Pocket’s Top-Saved Stories of the Week: July 27, 2024

Try a few simple tips and lifestyle changes to minimize hand, eye and brain problems.

Catching it early can be a matter of life or death.

To help people clear cluttered fridges and reduce food waste, researchers in Tokyo are testing simple organisational techniques – and all you need to get started is some tape and a few stickers.

30 of the greatest comedies ever made, from the silent era right up through today.

Fact: Salmonella, Staphylococcus aureus, and E. coli can live up to 16 days in your trusty sponge.

Six people were found dead in a locked hotel room - but what happened remains unclear.

Covid cases are on the rise this summer, gauged by rising wastewater measures and an increase in hospitalizations.

It may seem off-putting at first, but in time we’ll all be thankful.

How geology resolves the Fermi paradox.

How to finally wrap your mind around the uniquely counterintuitive Monty Hall dilemma.

Family estrangement, gaslighting phrases to know, and the rideshare mafia queen who made millions through fraud.