First Drive: 2024 Acura ZDX Is Almost a Really Good GM SUV

Interestingly, the two SUVs have slightly different dimensions. The ZDX is 6 inches longer than the Prologue (198 vs. 192), but the wheelbase is the same, so that extra length hasn’t resulted in a roomier interior. Going by our measurements, the ZDX is heavier, with the all-wheel-drive A-Spec coming in at 5,790 pounds while the…

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36 Best Graduation Gifts (2024): For College Grads

Securing a degree is always worth celebrating, but the past few graduating classes have overcome more than the standard all-nighters and strict professors. After dealing with an ongoing pandemic, remote learning, and the rising prices of everything from food to fuel, the graduates of 2024 have succeeded against all odds. It may feel tough to…

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Best Portable Carpet Cleaners of 2024

Similar to full-sized models, portable carpet cleaners have two principal functions: They dispense clean water with detergent onto your dirty carpet, then suction up the dirty liquid. All of the portable models we tested have separate tanks for clean and dirty water, though it’s worth noting that their tanks are smaller than those of their…

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4 Things People Get Wrong About Head Lice

The truth: Lice, which are wingless, don’t jump or fly. They don’t hop from place to place, either. They can crawl, however, and very quickly, because their legs are very well adapted for crawling. And once they crawl onto a child’s head, they tend to hang on tightly, thanks to the hooklike claws they have…

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How Safe Is Deet?

It’s true that there are few published studies that focus on the effects of deet on pregnant women or their offspring, and almost none that examine deet usage during the first trimester when developing fetuses are most vulnerable. It’s also true that there are some scary-sounding reports in both the research literature and the popular…

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Talking Cars 443: Driving the Chevrolet Colorado

Main theme: This video podcast focuses on our first impressions of the redesigned Chevrolet Colorado midsized pickup truck. It gets just one body style this go-around—a four-door crew cab with a short bed—and it loses the smooth V6 and fuel-efficient diesel engines. But it rides on a new chassis that stretches the wheelbase by 3.1…

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