Another great benefit to picking the best outdoor storage box is that they can be used to store patio furniture cushions when not in use, preserving upholstery life spans potentially by years and keeping them clean and dry in between uses. After all, you don’t want your guests to sit on cushions that have been soiled by birds, rain, pollen, or other outdoor issues. Best overall: Suncast Resin Wicker Patio Outdoor Storage ContainerBest storage bench: Keter Eden Storage Bench Deck BoxBest storage shed: Rubbermaid Storage ShedBest bike storage: The YardStash IV Outdoor Storage Shed TentBest budget: Keter Marvel Plus Resin Outdoor Storage Box...

Best overall: Coleman RoadTrip 285 Portable Propane GrillBest all-in-one: Ninja OG701 Woodfire Outdoor 7-in-1 Master GrillBest for tailgating: Weber Q2200 Portable Propane GrillBest for city living: Cuisinart Electric Tabletop GrillBest for beach grilling: Fox Outfitters Folding Charcoal GrillBest budget: Weber Smokey Joe Premium How we chose the best portable grill There’s nothing better than food cooked on the grill. Portable grills allow you to bring a smile to everyone’s face with some grilled meats, corn, kebabs, and more....

Best for the far-away friend: Homesick CandlesBest self-care gift: Aroma Humidifier for Essential OilBest lotion: La Chatelaine Shea Hand Butter CreamBest seasonal candle giftset: Santa’s Naturals Christmas Candle BundleBest for wine drinkers: The Essential Scratch & Sniff Guide to Becoming a Wine Expert: Take a Whiff of ThatBest book: A Natural History of the Senses by Diane AckermanBest soap: Dr. Bronner’s Soap SamplesBest scent for her: Etat Libre d’Orange You Or Someone Like YouBest scent for him: L’homme By Yves Saint LaurentBest gender-neutral fragrance: MAISON MARGIELA ’REPLICA’ Jazz ClubBest candle: Yankee Candle Balsam & CedarBest bubble bath: Dr....

Now, for the first time, the Centers for Disease Control have released specific guidelines for health care workers treating young people with mild traumatic brain injuries (the medical term for a concussion). The recommendations are the result of an exhaustive review of the current research—which wasn’t always substantial—by a panel of experts to determine what the evidence says should be best practice. It’s only recently that we’ve started to have enough research to do this....

What is the autumnal equinox? For residents of the Northern Hemisphere, the autumnal equinox marks the beginning of fall. On the equinox, day and night are approximately the same length—the name “equinox” comes from Latin words meaning “equal” and “night.” The 2022 autumnal equinox for the Northern Hemisphere is on September 22 at 9:04 pm EDT. At this time, unlike during the solstices, Earth is tilted neither toward nor away from the sun....

But the process can be faster than that. Enter Chocolatey, a Windows app that allows you to install nearly 10,000 tools with just a few commands on PowerShell, Windows’ configuration management program. And if that sounds a bit intimidating, Chocolatey also has a friendlier desktop version. Why you should use Chocolatey If you ever turned on a PC in the 90s you certainly saw Windows’ disk operating system or DOS in all its glory—it was that dark screen with blocky white letters performing command after command to get your computer up and running....

The technology has been at the center of scientists’ minds worldwide since April, when Chinese researchers reported that they used the tool to edit nonviable human embryos, or ones that have no chance of developing into human beings. The summit, which started early this morning, is sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, as well as the Royal Academy, and will include researchers from the United States, Great Britain, and China as well as representatives from at least 20 countries worldwide....

Brandl and his colleagues were curious as to how the reefs could survive and flourish in oceans that were so stark and barren. “Some of us have suspected for a while that these fishes are important, but we were lacking a few key pieces to patch the whole story together,” he said. “When I combed through decades’ worth of old data on larval communities around coral reefs, I found that these tiny fish absolutely dominate these assemblages....

Plant mating season affects more of us every year. We know it better as spring, that magical time of the year when flowers bloom and trees leaf and billions of pollen grains take flight in an attempt to fertilize another flower. Many of these little plant sperms accidentally end up in our noses, though, where they trigger an immune reaction that we call seasonal allergies. About 25 million Americans get them—more as climate change worsens—and many of those people take some kind of over-the-counter drug to treat their aversion to plant sex....

