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Get Your Flu Shot Now—This Flu Season Will Likely Be Worse Than Last Year

Flu cases are on the rise, and the most common virus strain is a serious one.

Cotton Swabs Officially Declared Bad for Your Ears

Experts agree: Stop sticking things in your ears.

Genealogy Site FamilyTreeNow Knows Your Addresses and Family Members

Here's how you can opt out.

7 Tips for Traveling to Cuba

Traveling to Cuba is easier than ever—but that doesn't mean it's easy.

Here Are the Highest Paying Jobs in the U.S.

All those years in medical school really do pay off.

How Your Sloppy Email Subject Lines Are Affecting Your Work

A new analysis shows that we're more error-prone during the first day of the work week—and that these mistakes affect response rate.

Jokes Can Make You Look More Competent at Work

A new study finds that humor can make you look good at the office.

This Ingenious Snow Shovel Design Makes Clearing Your Driveway a Breeze

The Snow Wolf is designed to reduce your risk of injury while clearing your driveway.

8 Simple Ways to Speed Up Your Smartphone

Much like computers, smartphones can start to slow down after years, or even months, of use.

11 Kind, Free Things You Can Do for Yourself

Even the Energizer Bunny needs to recharge its batteries once in a while.

Alexa Now Offers Voice-Controlled Food Delivery From Amazon Restaurants

"Alexa, get me a pizza."

There's No Good Proof That Cough Medicines Actually Work

Yet we still spend billions of dollars on it per year.

Fisher-Price Wants to Give Tablet-Obsessed Kids a Workout With Their New “Toy” Exercise Bike

The toy company is making sure that no kids are missing out on exercise—even if they're glued to their tablets.

What to Do With Your Unwanted or Unusable Gift Cards

Did your aunt give you a gift card to a store you don’t even like? Get rid of it for cold, hard cash.

Finland Experiments With Basic Income for the Unemployed

It’s just a trial, but the Finnish government hopes it will reduce poverty and unemployment among the 2000 people selected for the experiment.

9 Ways Christmas Trees Are Reused After the Holidays

Discarded trees are the gifts that keep on giving.

Smart Vending Machines Will Dispense Locally Sourced Food and Drinks

A California startup is reinventing vending machine food.

5 Money Challenges to Try in 2017

If you’re looking to kick off a challenge on January 1, try one of these five free ones recommended by personal finance experts.

This Start-Up Fits a Whole Farm in a Box

If the holiday season has taught us anything, it’s that you can fit just about anything in a box—including the makings of a two-acre farm.

7 Tips for Achieving Your Goals From a Productivity Expert

Setting goals helps you focus your attention, get more done, and change your life.

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Pollution Can Give You High Blood Pressure

Prolonged exposure to dirty air can lead to an increased risk of hypertension.

15 Fitness Tips From 1800s Bodybuilder Eugen Sandow That Are Still Good Today

Sandow was one of the first fitness icons of the modern age, and he had some pretty solid advice for getting fit.

4 Questions That Will Impress Any Hiring Manager in an Interview

Be prepared when your interviewer turns the tables and asks if you have any questions.

7 Last-Minute Tax Breaks to Take Advantage of Before the End of the Year

It's not too late to save on your 2016 tax bill come April, but for some deductions you have to act before the end of the year.

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