How to Buy, Use, and Care for Nonstick Cookware
Nonstick cookware makes cooking easier, but it doesn’t necessarily make cooking better. It doesn’t sear as well as cast iron or stainless steel, its finicky finish is at odds with…
New Materials Will Bring the Next Generation of Quantum Computers
Technologies enabled by quantum science will help researchers better understand the natural world and harness quantum phenomena to benefit society. They will transform health care, transportation, and communications, and enhance…
The Biggest Threat to Humanity? Black Goo
Of course, you’re not supposed to know this. You’re not supposed to know that you’re being mind-controlled, right now, by a self-replicating mutagenic xeno-substance that was initially sold to us…
Are Nonstick Pans Bad For You?
Photo: Berka7 (Shutterstock) Nonstick pans are useful kitchen items. Our senior food and beverage editor Claire Lower won’t cook an over-easy egg or a thin pancake without one. But do…
Your Garage Door Needs More Lube
Photo: Charles Knowles (Shutterstock) Garage doors often get overlooked on our home maintenance lists unless and until they break. But keeping them running smoothly and preventing wear and tear can…
The One Thing You Should Never Put in Your Nonstick Pan
Photo: Dmitry Galaganov (Shutterstock) I love nonstick pans. I use mine mostly for frying eggs, pancakes, and breakfast potatoes—three of the stickier breakfast foods. I buy ‘em cheap, rarely wash…
What You Need Is a Dust-Reducing Houseplant
Photo: DimaBerlin (Shutterstock) While much has been written about plants being able to purify the air from harmful chemicals like formaldehyde, benzene, and volatile organic compounds (based on an oft-cited…
Stop Washing Your Nonstick Pan So Much (but Do This Instead)
Photo: Tacar (Shutterstock) I’m not one of those people who uses their cast iron pan for everything. I understand that it can be done, and I understand that a properly…
One Man’s Amazing Journey to the Center of the Bowling Ball
Sposato patented his diamond-shaped core, which he claims produces 20 percent more inertia than any competitor, and placed it in balls that he manufactured under the brand name Lane #1.…
We just figured out why shaving soft hair blunts steel razor blades
By Leah Crane Now we know why razor blades get dull so rapidlySujata Jana / EyeEm / Getty Images Razors may start sharp, but even though they only cut soft…