Let's cut to the chase.

Learn how to tell if your scissors are dull or damaged—and the simple sharpening techniques that can bring them back to life.

Dr. Elizabeth Yuko is a bioethicist and adjunct professor of ethics at Fordham University. She has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Rolling Stone, CNN & Playboy.

If you only use kitchen shears to open packaging, to cut twine, or on the rare occasion when you summon up the courage to tackle that spatchcocked chicken recipe, you are seriously underutilizing your ...