How to Master 5 Basic Cooking Skills That Everyone Should Know

There are a few things that everyone should know how to do in a kitchen—cook rice, cook pasta, chop an onion, etc—and preferably, you’d like to know how to do them well so you don’t burn the rice, ruin the pasta, and cry while dicing an onion. Gordon Ramsay shows us how to master simple skills in this quick video and he makes it all seem so easy.

Minors, mentally ill should have right to doctor-assisted death, parliamentarians say

A special committee of MPs and senators says Canadians with grievous – but not necessarily terminal – conditions should have the right to medical help in dying. The committee makes 21 recommendations as the government prepares to draft new legislation on medically-assisted dying.

Awesome, hopefully more manufacturers jump on board and do the same.

Awesome, hopefully more manufacturers jump on board and do the same.

Google’s Chromecast is the miracle dongle that makes streaming video, photos, websites, and anything else from a laptop or smartphone simple as hell. Now, it’s going to be even more simple to stream straight from your phone to your TV.

Watch the Next Generation Atlas Robot Get Bullied By A Mean Human (And Stay On His Feet)

Boston Dynamics has a new video showing off the latest version of Atlas—the badass humanoid robot. And it’s pretty incredible. The most striking thing about this new version is the amazing balance Atlas achieves. I’ve never seen a humanoid robot with this kind of agility.

Google Wants to Replace SMS With a Better Messaging Platform

Texting is long overdue for a makeover. The simple, utilitarian Short Message Service (SMS) has served our messaging needs well for more than a decade, but as our texts become increasingly crammed with photos, videos, and more, it’s clear that SMS can no longer meet the needs of the average smartphone user. That’s where Rich Communications Services (RCS) comes in: the much-better platform that Google wants to put on your phone.