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Brown mushrooms growing on a green, mossy surface.
DIY

Grow your own mushrooms in a homemade terrarium

By Natalie Wallington

Microphone conference calls
DIY

Tips for better sound better on video conference calls

By Stan Horaczek

A person holding their phone while drinking coffee, possibly deleting text message attachments from their device.
DIY

Delete message attachments on your phone to free up space

By John Kennedy

An owl sitting on the branch of an evergreen tree in the forest.
Animals

Transform your yard into an owl kingdom

By Natalie Wallington

xbox-controller
Console Gaming

Change your controller’s button configuration for more comfortable gameplay

By David Nield

A white-and-black PlayStation 5 controller on top of a white-and-black PS5.
Concept Cars

How to optimize your PS5’s storage space so you don’t run out immediately

By David Nield

Hikers standing on a rock looking at the horizon
DIY

Ultralight backpacking hacks no one tells you about

By Alisha McDarris

A person using their phone while wearing a face mask and wearing a red plaid shirt.
DIY

Custom vibrations and other ways to shake up your smartphone messages

By David Nield

Hand on table holding phone with Wise app open
DIY

4 apps to safely transfer money internationally

By Karina Montoya

How To Turn A Barf Bag Into A Phone Mount
DIY

How To Turn A Barf Bag Into A Phone Mount

By Amanda Schupak

Nikon F3 SLR
Cameras

A normal person’s guide to buying an old film camera

By Stan Horaczek

Obscure Tool #2 Revealed: Latham Wire Stitcher
DIY

Obscure Tool #2 Revealed: Latham Wire Stitcher

By Vin Marshall

Bean soup served with avocado, cheese and eggs.
DIY

Feed a family for a week with a single bag of beans

By Jose Mendoza, Mary Kearl

A person sitting on the floor, holding several $100 bills in a fan shape.
DIY

7 tips for saving electricity this summer

By Natalie Wallington

Person holding an Apple Watch to the camera
DIY

7 tips and tricks to master your Apple Watch

By David Nield

Portable multimeter Cen-tech P34907
DIY

Tool Smackdown: Pocket Multimeters

By Mikey Sklar

A black Mercedes-Benz in a parking lot.
DIY

How I converted my Mercedes-Benz to run on veggie oil

By Mikey Sklar

A persistence-of-vision circuit.
DIY

How to get professionally printed circuit boards, cheap

By Mikey Sklar

An electronic Post-It note
DIY

Build it: the electronic Post-It note

By Dave Prochnow

2 DIY Printers That Would’ve Impressed Gutenberg
DIY

2 DIY Printers That Would’ve Impressed Gutenberg

By Ajai Raj

Person inserting cassette in cassette player.
Audio

A modern guide to cassette tape players

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

The menu for web browser options, with "mute site" selected.
DIY

How to block pop-ups and annoying auto-play videos

By David Nield

Raw meat on a wooden cuttingboard
DIY

Use these commonsense rules to avoid food poisoning

By Ruth S. MacDonald/The Conversation

man pointing a Homemade Water Blaster
DIY

How To Build Your Own DIY Water Blaster

By Daniel Dumas

Night sky photography is perfect for social distancing. Here’s how to get a great shot.
DIY

Night sky photography is perfect for social distancing. Here’s how to get a great shot.

By Dan Richards

Amp Your Ride
DIY

Amp Your Ride

By as told to Colleen Park, Doug Costlow

White wireless router in front of person on a couch
DIY

6 router settings you should change right now

By Whitson Gordon

An unlocked iPhone on a white table with its apps showing various notification icons and alerts.
DIY

How to ignore people on social media without blocking or unfollowing them

By David Nield

Couple waits by the NYC train platform looking at their phones
DIY

Google Maps made some key changes. Use them to improve your commute.

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

A Kobo e-reader leaning against a stack of books next to a glass jar with yellow flowers in it.
DIY

7 fun features that you need to try on your Kobo e-reader

By David Nield

A brown scorpion on a light brown rock during the daytime.
Animals

Everything you need to know about scorpion stings and venom

By Alisha McDarris

Close up on an iPhone with a Siri activated screen
DIY

Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant all have alternate voices. Here’s how to find them.

