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Cloth Masks Don’t Protect Against Wildfire Smoke

Travel

2 years ago

Cloth Masks Don’t Protect Against Wildfire Smoke

Beth Skwarecki

Use Physical Tokens to Count Your Exercise Sets

Health

2 years ago

Use Physical Tokens to Count Your Exercise Sets

Beth Skwarecki

Health

2 years ago

Tackle a Hill Head-On During Your Run

Beth Skwarecki

Health

2 years ago

Seriously, Don’t Look at the Sun, Ever

David Murphy on Vitals, shared by David Murphy to Lifehacker

1

Health

2 years ago

You Need to Run Slower

Beth Skwarecki

2

Jolt Yourself Awake With the Siri Voice Swearing at You

Health

2 years ago

Jolt Yourself Awake With the Siri Voice Swearing at You

Beth Skwarecki

Health

2 years ago

Go Somewhere New for a Run or Hike

Beth Skwarecki

What It’s Like to Live With a DIY Exercise Bike

Health

2 years ago

What It’s Like to Live With a DIY Exercise Bike

Beth Skwarecki

1

How to Lift in Kilos When You’re Used to Pounds

Travel

2 years ago

How to Lift in Kilos When You’re Used to Pounds

Beth Skwarecki

1

Health

2 years ago

What You Should Know About Colon Cancer

Angela Hatem

How to Make the Most of Limited Gym Time

Health

2 years ago

How to Make the Most of Limited Gym Time

Beth Skwarecki

The Medical Screenings All Women Need, and When

Health

2 years ago

The Medical Screenings All Women Need, and When

Caroline Weinberg

No, COVID Deaths Aren’t ‘Only 6%’ of What’s Documented

Health

2 years ago

No, COVID Deaths Aren’t ‘Only 6%’ of What’s Documented

Beth Skwarecki

Health

2 years ago

Take a Free Course on COVID-19 From MIT

Beth Skwarecki

1

Our Last Sandbag Exercise Is the Flippy Sandbag Clean

Health

2 years ago

Our Last Sandbag Exercise Is the Flippy Sandbag Clean

Beth Skwarecki

Health

2 years ago

Let’s Do Some Sandbag Carries

Beth Skwarecki

Here’s Why Mosquitoes Bite Some People More Than Others

Health

2 years ago

Here’s Why Mosquitoes Bite Some People More Than Others

Beth Skwarecki

Health

2 years ago

What Can I Do About My Tonsil Stones?

Beth Skwarecki

1

No, Your Phone Doesn’t Have a ‘COVID-19 Sensor’

Communicate

2 years ago

No, Your Phone Doesn’t Have a ‘COVID-19 Sensor’

David Murphy

Health

2 years ago

Exercise Shouldn’t Feel Horrible

Beth Skwarecki

Mindfulness Meditation Isn’t For Everyone

Health

2 years ago

Mindfulness Meditation Isn’t For Everyone

Beth Skwarecki

Do Not Freak Out About Coronavirus on Frozen Chicken

Travel

2 years ago

Do Not Freak Out About Coronavirus on Frozen Chicken

Beth Skwarecki

5

Health

2 years ago

Beware of Fake COVID ‘Studies’

Beth Skwarecki

Travel

2 years ago

What to Expect When You Get a Vasectomy

Joel Cunningham

You Don’t Truly Build a Habit Until After You Break Your Streak

Life

2 years ago

You Don’t Truly Build a Habit Until After You Break Your Streak

Beth Skwarecki

No, Neck Gaiters Weren’t Proven to be Worse Than No Face Mask

Health

2 years ago

No, Neck Gaiters Weren’t Proven to be Worse Than No Face Mask

Beth Skwarecki

Health

2 years ago

Do These Prison-Style Exercises at Home

Beth Skwarecki

1

Life

2 years ago

Let’s Lift Some Sandbags

Beth Skwarecki

Record Gym Videos and Play Music at the Same Time

Travel

2 years ago

Record Gym Videos and Play Music at the Same Time

Beth Skwarecki

We Still Don’t Know All the Long-Term Consequences of ‘Mild’ COVID-19

Travel

2 years ago

We Still Don’t Know All the Long-Term Consequences of ‘Mild’ COVID-19

Beth Skwarecki

The Medical Screenings All Men Need, and When

Health

2 years ago

The Medical Screenings All Men Need, and When

Caroline Weinberg

Health

2 years ago

Use Your Chair for a Home Workout

Beth Skwarecki

Can Liquid Chalk Really Double as a Hand Sanitiser?

Travel

2 years ago

Can Liquid Chalk Really Double as a Hand Sanitiser?

Beth Skwarecki

Travel

2 years ago

We’re Still in the First Wave

Elizabeth Yuko

That Viral Video About a COVID-19 ‘Cure’ Is Wrong

Travel

2 years ago

That Viral Video About a COVID-19 ‘Cure’ Is Wrong

Beth Skwarecki

Get Out of Your Chair and Do Some Downward Dogs

Health

2 years ago

Get Out of Your Chair and Do Some Downward Dogs

Beth Skwarecki

Travel

2 years ago

Should You Get An Electric Bike?

