Science & Space

Rockets, engines, weather and the way things work, explained for the curious and not the specialist.

The lasagna is the wrong meal for someone on chemo

Smell is the enemy, food aversions are permanent, and everybody shows up on the wrong day. What to cook instead, and when to carry it over.

GuideLifeCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

One page on the fridge beats a four-hour drive

Set this up while nothing's wrong, and the next 11 p.m. phone call doesn't turn into a panic and a rental car.

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Plan a cook for eight people

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GuideTravelDean Shaw23 Sept 20265 min

Pick the honeymoon number first, then pick the place

The first big thing you buy together shouldn't arrive with a balance. Do the arithmetic, then choose the beach.

GermProof.com — An invisible germ barrier on your skin for hours

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Food6 min read

Buying a side of beef without drowning in ground beef

Hanging weight, cut sheets, freezer math and the four decisions that determine whether you eat well for a year or stare at 90 pounds of chuck.

Poll

How many days a week are you actually training?

GuideLifeCal Brennan23 Sept 20265 min

Twenty books worth reading this year and how to finish them

Twenty pages a night gets you through all of them, and you're allowed to quit any one of them at page fifty.

GuideTravelDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

Most scams abroad run the same four plays

Learn the shape of the con and the taxi line stops being scary, the crowded metro stops being scary, and you get your vacation back.

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GuideFoodWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

The turkey is easy, the clock is what gets you

Buy a smaller bird, salt it two days early, cook to temperature instead of time, and give yourself an oven you can actually use.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next fortnight.

GuideLifeCal Brennan23 Sept 20265 min

Do one room a month and the house changes by spring

Skip the weekend blitz. Ninety minutes, one room, and everything in the trunk before dinner.

GuideTravelDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

Buy travel insurance for the medevac, not the lost bag

Most policies get sold on baggage and bought on fear. The parts worth paying for are medical, evacuation, and a 14-day clock most people miss.

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Build me a 30-day training plan around two sessions a week

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GuideFoodWes Dunbar23 Sept 20265 min

Your pie crust shrank because you didn't let it rest

Pastry isn't a recipe problem. It's a temperature and time problem, and both of those are free.

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GuideLifeCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Don't make the big decision in the first year

Order fifteen death certificates, put the ambush days on the calendar, and keep three things fixed. What the first year after a loss actually asks of you.

Poll

How often do you see your closest friends?

GuideTravelDean Shaw23 Sept 20265 min

Ask these questions before you wire the fishing lodge deposit

The nightly rate is maybe two-thirds of what you'll actually pay, and the answers to six questions decide whether the week is worth it.

GuideFoodWes Dunbar23 Sept 20265 min

A pot of bones on Sunday is worth five dinners

Stock is the cheapest thing in your kitchen and the easiest to ruin. Keep it under a boil, chill it fast, and five soups get better.

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GuideLifeCal Brennan23 Sept 20265 min

The letter you keep meaning to write takes eleven minutes

A stamp costs under a dollar and a half-page note outlives every text you'll ever send. Here's the shape, and the seven people who've earned one.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

Six questions. No email required, no sales pitch at the end.

Travel5 min

Draw a 350-mile circle and book the trip inside it

Food5 min

Your grilled chicken burns because the whole grill is hot

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Rewrite my CV so it actually gets read

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GuideLifeCal Brennan23 Sept 20265 min

Three lines a night is all the journal you need

Skip the feelings, the leather cover and the morning routine. A composition notebook and ninety seconds will do more for you than any of it.

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Travel6 min read

Two nights, ninety minutes away, and one page of instructions

The anniversary weekend works when you plan the handoff harder than the hotel. Do the boring part Thursday, and Saturday takes care of itself.

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When did you last ask for a raise?

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