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Money is always top of mind when selling a house. But in focusing on the equity portion, people are often surprised to learn how much it costs to sell a house in the U.S. “Depending on the price range of the home, I tell my clients that they need to be ready to spend 9%–10% of the sale price on selling costs, including the real estate agent commission and closing costs,” says Joanne McCoy, a top-selling real estate agent in Lincoln, Nebraska. That doesn’t account for the money spent on preparing the home for listing or moving fees. To assist...

If you’ve ever seen Lost or Cast Away, you may have secretly fantasized about surviving a plane crash and being trapped on a deserted island. We’re told not to worry when boarding, as there’s only a commercial plane crash every 16.7 million flights, but just because something is rare doesn’t mean it’s impossible. Reddit users who have survived catastrophic events, such as plane crashes, shipwrecks, earthquakes and more, have been sharing their most harrowing stories, so we’ve gathered some of their captivating tales down below. We’ll warn you right now that these recollections might unlock some new fears within you,...

Your roommate survival kit includes a whiteboard, a Costco membership, and a sleek and effective trash can. Welcome to Roommates Week, an exploration of the highs and lows of cohabitation. You’ve signed the lease, curated your Pinterest boards, and picked out the perfect couch…but now you have to figure out how to make things work with your roommates. Thankfully, we’re here to help. Consider this your roommate survival guide, complete with everything you need to live happily ever after with others. Our recs include noise-canceling earplugs, a hair-catching bathtub drain, and a remote work-saving Wi-Fi extender. We’re here to help...

Looking for an easy 10-minute DIY planter project? Here’s an easy way to add a little bit of whimsy to your house plants in a planter. [TAG1] Right about the time March turned into April a mama bird built a nest in a wreath on our front door. Yep. She could have built her nest anywhere, but out of all the doors in all the land, she chose our front door wreath to raise her family. One day I walked by the front door and there it was—a nest and a bird and 5 tiny little eggs. I was so...

It was June 1973. For the past three months, Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn had been working together on a problem Kahn had been pondering for some time: how to connect ground-based military computers seamlessly to communications satellites and mobile radios. The ARPANET and the way it handled communications was already well established. But extending it to handle multiple networks—whose reliability couldn’t be taken for granted—was a different story. The two had been exchanging ideas in person and via email and reviewing the work of others who were trying to solve similar issues. But now, Cerf sat alone in the...