Melissa Kirsch

10

How to Make the Most of a Telehealth Doctor Visit

Travel

2 years ago

How to Make the Most of a Telehealth Doctor Visit

Elizabeth Yuko

What I Learned From Four Months of Lifting Outdoors

Travel

2 years ago

What I Learned From Four Months of Lifting Outdoors

Beth Skwarecki

How to Know When It’s Time for New Running Shoes

Travel

2 years ago

How to Know When It’s Time for New Running Shoes

Beth Skwarecki

It’s Even More Important to Get Your Flu Shot This Year

Travel

2 years ago

It’s Even More Important to Get Your Flu Shot This Year

Beth Skwarecki

Health

2 years ago

Why You Can Smell a Fart Through a Mask

Beth Skwarecki

3

How to Meditate With Headspace on Snapchat

Travel

2 years ago

How to Meditate With Headspace on Snapchat

Emily Long

Health

2 years ago

How to Choose a Prenatal Vitamin

Christina Szalinski

Health

2 years ago

Get Up and Do Some Arm Circles

Beth Skwarecki

How to Keep Track of All the Potential Coronavirus Treatments

Health

2 years ago

How to Keep Track of All the Potential Coronavirus Treatments

Beth Skwarecki

It’s Time to Reduce Stress With Some Virtual Forest Bathing

Life

2 years ago

It’s Time to Reduce Stress With Some Virtual Forest Bathing

Beth Skwarecki

Life

2 years ago

Washing Your Hands Is Still Important

Beth Skwarecki

Should You Give an Unsolicited Form Check?

Life

2 years ago

Should You Give an Unsolicited Form Check?

Beth Skwarecki

Travel

2 years ago

Fix a Too-Loose Mask With Two Knots

Beth Skwarecki

Why Masks Feel Uncomfortable Even When You’re Breathing Just Fine

Life

2 years ago

Why Masks Feel Uncomfortable Even When You’re Breathing Just Fine

Beth Skwarecki

These Are the 10 Best Things in My Gym Bag

Life

2 years ago

These Are the 10 Best Things in My Gym Bag

Beth Skwarecki

Travel

2 years ago

Can You Catch COVID-19 Twice?

Beth Skwarecki

Health

2 years ago

Get Up and Go for a Walk Already

Beth Skwarecki

Do Homemade Face Masks Help Stop The Spread Of The Coronavirus?

Health

2 years ago

Do Homemade Face Masks Help Stop The Spread Of The Coronavirus?

Beth Skwarecki

1

Health

2 years ago

Any COVID-19 ‘Cure’ Is a Scam

Beth Skwarecki

Health

2 years ago

Don’t Keep Wipes in Your Car

Beth Skwarecki

1

Get a Custom Playlist with Spotify’s ‘Soundtrack Your Workout’ Tool

Travel

2 years ago

Get a Custom Playlist with Spotify’s ‘Soundtrack Your Workout’ Tool

Emily Long

Look Up Past Race Results to Compete With People in Your Age Group

Productivity

2 years ago

Look Up Past Race Results to Compete With People in Your Age Group

Beth Skwarecki

Health

2 years ago

Risk Isn’t Just About You

Beth Skwarecki

1

It’s Not Healthy to Feel Super Guilty About Calories

Life

2 years ago

It’s Not Healthy to Feel Super Guilty About Calories

Beth Skwarecki on Vitals, shared by Beth Skwarecki to Lifehacker

Well, at Least We Aren’t Facing a Bubonic Plague Pandemic

Health

2 years ago

Well, at Least We Aren’t Facing a Bubonic Plague Pandemic

Beth Skwarecki

Can You Still Go to the Doctor During a Pandemic?

Travel

2 years ago

Can You Still Go to the Doctor During a Pandemic?

Joel Kahn

Wash All Your Fruit, Even the Kind You Peel

Travel

2 years ago

Wash All Your Fruit, Even the Kind You Peel

Beth Skwarecki

Wait, Are We Going to Have Two Pandemics?

Health

2 years ago

Wait, Are We Going to Have Two Pandemics?

Beth Skwarecki

1

Travel

2 years ago

Snag Cheap Home Gym Equipment Right Now

Beth Skwarecki

Your Visual Reminder That Covid Is Way More Than the Flu

Travel

2 years ago

Your Visual Reminder That Covid Is Way More Than the Flu

Beth Skwarecki

How Masks Protect Us From the Coronavirus

Health

2 years ago

How Masks Protect Us From the Coronavirus

Beth Skwarecki

Life

2 years ago

The Best Remedies for Common Headaches

Thorin Klosowski and Joel Cunningham

How to Do Pull-Ups Without a Pull-Up Bar

Health

2 years ago

How to Do Pull-Ups Without a Pull-Up Bar

Beth Skwarecki

Reminder: Sunscreen Spray Can Be Flammable

Life

2 years ago

Reminder: Sunscreen Spray Can Be Flammable

Beth Skwarecki

Should You Wear a Clear Plastic Face Shield?

