Latest articles and news for January 26, 2024
Housekeeping tips: Clean your gamepad safely
When taking good care of your electronic devices, you should be twice as careful, so you won't break them. Items like gamepads are usually well-protected from accidental spills and dust, but they still can be easily damaged.
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Interior tips: Kitchen mistakes – things that make it look unappealing
Like any other room of your house, your kitchen illustrates your sense of style an your love for convenience and good design. Meanwhile, not just the design itself, but also some random objects in your kitchen can make it look unappealing.
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Gardening tips: How to grow asters like a pro
If you want your garden to be full of beautiful flowers, then you should try growing asters – they are pretty and low-maintenance! There are lots of different kinds of asters, but most of them are pretty easy to grow, and we'll explain how.
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Useful Tips: How to Clean Nubuck Shoes
Cleaning coarse dirt: use a brush or soft rag to shake off the dust; intensive treatment of stains: use a nubuck eraser; wet cleaning (if necessary): only with a well-wrung out cloth, without rubbing, using blotting movements.
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Food storage tips: Mold – how it appears in the fridge
When you leave some food on the table for a week, then you might expect it to become dry or moldy – it's a pretty natural thing to happen. Meanwhile, when you keep your food in the fridge, then you might expect it to stay safe from mold, but it still happens regularly.
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Tips from an Expert: How to Choose Material for a Sofa
Microfiber or faux suede is the most practical fabric for upholstering a sofa with amazing mechanical properties. Does not wear out, does not electrify, does not absorb liquid, is hypoallergenic and retains color.
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Nature is amazing: The most unusual snakes in the world
From all animals, snakes seem to be quite alike – these serpents only seem to have different sizes and colors. Meanwhile, snakes can also be amazing, because of their unique features and abilities.
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A new study: How memory works – generative AI can help
Have you ever wondered how a complicated mechanism of human memory works? Scientists have – so they've used a special generative AI tool to imitate human memory and research the patterns.
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Useful Tips: How to Clean a Frosted Glass Table
To clean frosted glass well, you need to choose a product with acetic acid or even ordinary vinegar. Instead of abrasive, you can use a suspension of crushed chalk at the rate of several tablespoons per glass of water.
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Housekeeping tips: Declutter your kitchen
When you feel like your kitchen has too many items lying around, or you don't have enough space for new items, then it's time for decluttering! Kitchen is a place that usually has lots of various items and food, so it can be easily cluttered and turned into a mess.
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Antelope: Interesting Facts – Amazing Nature
Lives in Africa and southern Asia. They live in herds. They feed on herbaceous vegetation, less often tree leaves. There are several groups of A., some of them are closer in origin to bulls, others to goats and rams.
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Interior tips: Holidays are over – store your Christmas decorations properly
Christmas decorations aren't present all the time – people usually use them for a month or a few weeks in winter, and then take them away. Meanwhile, if you have lots of them, then you should store them properly, so they won't break or create additional clutter.
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Expert Explanation: Why You Have Less Energy and Strength in Winter
In winter, the body produces more melatonin, a hormone that regulates sleep and wakefulness, while less serotonin, a hormone responsible for a good mood, is produced. That's why we feel more tired, both physically and emotionally.
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Gardening tips: Garden pests that can attack your houseplants
Some garden pests can only attack outdoor plants, because they only live there, but some pests can also live indoors. Houseplants are usually better protected from various pests and diseases, but they aren't completely safe, so you should be careful.
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Horse: Interesting Facts – Amazing Nature
Horses are amazing animals. They can rest while standing, run at a speed of 70 km/h and develop power of up to 15 horsepower. But they do not sleep standing up and can swim well, although sometimes they are afraid of water.
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Psychologist Explanation: What is Psychological Violence
Intimate relationship violence (also called domestic violence) is any form of mental, physical, sexual or economic violence that occurs between people who are or have been in a close relationship, including family relationships.
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Tea magic: Use different kinds of tea – they help your nervous system
People drink coffee to stay awake, and they drink tea to relax and calm down. It's not just a tradition – lots of kids of tea actually contain ingredients that can help your nervous system a lot.
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Pet owner's tips: The most common cat ear infections
Cats' ears are quite tender and sensitive, so they are often attacked by various infections. When an infection is pretty hard to cure, it's way easier to prevent it, or stop it at the very beginning.
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Safflower: Health Benefits – You Didn't Know About It
Safflower has been used in folk medicine for several centuries to treat diseases of the cardiovascular system, tumors, and improve blood circulation.
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A new discovery: Exercise separately – you'll be more physically active this way
Lots of couples decide to exercise together to motivate each other and make it more fun, but is it actually a good idea? A study reveals that older people who exercise with their spouse tend to demonstrate lower physical activity levels compared to those who exercise individually.
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