Whereas smoking was once advertised as a pastime of the clued-up and debonair and holding a cigarette thought to make you look cool and sophisticated, now “cancer sticks” are smoked in huddles in soulless designated areas and roundly denigrated as horribly unhealthy, socially reprehensible and, well, just...
It’s been ages since, so why can’t I get that explosive love affair I once had out of my head? “When we are going through challenging times, or our life just doesn’t seem interesting enough, it can be common to start ruminating about happier or more exciting...
Jungle Ultra Competitors cover 230 km of suffocating Peruvian jungle undergrowth in a five-stage, self-supported slog that drops 10,500 feet to the jungle floor and crosses some 70 tropical rivers and streams. That’s all while battling bugs and 30-plus-degree temperatures. Two words: Y tho? La Ruta de...
Creeping Death Day of the Dead is a two-day celebration of the lives of lost loved ones, observed throughout Latin America, that seems to be getting bigger elsewhere every year. “With its popularity in the US and with rising immigration from Mexico to Europe, the UK, Australia,...
Buried Treasure “I’ve discovered myself through freediving,” says Trubridge. “I’ve gotten to realise the potential of my own mind to achieve goals. To me, it’s been an incredible tool that’s allowed me to unlock what it means to be human and to have the most incredible experiences...
Feet have a reputation for smelling, but in reality they do so much more. Sit down, feet together, take note. Foot in the Door Our feet might not be the prettiest parts of our anatomy—apologies, podophiliacs (i.e., foot fans)—but they’re extremely complex and hard-working contraptions. They also...
You’re An Arse In the first few weeks after fertilisation, you’re nothing more than a small group of cells called a “blastula” that bursts open from the inside out, making a little bitty opening. This opening is called a blastopore, and it’s the first of your proto-organs...
Having receding or thinning hair is like getting excited walking around a garden centre: it happens to us all eventually. However, that doesn’t mean we simply have to shrug our shoulders and suck it up. Far from it, in fact. In this article we’re going to reveal...
Right Ear, Right Now Just like fingerprints, ears are totally unique to the individual—big tech firms have even explored being able to unlock a mobile when simply held to the ear. That said, every human ear is divided into three distinct parts: the outer ear, the middle...
“Temper is basically the fight-or-flight response, getting us pumped,” says Bonior. “When we feel threatened, our entire body becomes more tense, and our actions more impulsive: It’s the opposite of relaxation and deliberate thought. We’re prone to overreacting to the smallest thing, because our body is primed...
How do you know when someone is being visited by the paranormal and it’s not just some pesky energy noise or structural noise? It’s a case of elimination really. Firstly, I will speak to the inhabitants of the property to find out what has been spooking them....
Fingers Crossed There are 27 bones, 29 joints and at least 123 named ligaments in the human hand, but there are zero muscles: Tendons in our fingers are moved by the muscles of the forearm. Weirdly enough, if you were to lose one finger, the hand surgeons’...
