Новости за 25.09.2018

Mushrooms are the meatiest vegetable—both in texture and flavor—which is why it shouldn’t be surprising that they take quite well to a marinade. And, unlike meat, the sponge-like ‘shrooms absorb flavor fast, which is always good news for the impatient.

The news cycle is enough to make you lose hope. Every day brings some fresh horror, or an update on an ongoing horror, or rumblings of horrors to come. It’s like being repeatedly smacked in the face with a tetherball. The events of the last couple of years have pushed some of us to be more politically active, which…

Nothing’s as good as it used to be—including, probably, the chair you’re sitting in right now. While they used to be designed with the human form in mind, now most chairs—whether it’s in the office or at home in living room—are too soft and too deep, according to Jean Couch (not a pun), who gives lectures and…

The wallpapers for Google’s next phone, the Pixel 3, are in the open. The latest in a series of leaks around the phone ahead of Google’s October 9 unveiling event, MySmartPrice has obtained a full set of the Pixel 3's “adaptive” wallpapers, which shift when you tilt your phone, and move when you play music.

“What is a website that everyone should know about but few people actually know about?” asks redditor /u/tj007s13. This is a common question on Reddit, but every time it gets new answers. Here are some of our favorite answers from the thread:

New parenthood is an isolating experience. You’re not simply adding a new piece to the puzzle of your life—instead, it feels like this tiny person has shaken up all the existing pieces that you had spent decades fitting together, and now you must start again from scratch. You’re tired, lost and smell a little funky.…

The new Apple Watch can call emergency services if you appear to have fallen and can’t get up. We reported earlier that the feature is on for users age 65 and up, but anyone can enable it. But no matter what age you are, you should be aware of the legal ramifications: You’re allowing police into your home without a…

When it comes to fancy beverage flights and pairings, alcohol seems to have all the fun, but there are many non-potent potables that benefit from a little comparing and contrasting.

When you live in New York, you start to appreciate certain things you never would have noticed in a normal, functioning city. Clean air, for example, or the ability to travel three miles in less than half an hour.

USB-C will be truly ubiquitous one of these days, but for the next few years at least, owners of USB-C laptops will probably want to carry a dongle or two. Several of Anker’s highly rated adapters are on sale just for our readers today, so be sure to note the promo codes.

How do you think of yourself? As a leader? Someone who doesn’t take any BS? The underdog?

One of the more eye-opening feature Apple announced for its new Apple Watch Series 4 is the device’s fall detection feature. No, it can’t stop you from taking a spill, but your can help you more easily alert others that you need assistance if you’ve hurt yourself badly enough.

We love roasted vegetables around here, and we’re always interested in simple ways to make this already-versatile technique even more appealing. A recent oven fries bender got me thinking: if a little cornstarch can turn sad, limp, roasted potato sticks into crunchy, basically fried goodness, can it do the same for…

Even if you don’t do a ton of home improvement projects, everyone should own a good drill/driver, and today’s Gold Box deal fits the bill.

Thanks to the cult of Apple and other companies with slick products or presentation, it’s become stylish to talk about applying “design principles” to other disciplines. But according to designer Rie Nørregaard, the key design lesson we should all learn is one that many designers are still learning themselves:…

In this episode, KJ Dell’Antonia—journalist and author of How to Be a Happier Parent: Raising a Family, Having a Life, and Loving (Almost) Every Minute—joins Offspring editor Michelle Woo to discuss how to make your family life less stressful and even—dare we say it?—fun. But first, Alice gives staff writer and…