Новости за 17.10.2022

It can be notoriously difficult to keep your kitchen organized—the room is nothing but a collection of odds and ends, all of which need to be fairly easily accessible at all times. If you’re struggling to cook through all the clutter, here are several ways you can use ordinary objects to keep clutter down and counter…

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Cheesecake might be one of my favorite desserts. It foregrounds a top-tier food group (dairy) and it doesn’t require me to make a pastry crust, something I hate doing with every fiber of my being. The iconic cake of cheese typically rests on a crumbled crust, usually made of graham crackers. But it can be nice to…

It’s ladder season: It’s time to clean your gutters and soon enough, you’ll be putting up holiday lights or even taking on some snow removal. During the fall and winter, you probably spend more time on your ladder, but your high-flying home repairs should be as safe and easy to complete as possible all year round.…

Given a large swath Americans have been dubbed “Generation Rent” due to the dwindling chances they’ll ever own a home, the recent economic turmoil—with interest rates, inflation, and rents soaring—is only adding further insult to an already grave injury. More people are being forced to get creative to secure housing.…

When you’re lifting weights, you usually want to do a set of the exercise, rest a minute or two, and then do another. While you can gauge this by feel (just go when you feel ready), a timer can be helpful. It turns out the Apple Watch’s Segments feature can do this with a simple double-tap.

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Carving pumpkins is a quintessential Halloween act—but anyone who’s ever attempted it knows that once a pumpkin is carved, its lifespan is quickly accelerated. Squirrels can get after them (though there are ways to prevent that), and if you jump the gun too soon, your jack-o-lantern can be rotten before the big day. …

With millions of Americans eager to apply for Biden’s sweeping student loan forgiveness before the end of the year, the U.S. Department of Education has launched a beta version of the form for federal student loan debt relief. Here’s what to know about the current state of the application process, and whether it makes…

Although the situation isn’t as dire as it was earlier this year, the unprecedented baby formula shortage has yet to be resolved. And if you have managed to get your hands on some, you’re going to want to check the label: Abbott Labs recently issued a voluntary recall for several of its Similac brand formula products,…

About 22,000 e-bikes sold online by Amazon, Walmart, eBay, Overstock, and Sears (among other retailers) have been recalled, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced last week. The e-bikes’ manufacturer, Ancheer, said it was issuing the voluntary recall because “the lithium-ion batteries may, in some…

Dressing up your windows doesn’t seem like it should break the bank, but blinds, shades, and curtains can get expensive quickly. However, an ambitious DIYer can create simple—and inexpensive—window treatments with just a few hours of work. Old blinds can be repurposed

For previous generations, Halloween was generally a pretty low stakes holiday. Parents pretty much just put sheets over kids’ heads and pushed them out the door with the expectation they would return laden with candy at some point. But previous generation parents were kind of psychotic.

Now we know better, and are…

“Cake is good” is a statement that needs no qualifying, no couching, no parenthetical asides. Cake does not need me to hype it up. Cake does not need a PR firm. Unequivocally good things, such as cake, should be protected and cherished and, in the case of cake, kept moist for as long as possible.

In my mid-20s, I was hit by a car while walking to school. The driver, who was elderly, thought the median was an extra turn lane, and in the process, hit three pedestrians, including me. One moment I was a stressed-out graduate student worrying about finishing her experiments; the next moment, I looked over to see…