It Can’t Be Beat Every minute, your heart pumps about eight pints of blood through a system of vessels that’s more than 60,000 miles long. All in all, that translates to a whopping total of about 2,000 gallons of blood each and every day. Take that, Big...
“Dadcore is in,” says personal stylist Sean Somal of The Chapar, a personal styling service for men. “It’s an interesting movement championing functional and comfortable outfit choices that look like you don’t have the time between changing nappies and doing the school run—and double denim fits neatly...
Eyes on the Pies “Every day is an excuse for a pie,” insists O’Callaghan. “Winter’s great for hot pies with a bit of body to them—steak and kidney, chicken and mushroom—but in summer you get picnic pies, such as a Gala Pie, Pork Pie, vegetable and goat’s...
Joint Effort The human elbow is a hinge-joint system made up of three bones: The humerus, the radius and the ulna. The humerus starts at the shoulder socket, while the radius comes from the thumb-area of the wrist and the ulna from the little finger side. Those...
…at least you don’t live in America! As camping season commences, we thought we’d take a look at the worst dangers you’ll face, both here at home and in the country of our benevolent overlords. Turns out, the Yanks have it far, far worse. Look, we’ll prove...
According to recent research by Australian scientists, we all have a second brain deep in our bums—and it’s surprisingly clever. It’s not a literal brain, mind you: As per Live Science’s report on the study, it’s “more of an autonomous matrix of millions of neurons that can,...
Birds Can See Colours We Can’t No matter how clever the photography app or which type of filter we use, we’ll never be able to see more of the world than birds, since they have access to a portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that isn’t visible to...
What is it about swimming in the sea that you love so much? For me, swimming in the sea is a million times better than in a pool. Most pools are filled with chlorine, which as you can imagine can’t be good for you if you’re in...
They’re the man hub Your testicles are essentially the control centre for how your reproductive system grows, hurriedly crafting androgens that determine all the major blokey things, like when your voice breaks and your beard sprouts. They run the bloke factory The most important form of androgen...
Break it down The pancreas is a glandular organ that helps convert food into fuel for the body’s cells. The head of the pancreas is wedged in the spot where the stomach meets the small intestine, and it releases digestive enzymes as partially digested food passes through....
“Guys with decent physiques are utilising lycra and compression leggings down at the gym, which is cool,” says Evans. “But when it’s worn badly, it can be pretty unforgiving stuff.” He’s right—lampooning MAMILs (middle-aged men in Lycra) is almost a sport in itself. Hence we present a...
Hair We Go Hair is one of the defining characteristics of mammals. On the human scalp alone, the average number of hairs is 120,000 (natural blondes tend to have more, redheads less). It’s the second fastest growing tissue in the body (bone marrow is the fastest) and...
