The ball drops, the train goes for a ride, the rabbit takes a zip-line, the balls hit the floor, triggering this mechanical spider, which turns on the shower, spraying water and knocking the bar of ...

Now is the perfect time to build a Rube Goldberg machine, says the legendary cartoonist's granddaughter. Popularized by the late American cartoonist's drawings, the machines are comically complex ...

It takes about seven minutes to make one bar of soap. Lavender, lemon grass, coffee or tea for example can be added to make the soap look pretty with inviting aromas. The Ukajede Foundation has been ...

There’s a reason why some social media cleaning “hacks” are only surfacing now, decades after domestic scientists and home economists developed many of the products and techniques still used today: ...

I’VE been writing on some weighty topics lately — too little money, too many choices, too few jobs. It’s time, I decided, to move on to some questions that haunt me almost every day. How much soap ...

Let’s take a moment to consider the afterlife of hotel bathroom amenities. Some soaps and toiletries are adopted by guests, transported in cosmetics bags and dopp kits to new sink countertops and ...

Post an animation on Reddit of a workable machine that looks neat and does something cool and the next day someone will have built it. That’s what happened when [The-Big-Ship] uploaded an animation of ...

TikTok has given us clever life hacks for everything from shutting cereal boxes to slicing hard-boiled eggs. But don't believe everything you see on social media: Some tips are actually just recipes ...

We all strive to keep our white clothes free of stains, yet they seem like a magnet for grease splatters and tomato sauce spills. Removing these stubborn stains is no easy task; from bleach to ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Soap bubbles, while delightful, aren’t known for their long ...

A few years ago I wrote about how I finally got rid of soap scrud from my washing machine after struggling with it for weeks. And I did get rid of it and enjoyed years of very little to no soap scrud ...