Whenever I go on vacations I like to take flights that leave in the evening so I can enjoy every final minute where I am. That’s great, except most hotels require you to check out by 11 (or 1pm if you’re lucky), and then you have to stow your bags and hit the town without a home base. Sometimes that’s not a big deal,…

At first, it sounds like a huge red flag: Oh, my husband and I have each other on Find My Friends, the crazy woman says cheerfully to her friends at the bar. I use it all the time. Let’s see where he is now! Well, spoiler alert, the crazy woman is me and this is one of the least clingy things I do in my whole dang…

Everyone loves a natural home-cleaning solution, not least because you’ve likely got the ingredients in your pantry already. Baking soda and vinegar are two of the most common components, and if you’ve ever seen a science fair volcano, you have a sense of why.

There’s a bar in my neighborhood that has a huge sign up that says “No Frosty Glasses” on it, presumably because people would ask for beer in one. While the idea of banning frozen glasses might seem like a stunt by a hipster bar, there’s actually a lot of good reasons to not drink your beer out of a frozen glass.

There are, let’s be honest, too many cities in this country. If you’re not following a job or family or bad-news crush, how are you supposed to choose where to live? Don’t worry, the internet will tell you.

Overdraft fees are the worst. No one wants to get them, and chances are good when you do it’s not because you were intentionally spending money you didn’t have, it’s because you misjudged how much cash you still had in your account and accidentally bought a pack of gum or something else that’s now resulted in a very…

Unlike actors and Ashton Kutcher, cartoon characters can’t decide what products or ideologies they endorse in their off-time. Snoopy has no say in whether he sells MetLife. The Ninja Turtles most definitely get high—they are pizza-eating sword collectors named after artists—but they have to warn kids off drugs anyway.…

The Orionid meteor shower is in town this week, and its visit will peak over the weekend, as trips usually do. If you’re hoping to catch a glimpse of one of the best light shows in the solar system, Jane Houston Jones of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has recommended (via Time) that if stargazers look up from their…

When we rounded up our staff’s Weekly Upgrades last Friday, our editors were exploring mindfulness meditation, adding extra exercise into our days, and tweaking our entertainment habits.

There are a lot of people that will tell you those brain training games won’t make you any smarter, and that’s true for the most part. But a recent study suggests you can boost your brain power with the right type of focused training.