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Subscriptions are all the rage, and it’s easy to see why. Everyone loves a “buffet” model for content—see Netflix, et al—where you can just pay a single reasonable monthly fee for unlimited access to a body of stuff you’re interested in, be it documentaries, 90s-era TV shows, or (now) apps.

If you don’t need to buy groceries or home essentials in bulk, you may have assumed that shopping at a warehouse club like Costco or Sam’s Club is simply not for you. If you’re shopping for a small household or have limited storage space, the cost of a yearly membership may not be worth it.

If you fry a lot of bologna—and you should—you have probably noticed two things, one being that it smells divine. But the second, less pleasing phenomenon you might have observed is that it has a tendency to balloon up, lifting up and away from the pan.

I have used the term “special needs” freely and often throughout my life. I have a brother with autism, and the phrase is pretty versatile and, I thought, inoffensive.

You’re far from home. You passed the last familiar Cumberland Farms a hundred miles back. Where do you go for a reliable cup of coffee?

Finding any accurate health information online can be a daunting task these days, and when it comes to abortion, there are anti-abortion groups specifically trying to mislead people who just want information on their own pregnancy and options for ending it.

In the battle for travel credit card supremacy, Chase has always had one major advantage of American Express: trip delay and trip cancelation coverage. But now, Amex is fighting back with protections of its own.

Every week, we share the shortcuts, workspaces, and productivity tips of our favorite experts. This week, we’re going behind the scenes at Lifehacker. I’m Joel Kahn, and this is how I work.

You don’t need a perfect credit score to access the best rates on loans and credit cards—but if you wanted a perfect score anyway, how would you go about getting it?

Just because you can buy something online, doesn’t mean you should. Trichloroacetic acid, a main ingredient in the kind of chemical peel you would get from an esthetician or a dermatologist, is easy to obtain but it’s not safe to use yourself at high concentrations.

A bit of smoke is unavoidable when searing a steak and, if you don’t have a vent over your stove, that smoke can linger, ruining the vibe of your otherwise excellent steak dinner. You can’t eliminate smoke completely, but you can dramatically decrease the amount produced by lightly oiling your steak instead of the pan.

Sex toys have lost much of their stigma in a post-Fifty Shades world, but those on the hunt for a good vibrator or cock-ring might still have some trouble finding one at a Walmart. Thankfully, there are lots of great websites offering a wide variety of adult playthings, plus they tend to ship discreetly—not that…

Choosing the right school for your kids is such a big decision. From that first kindergarten class until they go off to college, we want them in an environment that is academically sound with high quality teachers. One that offers opportunities to participate in clubs, sports and other activities. One that is diverse,…

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The ubiquity of camera phones has turned every layperson into a semi-professional photographer, and social media makes it even easier to spread photographs and video over the internet like wildfire. Sometimes, those photos and videos even end up changing the course of history, or igniting a movement. Still, the rules…

Every week, we share the shortcuts, workspaces, and productivity tips of our favorite experts. This week, we’re going behind the scenes at Lifehacker. I’m Josh Ocampo, and this is how I work.

As the current presidential administration continues to threaten the integrity of our public lands, it’s more important than ever to preserve our national parks.

We might talk about money in this corner of Lifehacker all day every day, but outside the warm confines of Two Cents, discussing money is still generally frowned upon. In fact, people are so hush-hush about their finances that they would rather talk about their sex life than their credit card debt at a dinner party,…

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After hesitating to pull the trigger for months, this afternoon, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced plans to launch a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.

Back in the day, when we found ourselves in a situation in which we had to pass some time—which was often, because no cell phones—we practiced our spelling skills by hanging stick figures.