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When I committed to skateboarding in June, I had ambitions for it to last longer than my one-month Lifehacker Fitness Challenge. I mostly ke...

This may be a wildly unpopular opinion, but cooking on a gas grill is cheating. There is something both primal and humbling about cooking ov...

Depending on when you were born and how much TV your parents let you watch, your first introduction to paprika might have been through the N...

We’ve all seen it: a professional acquaintance searching for a job, publicly and dramatically venting on social media for someone to hire th...

It’s no secret that financial literacy is a problem in the U.S., as less than a third of adults understand basic financial literacy topics b...

Chrome OS users have reported a severe bug in the latest system update that locks them out of their Chromebooks. For some reason, Chrome OS...

We’ve often discussed how to exercise in the morning, from how to actually get out of bed to what you eat once you do. But it’s also worth t...

I only got my two most impactful jobs, each of which opened a number of other opportunities, because I contacted the right person at the ri...

Thoroughly learning a subject takes more than just reading about it, or watching videos. It helps to discuss and apply your new knowledge, w...

A proliferation of well-intended, remote “check-in meetings” during the pandemic has only made work more difficult. According to surveys, mo...

Feeding the birds can be fun—the problem is that feeding ducks and geese at the pond is much more detrimental than most of us think. Giving...

Many of us have spent a lot of time during the pandemic in isolation, so this week we’re re-learning the art of deep conversation with help...

Finding mold in any part of your home can be cause for concern, but it’s also a fairly common occurrence—anywhere there is dampness, there i...

Unlike some services (looking at you, iCloud), Gmail is pretty lenient with its free tier. You get 15GB of storage between Gmail and Google...

If you planted zucchini in your garden this year, you have no doubt noticed the beautiful orange and yellow blossoms that grow alongside (an...

If you’ve ever considered using lucid dreaming as a way of harnessing the power of your sleeping brain, you’re not alone. The first step for...

When we’re younger, maybe our relationships are more grounded in the physical than the spiritual and emotional. But underlying the foundatio...

Considering that food prices continue to rise—up 2.4% in the last year—you might be feeling the pinch with your food budget. One way to tack...

As you get stronger, you become able to lift heavier and heavier weights. That much is probably obvious. But what beginners sometimes miss i...

I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but kids have a lot of energy. If they’re not running off or climbing something, they’re asking questions or...

I am continuously fighting my hoarding tendencies, which is why I usually shy away from the “10 great uses for old twist-ties” genre of hack...

Making video games is deceptively difficult, and there are numerous game creation apps out there that can, with a little effort, help you de...

Coleslaw can be a tricky thing. Bad slaws are watery and bland, but a good one provides a perfect sweet-and-tangy, crunchy counterpoint to a...

It is unacceptable to dump any kind of cooking fat—whether liquid or solid—down the drain. Doing so can not only lead to personal plumbing i...

If you’re 21 years old and newly unleashed upon the world with a college degree and an ambition to jumpstart your life, maybe you should tur...