Quick Facts Who: Karl Deisseroth, 54 — Stanford professor and father of five The prize: The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, shared with Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel, for discoveries that made optogenetics possible The viral moment: A…
Is your kitchen sink disposal starting to smell? You can clean a garbage disposal with ice cubes and lemon in about 30 seconds. Drop a tray of ice cubes and a few lemon halves down the drain, run cold water,…
Want bakery-clean cake slices with zero crumbs? Cut your cake with unflavoured dental floss instead of a knife. Stretch a long piece of floss taut between both hands, press it straight down through the cake, then cross the ends underneath…
Your guests are on their way and the corkscrew has vanished. You can absolutely open a wine bottle without a corkscrew — the fastest route is to push the cork straight down into the bottle with a wooden spoon handle…
You can make a funnel from a plastic bottle by cutting off the top neck and turning it upside down. The screw-top spout becomes the funnel tip, the cap can be trimmed to adjust the flow, and the wide opening…
You can pit cherries without a pitter by pushing a chopstick straight through the cherry to pop the pit out. Hold a cherry firmly between your fingers, push the narrow end of a chopstick through the stem end, and the…
You can make buttermilk at home in about 10 minutes with nothing more than milk and lemon juice or white vinegar. Stir one tablespoon of acid into one cup of milk, leave it to stand for 5 to 10 minutes,…
Want celery that stays crisp for weeks? Wrap it tightly in aluminium foil before refrigerating. A snug foil wrap keeps celery crunchy for three to four weeks — far longer than the plastic bag it came in. The foil lets…
Do not throw away that jar of crystallised honey — it is not spoiled. Stand the jar in a bowl of warm (not hot) water for 15–30 minutes, stirring occasionally, and the crystals will dissolve back into smooth, pourable honey.…
Yes, you can bring stale bread back to life with nothing but water and a hot oven. Sprinkle or run the loaf under the tap so the crust is damp, then bake it at 180–200°C for 5–10 minutes. The moisture…