Health

2 years ago

Should You Wear a Clear Plastic Face Shield?

Beth Skwarecki

Health

2 years ago

How to Combine Lifting and Running

Beth Skwarecki

Why You Should Never Dilute Bleach With Hot Water

Home

2 years ago

Why You Should Never Dilute Bleach With Hot Water

Beth Skwarecki

Travel

2 years ago

How to Treat a Bad Sunburn

Beth Skwarecki

Is It Safe to Stay in an Airbnb Right Now?

Life

2 years ago

Is It Safe to Stay in an Airbnb Right Now?

Beth Skwarecki

How to Calm Your Dog When There Are Fireworks Going Off

Travel

2 years ago

How to Calm Your Dog When There Are Fireworks Going Off

Beth Skwarecki

Health

2 years ago

How to Carry a Key While Running

Beth Skwarecki

Travel

2 years ago

Challenge Yourself With Shrimp Squats

Beth Skwarecki

If Someone in Your Home Has COVID-19, Do These Things First

Health

2 years ago

If Someone in Your Home Has COVID-19, Do These Things First

Beth Skwarecki

Transcribe Anti-Slavery Letters to Help Historians

Travel

2 years ago

Transcribe Anti-Slavery Letters to Help Historians

Beth Skwarecki

How to Help Your Memory When Stress Is Taking Its Toll

Travel

2 years ago

How to Help Your Memory When Stress Is Taking Its Toll

Rachel Fairbank on Vitals, shared by Rachel Fairbank to Lifehacker

How to Tell If That New COVID-19 Story Is Worth Getting Excited About

Health

2 years ago

How to Tell If That New COVID-19 Story Is Worth Getting Excited About

Beth Skwarecki on Vitals, shared by Beth Skwarecki to Lifehacker

It’s Time to Ask Us Your Burning Health Questions

Travel

2 years ago

It’s Time to Ask Us Your Burning Health Questions

Beth Skwarecki on Vitals, shared by Beth Skwarecki to Lifehacker

Track the Coronavirus’s R₀ by U.S. State

Travel

2 years ago

Track the Coronavirus’s R₀ by U.S. State

Beth Skwarecki

To Motivate Yourself to Train, Start With a Question

Life

2 years ago

To Motivate Yourself to Train, Start With a Question

Beth Skwarecki on Vitals, shared by Beth Skwarecki to Lifehacker

You Can Still Use a Personal Trainer During the Pandemic

Travel

2 years ago

You Can Still Use a Personal Trainer During the Pandemic

Rachel Fairbank

Travel

2 years ago

Please Don’t Disinfect Your Skin

Beth Skwarecki

Travel

2 years ago

How to Use Water Jugs as Weights

Beth Skwarecki

Coconut Water Doesn’t Hydrate You Better Than Water During Exercise

Life

2 years ago

Coconut Water Doesn’t Hydrate You Better Than Water During Exercise

Stephanie Lee

Home

2 years ago

How Do ‘Acoustic Weapons’ Work?

Rachel Fairbank

Underestimate Yourself When You Return To The Gym

Travel

2 years ago

Underestimate Yourself When You Return To The Gym

Beth Skwarecki

What We Actually Know About Asymptomatic Transmission

Health

2 years ago

What We Actually Know About Asymptomatic Transmission

Beth Skwarecki

Travel

2 years ago

‘Less Lethal’ Police Weapons, Explained

Rachel Fairbank

How To Shout At A Protest Without Wrecking Your Voice

Travel

2 years ago

How To Shout At A Protest Without Wrecking Your Voice

Beth Skwarecki on Vitals, shared by Beth Skwarecki to Lifehacker

Why Advice On Masks Seems To Be Constantly Changing

Health

2 years ago

Why Advice On Masks Seems To Be Constantly Changing

Beth Skwarecki

How Police Brutality In The U.S. Compares To Other Countries

Travel

2 years ago

How Police Brutality In The U.S. Compares To Other Countries

Rachel Fairbank

2

What It Means When A City Records No New COVID-19 Deaths

Travel

2 years ago

What It Means When A City Records No New COVID-19 Deaths

Rachel Fairbank

How To Get A Full Body Workout With A Pair Of Paper Plates

Travel

2 years ago

How To Get A Full Body Workout With A Pair Of Paper Plates

Beth Skwarecki

If You’re In The U.S., Call Your Mayor About These Specific Police Reforms

Travel

2 years ago

If You’re In The U.S., Call Your Mayor About These Specific Police Reforms

Beth Skwarecki

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