Right away the campaign comes across as a little desperate and forced—like the PC industry is trying to rise above the clumsy, square persona that’s been foisted on it (remember the “Get a Mac” campaign featuring Justin Long vs. John Hodgman?), but maybe it’s overcompensating a little too hard. Then, on closer inspection, another thing seems peculiar about these ads—they’re not just from one company. They’re actually a joint effort from Microsoft, Intel, Dell, HP, and Lenovo—five big companies that sometimes spend a lot of resources to compete against one another....

The saw uses what Genius IP calls Quad-Blade technology, which the company has patented. Four serrated edges can be found surrounding a metal spoke to keep the saw precise. After attaching your traditional saw, turning on the device and using against a wall results in a newly-formed, angular hole. While useful, the Quadsaw has some limitations. The saw lets you switch between square and rectangular-shaped cutting, but only with those two preset sizes....

The clink of wine glasses, the buzz of laughter and constant conversation, a pair of familiar eyes smiling at you across the table, skimming through menus—dining out has been sorely missed. After several months of only consuming takeout and experimenting in the kitchen, many of us are hustling to catch a glimpse or normalcy and get back into our favorite cafes, diners, and restaurants. But how can we chow down safely, without putting ourselves, our peers, and restaurant staff at risk?...

Normally, Staph is a common member of our microbial population. Our bodies can safely co-exist with this bacterium as it poses no immediate threat. However, if the bacterium can find its way into tissues and the bloodstream, troubles are likely to occur. These include diseases such as acne, mastitis, impetigo, and the life-threatening conditions known as toxic shock syndrome and sepsis. Making the situation worse is the potential for antibiotic resistance, which can hinder treatment and increase the chances for unwanted outcomes....

Globally, insect populations are in a long decline. The size of those losses can vary immensely by region, with some European monitoring stations finding 70 percent drops and other regions seeing small increases. But because insects are cornerstones of most ecosystems, their loss threatens to destabilize everything from bird populations to crop pollination. New research published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances finds that British roadside habitats under LED streetlights contain radically fewer moth caterpillars, and those that remain show signs of stress....

A desire to make boating clean again inspired Hakan Gürsu and Sözüm Dogan of the Turkish design firm Designnobis to envision a zero-emission, engine-assisted boat that didn’t burn a drop of fuel—and was swank enough for the yachting set. Their solution is Volitan, a 105-foot concept sailboat powered by nothing but sun and wind. The ship’s strong, lightweight body is made from a composite of carbon fiber and epoxy resin and covered in carbon-foam lamination....

“We hoped that emissions had peaked around 2015,” says Rob Jackson, an earth system scientist at Stanford University and lead author of the study. “They clearly haven’t.” The new assessment is based on something called the “global carbon budget,” in which scientists estimated emissions using energy statistics, cement production data, and the speed at which land use is changing—especially in terms of deforestation. From this total amount of carbon, they subtracted how much of the greenhouse gas is absorbed by plants, soil, and the ocean....

Selecting the 25 most-important innovations from this auspicious group is no small task, so we called in reinforcements. We assembled a panel of nine BOWN editors (past and present) to sift through our roster of winners and select those innovations that have had the greatest, most-lasting impact. With years of collective BOWN experience in the room–an unprecedented reunion–we whittled the list from 2,500 to 25. If the bar to get into BOWN any given year is high, than the bar to be dubbed among the best since 1988 is stupendous....

Earlier this month, the Alaska National Guard used a Chinook helicopter to lift and carry out “The Bus.” If you’re not familiar, this is the bus that the wandering Chris McCandless perished in after a short stint of trying to live off the land in 1992. The local perspective on McCandless’ story is that he was an ill-prepared squatter who tragically lost his life due to poor decision making. And this story might have faded into history if it were not immortalized by the book,(and then movie) Into The Wild....

Fact: Rich people ate other people—for their health—until very recently By Eleanor Cummins By and large, humans eating humans is frowned upon. But from the Middle Ages to the Victorian period, Europeans ate parts of other people. A lot. Medical cannibalism was the fairly-common practice of consuming human fat, blood, and (in Victorian England specifically) mummies to cure sickness and fortify their corporeal forms. Fat and blood pudding were widely considered panaceas....