On an iPhone: Tap and hold on the home screen until the icons wiggle, then drag them around to rearrange or tap the X to uninstall them. Add Shortcuts for Useful Tasks or Apps One of the best things you can do is place shortcuts on the home screen to make it easier for them…
Cannon explains that viruses, in general, are very susceptible to heat. “Viruses come ‘shrink-wrapped’ in a layer of fat that helps them to survive in our bodies by acting as a type of stealthy covering,” she says. Spikes on the outside of this fat layer allow it to latch onto and enter your body’s cells….
A major oil company is seeking a state tax break in Texas worth hundreds of millions of dollars to build a massive power plant. The energy won’t be going to residential customers, though. Instead, the gas plant will be used to power a data center whose eventual tenant could be Microsoft. Chevron subsidiary Energy Forge…
Consider an all-purpose cleaner. Despite what product marketing may tell you, it’s not necessary to have a different cleaner for every surface in your house. An effective all-purpose cleaner will handle almost every job, including kitchen counters, floors, toilets, and bathtubs. This will not only reduce the bulk in your cleaning cabinet but also reduce…
The subwoofer is no joke, at about 13 x 16 inches and 18 pounds, but it’s not something you’ll need to move once you get it set up, and it contributes massively (pun intended) to the depth and breadth of the Bar 500MK2’s sound. With a 10-inch driver, it’s more than enough to get to…
Browne, a retired bus driver, now finds himself staring down estimated rebuilding costs of as much as $1.8 million. “A lot of people are selling and going elsewhere to start over, saying it’s too hard to come back here,” Browne says. “I gotta come back.” In Altadena, the decision to stay or go is at…
Still, self-tanner is widely considered a safer alternative to tanning in the sun and tanning beds, both of which cause exposure to harmful UV radiation and increase the risk of skin cancer and premature aging. It’s also a go-to product for some people with deeper skin who turn to self-tanner to even out their skin…
An image from the study illustrating how plastic bottles reach Latin American Pacific coasts. Illustration: Garcés-Ordóñez et al. (2025) (CC BY 4.0) The scientists found that, like other marine debris, the bottles and caps they retrieved were sometimes colonized by immobile organisms called epibionts, which live on the surface of other organisms or materials. The…
Michael Calore: OK. What is it that you love about it? Leah Feiger: The chaos, the boring, boring chaos. It’s like, for sure, it’s high stakes for these people. These are real people with real lives and real feelings, but it’s, every single episode is like, “I just love you so much, but I don’t…
Chicago always has something to prove. When it went up against New York for the 1893 World’s Fair, a New York Sun reporter called out its “windbag” campaigners. Illinois ended up hosting the fair, and Chicago embraced its new identity as the Windy City. That chip-on-the-shoulder energy still defines this metropolis, a city that builds,…