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...
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...
While you might have done everything right when you put your grill away for winter, there still might be some maintenance to take care of when you pull it back out to cook this summer--much of which y...
Curio, a startup building a platform that turns expert journalism into professionally narrated content, is embracing AI technology to create customized audio episodes, based on your prompts. The compa...
Across all of social media, I keep encountering a certain brand of annoying influencer behavior. Instagram, Facebook, TikTok--all are packed with videos that feature someone (usually a white woman) su...
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...
The ruins of the ancient necropolis of Neapolis lie some 10 meters (about 33 feet) below modern-day Naples, Italy. But the site is in a densely populated urban district, making it challenging to under...
Astronomers had long assumed that Saturn's distinctive rings formed around the same time as the planet some 4.5 billion years ago in the earliest days of our Solar System. That assumption received a s...
We love a tiny hack around here and sometimes, it's the smallest ones that make a big impact. If you're studying for finals right now, you might be feeling pretty overwhelmed trying to cram everything...
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...
Food waste is a serious issue. According to Feeding America, around 119 billion pounds of food is wasted in the US every year, worth more than $408 billion. Here are some of the most commonly wasted f...
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...
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...
Humans are predictable: When we want to know something, we're probably going to google it. Companies (including digital media sites like Lifehacker) know this, and often try to "game the algorithm" by...
Heating and cooling units increase in efficiency every year, but most of us are living with older units and in leaky, older buildings or in new "open floor plans." At the same time, global warming and...
If there are certain sounds that trigger an extremely negative reaction in your, from rage or annoyance to disgust or even panic, you might have a condition called misophonia. The triggering sounds ca...
Surely you don't have an anti-tofu bias, but if you do, you should knock it off and stop robbing yourself of possibilities and pleasure. I initially made this pie for two reasons: I wanted dessert, an...
Being called "needy" is usually not a good thing when it comes to your relationships. You probably think of a needy person as someone who requires a so much reassurance and validation from their partn...
You may have heard of the Pomodoro technique before--perhaps even here at Lifehacker--and might already be aware it's a solid productivity hack. But applied in another way, i can actually be more than...
When it comes to following a recipe, the first step is making sure you've got the right ingredients. This can be especially tricky if an ingredient has a name that is similar to a different product. I...