Pocket’s Top-Saved Stories of the Week: September 7, 2024

Powering off your phone regularly, disabling Bluetooth, and using only trusted accessories are just a few of the NSA’s security recommendations. Here’s what else to know.

Experts explain what these phrases imply — and why you often use them without realizing their impact.

A growing movement wants to destigmatize severing ties. Is it a much-needed corrective, or a worrisome change in family relations?

From skipping ropes to kettlebells, six leading PTs reveal the best home fitness equipment, for all ages and abilities – and the kit you don’t need.

Saturn’s awe-inspiring rings are the most iconic celestial feature in our solar system. They will vanish in about six months from now.

A new study suggests that waves of aging-related changes occur at two distinct points in our life.

The point is to get beyond the dreaded small talk.

It took ten days for two researchers to turn on each other, each claiming to have found new evidence of when the asteroid hit Earth.

This list prioritizes what you should do first in a crisis.

Few things symbolize our national dysfunction as much as this accursed coin, which we mint by the millions because it’s too worthless to spend.

The history of Teflon, the importance of your big toes, and why folding clothes is a scam.