time of year—is to start fresh. I’ll think about all the services I’ve signed up for and don’t actually use. Going through and deleting them helps me feel better about my digital sprawl, and it’s a practice I recommend everyone try regularly.

You’ve got this weird pain in your upper back, more like a zap than a twinge, but only on your left side. Also your eye won’t stop twitching. And there’s a weird rash on your leg that’s not going away. Are you dying?!Read more...

You’ve probably already downloaded Duolingo before your next big international trip, but there are two important words to know before going to any foreign-speaking land.Read more...

Unless your goal is to make a crepe, a flat pancake is a sad pancake. The ideal flapjack is tall and fluffy, and the secret to raising them to glorious heights is to do less. (By “do less,” I mean “don’t mix so much.”)Read more...

Every day after school, it’s the same scene in my house: My son asks for a snack, I offer up an idea (usually starting with what he chose yesterday or the day before), which he promptly turns down. He might come back to it a few minutes later, after I’ve exhausted all other possibilities, but he never says yes to the…Read more...

It’s probably overkill for hanging a few pictures, but if you’re doing more serious DIY work around the house, this three-point self-leveling laser can project perfectly straight vertical and horizontal lines across any wall, and it’s down to $89 today with promo code OWQZHZ3O.Read more...

If you’re a visual creative, you need to be on Behance. The professional social platform lets artists, designers, and other creators share their work in high resolution and build a shareable portfolio. We talked to Behance founder Scott Belsky, now Adobe’s Chief Product Officer, about his work, his personal shortcuts,…Read more...

You may have heard that over the weekend newly minted Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said in an interview with 60 Minutes that there’s precedent for wealthy Americans at the “tippy tops”—in this case, those earning over $10 million—to pay a marginal tax rate “as high as 60 percent or 70 percent.”

If the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was a jolting wake-up call, you may be wondering what else you can do to slow climate change. You’ve voted for people you knew would care about climate change, divested from companies that are making the situation worse, and replaced all your…Read more...

The Grapevine R. Kelly Responds to Surviving R. Kelly | Deadspin Cody Parkey’s Double-Doink Was Tipped | Jezebel Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: ‘How Do You Not Know How Marginal Tax Rates Work?’ | The A.V. Club Here are the winners from the 76th annual Golden Globes | Splinter Tillerson Reportedly Called Trump a ‘Fucking…Read more...

When someone says “in this movie, the city is like another character,” they usually don’t mean Anchorman. This week Hack Your City goes to San Diego, a city that sure sounds comfortable right now. Look at their average monthly temperatures—my apartment has a more volatile climate. OK, what’s your best advice for…Read more...

Lacking any kind of networking, let alone Wi-Fi or AirPrint, this Brother printer is the barest of the barebones. But what it does do is print black and white pages extremely well, and extremely quickly (27 ppm!), with none of the carriage jams or dried out ink cartridges of inkjet printers that have drive us all…Read more...

Our family’s Thanksgiving is huge. After everyone is done eating, we’re typically searching for some sort of “activity” that both the kids and the older folks can enjoy, which for the past few years has involved a spirited game of Pictionary.

If your TSA Precheck is set to expire soon, renewing it might be a bit easier than you think. The TSA is now allowing fliers to renew their enrollment in the program online and up to six months before their current enrollment is set to expire. If everything goes according to plan, the renewal process should only take…Read more...

Sephora curling irons, OutdoorMaster ski goggles, and Joseph Joseph snack bowls lead off Sunday’s best deals.Read more...

The Golden Globes officially air tonight. The show, which is hosted this year by Andy Samberg and Sandra Oh, officially kicks off at 8pm ET/5pm PT in Beverly Hills. This year’s program will also feature a new award, The Carol Burnett Award, which will be presented to Burnett during the broadcast.

If you’re a Bank of America customer, you can visit some museums and art galleries for free this year.

A fancy coffee press, Cowin Noise-Canceling Headphones, and Mophie Wireless Chargers lead off Saturday’s best deals.

Football is the one sport I never really got into. I’m typically the friend trying to rally the troops to attend baseball and hockey games, and in my home state of North Carolina basketball is a religion… but football has always evaded me. I guess it’s just not my sport.

If you have a flight coming up, you might want to give yourself a little extra time at the airport.

Two Cents readers are likely familiar with the 52 week money challenge—you increase your savings by $1 every week for a year. The first week you save $1, the next week you save $2, and so on, until you’ve accumulated $1,378 by the end of the year.

In any argument, it can be hard to tell who is wrong and who is right. Except when you’re one of the involved parties, that is—because you’re definitely right. Right?Read more...

Do you open your refrigerator looking for a snack, only to find utter chaos inside? Take control of that situation with this six-piece set of stackable fridge and freezer storage bins, now just $26. There’s a bin specifically for keeping your eggs safe, while another provides easy access to drinks. The other trays can…Read more...

Happy weekend, everyone, and welcome back to 3-Ingredient Happy Hour, the weekly drink column featuring super simple yet delicious libations. This week we’re making a basic buck with a good amount of very strong bourbon.Read more...

There’s no shortage of browser extensions you can use to stay productive by blocking distracting websites throughout the day. (Sorry Reddit, YouTube, and Facebook.) But are they really that effective at keeping you from doing the work you need to get done? If you don’t have much self-control, you can disable or…Read more...

Between 401(k)s, 529s, IRAs, high-yield accounts and apps that do the work for you, there’s no shortage of ways to save money. And using these accounts and apps effectively is key to long-term financial health.

Gift cards are an almost inconceivably huge industry. Americans spent $160 billion on them in 2018 alone, which means the secondary market is both lucrative and totally overwhelming—especially right after the biggest gift-giving holidays of the year. If you have a weird gift card to sell or trade, here’s what you need…Read more...

Listen Notes, Lifehacker’s favorite podcast search engine, has a new real-time feed that shows you what podcasts its users are currently listening to. These people are streaming the podcasts on the site, not in their usual player, so this won’t tell you the most popular podcasts overall. In fact, while you’ll see a…Read more...

At the live recording for our podcast, The Upgrade, our guests went around to share their upgrades of the week. While the theme of the evening was “How to Fail,” our guests had some success stories, too.Read more...

Maybe it’s because I like a martini with my steak dinner, but salty, savory, slightly fruity olives have always seemed like a natural flavor partner for a butter-basted piece of beef. Topping one with a tapenade is very fine and dandy, but using puréed olives as a marinade is next level.Read more...

The Weather Channel, an app drawer staple for many of us, may be using your location data without your consent. The city of Los Angeles filed a lawsuit Thursday accusing Weather Channel owner The Weather Company, as well as IBM, its parent company, of using location data acquired through the app for targeted ad sales…Read more...