Новости за 11.04.2022

Mmm, nail polish remover. That sweet-smelling elixir—wait, sorry. I was sniffing my nail polish remover and I blacked out for a minute. We all know this pungent beauty staple definitely does not smell sweet. But the same chemical that provides its trademark unpleasant scent is what makes it great at cleaning dirt,…

My iPhone’s display is a mess. Some of that mess makes sense: I expect nicks and scratches on my screen when my iPhone, say, falls out of my pocket onto cement. However, many of these scratches have mysteriously accumulated over time, through no misuse of my own. Under direct sunlight, it’s a massacre. If your iPhone…

In an era of rising inflation and economic uncertainty, the list of things once considered “first-world” problems gets shorter every day. For example: Pump bottles of lotion that stop working with at least an inch or two of skin-saving goop left at the bottom.

If there is one thing I will not stand for, it is slander against deviled eggs. They’re the perfect little handheld appetizer. Kitschy but not gimmicky, small yet substantial, and near endlessly customizable. They also taste good. You can keep them simple with mayo, mustard, and paprika, or dress them up with bacon,…

It always warms my heart to receive a bouquet of flowers. This is a frequent occurrence for me, due to my many, many suitors. At the same time, taking care of flowers also brings me a lot of stress. After all, a bouquet of flowers, much like love, is fleeting. The wilt is inevitable—but it doesn’t have to be…

Summer is fast approaching, and your family is probably itching to take a trip somewhere. While it’s easy to say screw it and head to Disney World or Six Flags—again—and we wouldn’t dream of criticizing busy parents for taking the path of least resistance, there’s also something to be said for taking a vacation that’s…

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I consider myself pretty conversant in metric units. I know that 20 kilograms is 44 pounds (double it and add 10%) and that 5 kilometers is 3 miles (I’ve, uh, run a lot of 5Ks). But celsius temperatures have always been a bit of a mystery to me—until now.

Leaving a beloved pet home alone while you go off to work—or, worse, on a short trip—can be challenging. While we can’t be with our pets 24-7, there is plenty of technology available to us to make sure they’re safe and well-cared-for in our absence. Here are some of our favorite gadgets that can help keep our pets…

The news that old-school adventure game pioneers Roberta and Ken Williams are returning to gaming after 25 years with a virtual reality version of classic game Colossal Cave got me thinking about how awesome text adventure games were. Elden Ring is cool and all, but sometimes you want to type “GO NORTH” and enjoy some…

There’s a ton of space-related news dominating the headlines right now. Billionaires are engaged in a space race, celebrities are riding along in rockets, and 1,500 pages of UFO-related reports were just declassified by the government. The age of space tourism may soon be upon us, but the age of space curiosity is…