In Chrome’s settings, click the menu button (three dots, top right corner) and choose Settings. Click Privacy and Security and then Cookies and other site data. Click on Allow all cookies to allow sites to save and read cookie data. Here we’re going to put that right. We’ll explain all the key privacy controls in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple’s Safari, and Microsoft Edge, and clarify how to limit how much of your data companies see....
At its core, a Lazy Susan is just a circular cutting board on top of a smaller circular cutting board with turntable hardware sandwiched in between. The end result looks impressive, but don’t be intimidated—it’s a project anyone with moderate woodworking skill can handle. I built mine 18 inches in diameter from maple, with walnut accents, but there are numerous ways to customize yours. Maybe you want to use different types of wood, flip the boards so the edge or end grain is visible, or even burn designs into your piece....
Provide access to fresh water The most persistent threat to wildlife during hot weather is dehydration. Like humans, most of the animals you’re likely to find in your yard or neighborhood need constant access to water in order to survive. You can help by making natural water sources easier to reach, or by providing your own. If you happen to have a natural source of fresh water on your property, like a pond or stream, do your part to help wildlife access it by clearing debris away from the banks....
Which method is right for you depends on your budget, how often you’re planning on using Windows, and how old your Mac is. We’ve covered both here so you can take your pick or switch between the two if you need to. And just in case you’re wondering, you can’t run macOS on a Windows computer—at least not easily. Apple doesn’t make its software available for non-Apple computers, so if you want to try your luck, you’ll need to follow unofficial workarounds that you may feel are more trouble than they’re worth....
You wouldn’t know it from my rating, but I’ve been playing chess for 30 years, and I’ve been passing on my love for the game to my kids since they were four. They took to it very quickly, and two years later, they can play semi-competent games against me, one another, and online AI programs. Once your kids have a basic understanding of the game on the starter board, you can introduce the Strategy Storybook, which features another batch of stories, this time focused on openings, pawn play, learning how to make plans, and understanding your opponent’s....
More room on your computer screen means more space to spread out that spreadsheet, keeping a Netflix stream running in the background, monitoring multiple social media displays, comparing two websites, and much, much more. To obtain this virtual real estate, you could set up a separate monitor, but there’s a cheaper solution: Create a virtual desktop—a separate screen that you can visit by pressing a single key. Windows, macOS, and Chrome OS all come with built-in tools to let you set up several virtual desktops on a single physical monitor....
Below that, you’ll see the day of the week, the date, and the time the photo was taken. Tap Adjust next to this information to, well, adjust it. This can be helpful if you downloaded or received a file from someone else and want it to have the correct date. Once you enter the adjustment menu, you’ll see the original date and time (which you can’t change), and the adjusted date and time....
Planetary scientists used Hubble data to observe the Great Red Spot on Jupiter between 2009 and 2020, capturing a full Jovian orbit around the sun. During that time, Hubble detected that the wind speeds on the outer edges of the storm picked up by 8 percent. Today, wind velocity can get up to 100 meters per second (that’s 223 mph or 360 kph)—whereas at the start of the study period, that measure was more typically in the low 90s....
The composition of our air and water is different from what it was even a few decades ago. There is over 20 percent more CO2 in the atmosphere today than in 1980. Our oceans are about 25 percent more acidic than they were pre- industrial revolution. We’ve fundamentally altered somewhere between three-quarters and 95 percent of the land on earth through infrastructure, agriculture, and resource extraction. And, although exact numbers vary, scientists generally agree we’re losing biodiversity at a dramatic rate....
In Switzerland, climate researcher Martha Vogel found relief by swimming in Lake Zurich. But trying to work in her south-facing office without air conditioning became a real challenge. She left the windows open at night and closed the shutters against the sun during the day, making conditions a bit more tolerable. Her building was near the lake, which also helped. But the experience left her convinced it was important “to investigate the 2018 event from a climate perspective,” she said....
Here are some great cleats that will prevent you from slipping or busting your tush on ice. Make sure you order one size up so they’ll fit over your winter shoes. The Limms Crampons Ice Traction Cleats come in four sizes: small, medium, large, and extra-large. These cleats can fit women sizes 4 to 12 and men sizes 3 to 13. They’re made of elastic rubber that’s flexible enough to fit over your shoes, but strong enough to withstand the winter conditions....
Unless you’re going to a crowded venue, getting fully vaccinated now officially means you can go maskless outdoors. That’s according to updated guidance from the Centers for Disease Control released on Tuesday. Fully vaccinated, of course, means not just that you’ve had both shots of either the Moderna or Pfizer COVID vaccines (or one shot of the Johnson & Johnson option), but that you’ve waited two weeks after the final dose....
Just last week, the company made the national switch over to its new Queso Blanco. It’s Chipotle’s third official attempt to create a creamy cheese sauce; the makeover process began when Nevielle Panthaky took over as vice president of culinary and menu development roughly two years ago. “When I started with the organization, I was asked what I thought about the queso,” Panthaky tells me over the phone. “As a consumer, a culinarian, and someone who has been in the industry for a long time, I felt it had opportunity....
The chambers are divided into two areas: tropic and arctic. Josh Bulotsky, the electrical engineer who manages the lab, can control every aspect of each climate. Two 500-horsepower cooling systems and a heater create –70°F to 165°F temperatures; dehumidifiers and water misters produce 10 to 90 percent humidity; sprinkler heads simulate rain; and a snow machine makes winter storms. In the chambers, soldiers sometimes walk on treadmills that fit five people (to simulate a group march)....
On Friday, March 13, the Georgia Department of Health reported 42 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and one death due to the disease caused by the virus. Over the weekend, the number of cases statewide nearly tripled. Doctors in Carrollton, a west Georgia town 20 miles from the Alabama border, had been sending patient samples to LabCorp, a national testing facility, for a week. None of the results had come back yet....
Instant Ph.D. Essential Jargon Visible Universe: In the first 380,000 years after the big bang, any photons created were immediately re-absorbed, which means there was no light in the universe. Because light takes a certain amount of time to reach us, that 380,000-year period is the wall that determines how far into the past, and thus how far out in space, we can see. Although it’s probably impossible to directly observe anything beyond the visible universe, phenomena like dark flow, which may show the influence of very distant structures on the universe we can see, can help us reconstruct what’s out there....
The findings are being presented at this year’s American Academy of Pediatrics conference on Monday, but before we get into details let’s acknowledge that soup burns sound a little bit silly. Countless Americans have nostalgic memories of eating instant ramen in their dorm room or when they were home sick from school. Soup cups seem benign. But if you’ve never been on the receiving end of a truly severe scalding, you’re probably underestimating how bad these burns really are....
In its abundant spare time, the rover has been tweeting interplanetary snark from the @SarcasticRover Twitter account. On Sol 1128, Sarcastic Rover took a break from her science job to talk to us about Martian life and what it’s like ‘doing a science’ on the Red Planet. NOTE: Sarcastic Rover is a hilarious Twitter account run by a human on Earth and is not affiliated with NASA. Is there life on Mars?...
iPod Touch What’s Good: The new hardware is great. The thing is super thin, and slightly more square and less tapered than previous generations. Feels a little bit retro and more substantial. The colors are nice, too, although Apple sent me some kind of horrible chartreuse color, like rancid metallic space-mustard. Don’t get that one! The new, longer screen still has that stellar resolution pixel density, clarity, and color that the modern iPod Touch and iPhones have....