By David Nield

A carpet of moss next to a brown rock.
DIY

Why and how to grow your own moss garden

By Ellen Airhart

A stack of pancakes topped with berries and edible flowers, on a white plate atop a white tablecloth.
DIY

7 edible flowers and how to use them

By Natalie Wallington

A laptop on a desk with Spotify on the screen. A camera, a plant, and a full mug of coffee share the desk with the laptop.
DIY

The best ways to recover deleted Spotify playlists

By David Nield

A cross-stitched QR code.
DIY

How to cross-stitch a QR code—and why you should

By Ruth Kogen Goodwin

Brown stink bug about to land in a bug trap
DIY

3 DIY bug traps that actually work

By Matt Giles

A child sitting under a stool, trying to guess the password on a phone.
DIY

A guide to parental controls on Netflix, Hulu, and other streaming services

By David Nield

Person on computer
DIY

You should download the new Google Drive for Desktop

By David Nield

Close up to aloe vera plant
DIY

How to grow, harvest, preserve, and use aloe vera

By LaVonne Roberts

How To Add Applications To Your Nook E-Reader
DIY

How To Add Applications To Your Nook E-Reader

By Doug Cantor

Person applying sheet mask
DIY

7 things you can do to actually prevent wrinkles

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

The steering wheel and dashboard of a car at night.
DIY

What Android Auto and Apple CarPlay can and can’t do

By David Nield

The 360 Chicago observatory and other skyscrapers along the Lake Michigan shoreline.
DIY

From Chicagoan to Phoenician, here’s what to call the residents of the biggest US cities

By Jennifer Billock

It’s time to pick a better smartphone photo editing app
DIY

It’s time to pick a better smartphone photo editing app

By Stan Horaczek

A person sitting on a bed, enjoying playing a keyboard that's hooked up to a laptop.
DIY

5 tech tricks for learning a musical instrument

By Gina Wisener

A person playing Fortnite on a computer.
DIY

The graphics settings that actually matter for video games (and what they do)

By Eric Ravenscraft

three-framed-photos-on-wall
DIY

The scientifically best way to create a photo gallery wall

By Maridel Reyes

A person holding an Android phone with a live background.
DIY

Fix your boring Android background with live wallpapers

By David Nield

White liquid marshmallow.
DIY

The anatomy of a marshmallow

By Aki Kamozawa and H. Alexander Talbot

The complete guide to Bluetooth headphone terms
Audio

The complete guide to Bluetooth headphone terms

By Whitson Gordon

Make DIY cold brew coffee—without fancy equipment
DIY

Make DIY cold brew coffee—without fancy equipment

By Cassidy Mayeda

Teenager dipping toes into a lake or ocean
Cancer

Your summer guide to sunscreen, from SPF to not-so-magic pills

By Sara Chodosh

Husks of vintage film cameras and lenses littering workbench
DIY

Inside New York City’s vanishing community of repair shops

By Stan Horaczek

The Milky Way at night over mountains.
Climate Change

The best ways to reduce light pollution and improve your quality of life

By Alisha McDarris

A person gardening in a wooden planter box.
Climate Change

Plant a garden that helps the planet by devouring carbon

By Ellen Airhart

Hurricane Florence in the Atlantic
DIY

How to prepare for a hurricane that’s about to hit

By Sophie Bushwick

Yogurt marinades make meat perfectly tender—here’s why
DIY

Yogurt marinades make meat perfectly tender—here’s why

By Amal Ahmed

Step 5
DIY

Listen To Records With Your Teeth

By Nicole Lou

The 8 Best Student Tech Projects At Microsoft’s Imagine Cup
DIY

The 8 Best Student Tech Projects At Microsoft’s Imagine Cup

By Julie Beck

Frustrated couple in bed
DIY

How to share a bed with a restless sleeper

By Jennifer Billock

Person driving car in the highway
DIY

5 essential road trip apps that have nothing to do with eating, sleeping, or navigating

By Haley Weiss

How To Turn A Leftover Candy Cane Into A Sound Machine
DIY

How To Turn A Leftover Candy Cane Into A Sound Machine

By Steph Yin

bike resting against wall
COVID-19

How to wheel your way through the global bike shortage

By Dan Seitz

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