Life Skills

 

Five map and compass skills every outdoorsman should master

By Keith McCafferty/Field & Stream

 /  Jul 7, 2017

 

9.5 tips to scientifically enhance your grill game

By Joe Brown

 /  Jul 1, 2017

 

How to go ultralight camping

By Rob Verger

 /  Jun 26, 2017

 

How to avoid bringing bed bugs home from vacation

By Nancy Troyano / Working Mother

 /  Jun 2, 2017

 

Make a copy of this common office plant

By Mary Beth Griggs

 /  May 30, 2017

 

The fastest way to chill your beer

By Sara Chodosh

 /  May 29, 2017

 

The most efficient way to brush and floss

By Claire Maldarelli

 /  May 5, 2017

 

This is why you should beat egg whites in a copper bowl

By Sara Chodosh

 /  Apr 14, 2017

 

Surprising things you can clean in the dishwasher

By Sophie Bushwick and Billy Cadden

 /  Apr 11, 2017

 

The easiest way to kick your caffeine habit

By Claire Maldarelli

 /  Mar 24, 2017

 

The scientifically best way to sweep a floor

By Rob Verger

 /  Mar 20, 2017

 

How to not die in a blizzard

By Sara Chodosh

 /  Mar 14, 2017

 

How to fix a leaky faucet

By David Nield

 /  Feb 25, 2017

 

How to survive the ‘Little House’ books

By Sophie Bushwick

 /  Feb 8, 2017

 

How to erase permanent-marker graffiti

By Sophie Bushwick

 /  Feb 6, 2017

 

How to photograph the night sky on a phone

By Sophie Bushwick

 /  Jan 6, 2017

 

Here’s what’s inside the modern explorer’s survival kit

By Sara Chodosh and Peter Hess

 /  Dec 29, 2016

 

Here’s how to wrap a spherical gift, according to scientists

By Sophie Bushwick

 /  Dec 23, 2016

 

How to survive the great whipped cream shortage of 2016

By Sophie Bushwick

 /  Dec 17, 2016

 

Cockroach tea and cricket crepes: How to add (delicious) bugs to your diet

By Rachel Feltman

 /  Dec 14, 2016

 

How to sharpen your kitchen knives

By Sara Chodosh

 /  Dec 13, 2016

 

Why We Always Get Sick While Traveling – And How To Prevent It

 /  Sep 15, 2016

 

Cut a better slice of pizza with math

By Lindsey Kratochwill

 /  Jan 8, 2016

 

How To Bake Stuffing Without Overcooking Your Turkey

By Matt Giles

 /  Nov 25, 2015

 

5 Ways To Support Minority STEM Students

By Nicole Lou

 /  Sep 18, 2015

 

9 Crazy Body Hacks That Give You Superhuman Powers

By Bob Parks

 /  Sep 8, 2015

 

How To Be A Brilliant Inventor

 /  May 18, 2015

 

The Disappearance Of The Instruction Manual

By Mark Svenvold

 /  Jan 26, 2015

 

Changing Food By Changing Its pH

By Harold McGee

 /  Jan 13, 2015

 

How One Man Hacked His Way Out Of Homelessness

By Rose Conry

 /  Dec 8, 2014

 

5 Educational Programs For Learning By Making

By Alexandra Ossola

 /  Sep 15, 2014

 

Can We Hack Our Vision To See Infrared With The Naked Eye?

By Alexandra Ossola

 /  Sep 9, 2014

 

How To Cure Garlic Breath

By Lindsey Kratochwill

 /  Jun 19, 2014

 

Lost At Sea? Survive With These Tricks

By Jia You

 /  Jun 4, 2014

 

Good Idea/Bad Idea: Use A Belt Sander To…

By Mac Irvine

 /  Jan 3, 2014

 

The World’s Nerdiest Marriage Proposal

By Francie Diep

 /  Feb 26, 2013

 

How do you make the perfect snowball?

By Daniel Engber

 /  Jan 24, 2013

 

The Canning Jar: Ultra-Versatile Tool of the Modern Kitchen

By Paul Adams

 /  Jun 12, 2012

 

Tool School: A Quicker Way to Cut Steel

By Vin Marshall

 /  Nov 12, 2009

 

Shop tip: Organize your life with Rubbermaid totes

By Vin Marshall

 /  Nov 3, 2009

 

Tool School: Break out the torch

By Vin Marshall

 /  Oct 22, 2009

 

Tool School: How to get the most precise measurements

By Vin Marshall

 /  Oct 19, 2009

 

The quickest way to build anything from concrete

By Mikey Sklar

 /  Oct 15, 2009

 

Making alcohol-making easy

By Mikey Sklar

 /  Sep 24, 2009

 

How to make ferrofluid

By Mikey Sklar

 /  Sep 23, 2009

 

Welding, part one: gear selection

By John B. Carnett

 /  Sep 3, 2009

 

Five Tools To Survive the Apocalypse

By Suzanne LaBarre

 /  Aug 3, 2009

 

A scientific approach to dessert

By M. Farbman

 /  Apr 17, 2009

 

I don’t know: Alaska

By Laura Silver

 /  Apr 17, 2009

 

Shades of green

By Aki Kamozawa and H. Alexander Talbot

 /  Jan 27, 2009

 

A DIY proposal

By Mike Haney

 /  Jan 23, 2009

 

Turkey Day chemistry in the kitchen

By Tamara Holt

 /  Nov 19, 2007

 

Rent flicks on the couch

By Noah Robischon

 /  Jan 1, 2005