Just when you thought mankind's best friend couldn't get any better for our health—they already boost our immune systems and sniff out illnesses with their hyper-sensitive noses—here come the Covid-sniffing dogs. According to Smithsonian magazine, early studies, and some anecdotal evidence, indicate that dogs can detect cases with an amazing level of accuracy. The dogs'… READ THE REST
I have long considered off-the-shelf DNA tests to be a cute gimmick. If someone's too cheap to buy your non-anonymized data from a DNA service, they can just steal the database. 23andMe however has done some interesting research on long COVID here, but I won't be changing my mind. SFGate: A new unpublished study from… READ THE REST
New Covid cases in the U.S. are ticking up a bit, and so the federal government is offering 8 free home test kits per household. Order yours here, and a friendly mail carrier will bring the kits right to your door. READ THE REST
As much as you hate it, sometimes we have to search for things in places we never want to go, like the kitchen sink's drain, the dusty attic, or the spider-web-laden area underneath the house. Your shrieks might just bring music to their ears! But as much as we don't want to see what's in these… READ THE REST
Whether you have your own cookie business or run a celebrity gossip blog, having an unimpressive landing page can really slow things down. Sure, hiring a professional developer to create a website would be awesome, but their rates can be pretty steep, and that's not something you want to budget for these days. Just because… READ THE REST
How much of your Mac's storage space is actually stuff you use? Odds are good a significant portion of your hard drive is filled with untouched downloads, duplicate files, and apps you forgot existed. You may not have noticed it, but the gradual slowing of your computer could be due to all those files just sitting… READ THE REST