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40 genius ways to get better sleep for under $30

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Mic · Sep 1, 2021

The 8 best exfoliators for men

Cleansers are great for busting daily grime, but if you’re not using a scrub every so often, it’s tough to get the most out of your skincare game. The best exfoliators for men — or for pretty much anyone —slough off dry skin to eliminate everything…

Mic · Aug 31, 2021

'Jeopardy!' finally got rid of Mike Richards, for real this time

In normal times, Jeopardy! is a sleepy stalwart of network TV. It's comfort viewing for smarty-pants types, devoid of drama outside its contestants' mad dash to buzz in and answer a query in question form. The surprise appointment of Jeopardy!…

Mic · Aug 31, 2021

12 albums that saved our summer in purgatory

The return of music festivals — one of the final markers of a true exit from the pandemic, in all its sweaty claustrophobia — might be doubling back on itself, but music itself made a big clamor this summer. Some big releases are still stewing:…

Mic · Aug 31, 2021

Can you recycle pizza boxes? How to handle the most confusing "recyclables"

Reduce, reuse, recycle. So many of us heard those three words repeatedly when growing up. And yet, despite the simple phrase, recycling in the U.S. is anything but. In fact, the complexities of U.S. recycling have many of us constantly asking…

Mic · Aug 30, 2021

The unexpected ways wildfire smoke can mess with your body

Wildfires burning in the western U.S. are sending smoke into communities far from the fires themselves, creating hazardous air for days or weeks at a time. A lot of people are wondering: What does breathing all that smoke do to our bodies? Wildfire…

Mic · Aug 30, 2021

Kanye West's 'DONDA' rollout ended just as it started: a mess

After three stadium-sized listening sessions, crowd sourcing album help on Discord, and multiple different versions of the album digitally passed around with reckless abandon like COVID-19, we finally got our ears on Kanye West's 27-track 10th…

Mic · Aug 30, 2021

A woman demanded a doctor treat her husband's COVID with horse dewormer. A judge backed her up

First it was sunlight and bleach. Then came hydroxychloroquine. Now, as the coronavirus pandemic surges to new, deadly heights across the country, a sizable portion of the population has decided that a common barnyard deworming agent is the real…

Mic · Aug 30, 2021

Hurricane Ida, supercharged by climate change, was a terrifying preview of the future

Hurricane Ida, a Category 4 storm that rapidly intensified over the weekend, made landfall in the United States on Sunday, bringing with it chaos, devastation, and a reminder that climate change is going to make life hell for the foreseeable…

Mic · Aug 30, 2021

Hospitals are running out of oxygen. Again

Surging Delta rates are taxing all our systems, but none so much as our healthcare system. COVID-19 hospitalizations are surging, especially in the South, where many ICUs are over capacity mostly with unvaccinated patients. Unfortunately, the influx…

Mic · Aug 30, 2021