For the longest time, the sports world (and by the sports world, I mean myself) has been haunted by an unsolvable brain teaser: If you were to assemble a representative portion of the general populace, could more of those people dunk a basketball on a regulation hoop, or...
Potty Talk is a one-panel comic about the funny thoughts, observations and fears men have in the bathroom. This week’s is from illustrator Burton Durand. Check out his Instagram here.
Most of us work more than we live, which is to say we spend considerably more time at the office and with our coworkers than we do with the human beings we actually want in our lives. It also means that the stressors and anxieties of work...
The human body: An inspiring biological work of art? Or a meaty sack of germs and fluids? Either way, there’s still a lot we don’t know about what goes on in there — and scientists are constantly attempting to find out more. Here are the most interesting things we...
Most of us work more than we live, which is to say we spend considerably more time at the office and with our coworkers than we do with the human beings we actually want in our lives. It also means that the stressors and anxieties of work...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s weekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, learn why you’d want to put a stranger’s feces inside you; find out why slug slime is the new frontier of surgical technology; and discover...
When you first graduate from college and enter the workforce, the future seems to hold nothing but promise. If for no other reason than because after four years of scrounging for beer money and living in squalor, you have finally have a steady paycheck — one that affords you...
Getting a “sleep divorce” is all the rage now. Article after article touts the benefits — namely a good night’s sleep and a healthier relationship. Actual people are trying it, too: A 2010 study found that nearly one-quarter of married couples are choosing to sleep separately, double the number...
On those nights when you weren’t expecting or even intending to get lucky, there’s usually a moment of panic that comes with taking someone back to your place: Did you make the bed? Does your bedroom still smell good — or just good to you? Did you ever take...
If your immediate reaction to cutting your finger open is to stick it in your mouth, know that you’re not alone. Wound-licking is an instinctive response not just in humans but in many animals: Dogs, cats, small rodents and primates all lick their wounds. There’s a good...
Not ecstatic about your current sex life? Don’t have hours every day attempting to decipher all the Sanskrit in the Kama Sutra? Unable to afford a suitcase full of sex toys? Here’s a sex help guide for you, fellow regular human who wants to be better in...
Most of us have heard at some point or another that men and women, the Marses and Venuses of the humanoid planetary system, are star-crossed lovers: Men hit their sexual peak at 18, while women hit their sexual peak at 35, never the twain to peak (or...
