At the beginning of every course, you are handed a syllabus. The best of them are short. The worst ones are way too long. They can include all kinds of information, from a list of materials to a long ...
Baking soda--more formally known as sodium bicarbonate--has a lot of uses beyond just baking, from cleaning various surfaces, soothing your heartburn, to even browning your meat better. In addition to...
It's a sad fact of life that pretty often, the better it feels to do something, the worse it is for you--especially when you repeat it so often it falls under the category of "lifestyle choice." Gorgi...
Sometimes your child gets into a situation that requires them to "repair" or, even sometimes, "repent." Often you will be the one to dole out these consequences. However, once your child is in school,...
[photo1]Max G. LevyIn a future when gene therapy can tweak a person's genome precisely enough to cure them of severe disease, treating earlier will often be better--and the womb is as early as it gets...
The next time you find yourself stressed out, whether from work, parenting, or the stresses of everyday life, one technique to try is the butterfly hug. The butterfly hug works by tapping both sides o...
As a teen and young adult, I drank a lot of full-sugar sodas--Mountain Dew, mostly. One day I decided that I would swap them all out for their diet equivalents, and the resulting loss of calories woul...
Mozilla-owned read-it-later app Pocket unveiled several new features across platforms including rolling out the redesigned app to iOS and better article-jumping features for Android. However, the stan...
With all the apps and digital tools available to enhance your studying, plus how fast and easy it is to type notes, it seems like a no-brainer to bring your laptop with you to class. But it actually m...
As much as I like the idea of affirmations, I've never felt anything but corny when saying "I can do it!" or any of the other types of positive self-talk that are supposed to motivate me. I have a pai...
Instagram co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger have already shipped a ton of substantial updates for their news-focused app Artifact, which launched earlier this year but already looks very diff...
Pulling weeds growing in your garden, yard, flower beds, or between the cracks in your driveway is tedious work--especially when they seem to grow back overnight. But rather than blaming and then evic...
Tempering eggs isn't easy. Even after doing it hundreds of times, I still reconsider recipes that require me to slowly drizzle scalding liquid from a heavy pot with my non-dominant hand while simultan...
It's difficult to imagine modern life without access to refrigeration. Not only does it make grocery shopping a lot easier to plan, being able to freeze our food and leftovers allows us to take advant...
Among the many initial concerns around AI and ChatGPT is that students would use it to write their school papers or essays or otherwise cheat on assignments. While you obviously shouldn't do that--you...
Have you ever suffered creative mortification? Coined by educator Ronald Beghetto, the term describes losing your willingness to pursue a creative avenue following a negative outcome. Maybe you gave u...
If you're tired of watering your lawn to keep it alive, or if you live somewhere with water use restrictions, you may have given up on having a garden. In places where it's hard to keep traditional la...
Rose bushes have long been a popular foundation plant, often positioned in front of windows so that people inside can enjoy the blooms--which often appear in the spring and stick around until early fa...
Matt Simon[photo1]The plastics industry has long hyped recycling, even though it is well aware that it's been a failure. Worldwide, only 9 percent of plastic waste actually gets recycled. In the Unite...