It fell in the toilet. Your clumsy partner knocked a glass of water onto it. You forgot it was in your pocket when you jumped into the pool. That’s just a few of the hundreds of ways your phone could come into life-threatening contact with liquid. Now what? Well, definitely don’t stick it in rice. … Read more
The voluntary carbon offset market will reach $250 billion by 2050 from $2 billion in 2020, according to estimates made by Morgan Stanley. However, awareness of the monetary and environmental benefits associated with carbon credits is low. Generally speaking, carbon offsets are granted when an organization or company engages in a practice that reduces CO2 … Read more
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Getting water on phones happens to the best of us. Lucky for us, there’s one household staple the internet consistently suggests will draw that liquid out and save phones: uncooked rice. But contrary to popular advice, Apple, like most people in tech support, explicitly advises against putting your wet phone in a bag of rice. … Read more
The rice cookers we tested fell into three loose categories: small, affordable devices, midrange multicookers and specialized, high-end rice cookers. Each mini rice cooker we tested, including the $19 Imusa 3-cup the $25 Dash mini 2-cup rice cooker (currently out of stock) and the $20 Black & Decker 3-cup rice cooker offered decent, small servings of white rice — although … Read more
A few months ago, we learned that if you eat food that’s been sitting out too long, it could lead to serious health complications. And, in rare cases, it could cause death. It is a phenomenon that some medical experts refer to as “Fried Rice Syndrome”: Now people across the internet are pointing out another … Read more
December and January are traditionally lighter months for publishing, but February is ramping things back up again—just in time for picking out a book for your Valentine (or yourself)! Romance is a theme this month—but you’ll also find space adventures, inter-dimensional hijinks, magical libraries, monsters, and more. What Makes Immortal Longings an Epic Fantasy? | … Read more
Lurking inside your reheated fried rice is a dangerous bacterial killer—at least, that’s what you might think after watching one of the latest viral videos shared on TikTok and other social media platforms. There is a grain of truth to this claim, and you should try to properly store your leftovers, but the risks of … Read more
The cast of the new Mean Girls musical movie celebrated the film at a red carpet premiere in the Big Apple, just down the street from where the Broadway show was performed! Angourie Rice and Renee Rapp were joined by their castmates at the event on Monday night (January 8) at AMC Lincoln Square 13 … Read more
ACCRA, Ghana — A chef in Ghana has been preparing banku and other regional dishes on live TV since New Year’s Day as she tries to break a world record for marathon cooking — an attempt being cheered on and widely celebrated in this West African nation. Failatu Abdul-Razak had cooked for over 110 hours … Read more
Get in, losers, there’s a new Mean Girls movie coming! On Wednesday, Paramount shared the first trailer for the upcoming comedy, which updates the beloved 2004 film with inspiration from the successful Broadway musical that followed — both of which were written and produced by Tina Fey. “It felt like we could kind of have the … Read more