At least once every winter, someone will repeat how you should wear a hat in cold weather because you lose 60% (or some other arbitrary percentage) of heat through your head. I’ll bet someone, probably your mom, has already told you that this year. But is it actually true? Like a lot of things in…

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This week we take a look at Kendrick Lamar’s surprise new album, delve into the world of banned brainrot words in classrooms, find out what “jugging” means, and look at how easy it is to grift people with a cryptocurrency. What a world! Why is everyone talking about Kendrick Lamar’s GNX? On Friday at noon,…

The internet’s disinformation merchants are, for some reason, focusing their energy and algorithms on one man this week: Elon Musk. In real life, Musk is the richest man in the world and has been tapped to head the newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) during the upcoming Trump administration, so it makes sense that…

Everyone watched the Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul “fight,” but the young people you’d think would be pulling for “their” guy didn’t seem evident online or in person. The fight was a bucket of ice water dumped on everyone’s head, but it taught young people an important lesson: Someday, they too will be diminished by…

A cup of Starbucks’ coffee has never been cheap, but this is ridiculous. Recently Lifehacker’s Senior Technology Editor, Jake Peterson , was searching for info on Starbuck’s new line of coffees (like he does), and a google search revealed that the company’s Caramel Brûlée Latte costs $410. Credit: Stephen Johnson/Google A Salted Pecan Crunch Cold…

We’re become a nation of squares. Young people are drinking less, doing fewer drugs, having less sex, and generally not partying as heartily as previous generations. Back in my day, we used to get strangers pregnant and binge drink until we nearly died of alcohol poisoning every damn weekend! Where to begin figuring out what’s…

It’s crunch time. You’ve just googled the phrases “last minute costume,” “low effort costume,” and “the laziest possible Halloween costume,” and found your way to me. I get it. You don’t have the time, energy, budget, or willpower to execute a “good” Halloween costume. But is it not good to save your effort and hard-earned…

Are you already planning out your 2025 resolutions? Not so fast—this tweet from The New York Post has been viewed over 15 million times: This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed. Baba Vanga, a blind seer from Bulgaria, isn’t alone in her prediction the End Times will start next…

This week’s trip into the hidden world of younger people features a new drug cocktail, moldy food from Mr. Beast, Halloween trends and way more. So get yourself a spoonful of pink cocaine and read on. What exactly is pink cocaine? After One Direction singer Liam Payne died, the initial toxicology report revealed the 31-year-old…