Violence has the power to change us, even if we escape from it physically unscathed. The trauma of battle, of bombings, of fleeing one’s home, can leave people with crippling post-traumatic stress disorder for years after the violence has stopped — suffering through nightmares and depression, flashbacks and constant...
After collecting more than a million plastic bottles, Robert Bezeau made an unconventional decision — he turned those bottles into timber for a house on the tiny Panamanian island of Bocas del Toro. But his vision for a new kind of mass recycling program doesn’t end there. Next, he...
In case you’re just checking in for the first time this week, we’ve rounded up our picks of the best stories from the last few days for you to peruse. We know, we know, we’re amazing. Apparently, Less Than Two Thirds of Men Shower Once a Day...
Every Saturday, we round up the funniest comments you left for us on our articles. This week, we somehow instigated an argument about shrews: Then our article on finding a commute time that won’t kill you led to some darkly funny confessions: And finally, it looks like our...
A large swath of the American electorate is convinced Donald J. Trump will make a fabulous president simply because he’s a good negotiator. Little do they know that Trump’s best-selling negotiation manual, The Art of the Deal, was ghostwritten by Tony Schwartz, who publicly renounced the book...
You probably don’t give much thought to your pockets beyond cramming your cellphone and wallet into them. But not only do all your pockets have their own names, some of them even have origin stories. The watch pocket—that thin slot behind the main hip pocket on your jeans—for example: Although...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in just a few minutes. In this edition, we’ll be finding out why it’s impossible to dig a hole through the center of the Earth. The answer involves temperatures hotter than...
“It’s better when it’s fresh,” Ari Nagel explained to the New York Post in June, emerging from the men’s bathroom at a Brooklyn Target looking a little flushed and quite pleased with himself. Nagel, aka “The Sperminator,” a 40-year-old CUNY Kingsborough math professor, has fathered a number...
Welcome back to It’s Not a Stupid Question. Cleaning out the refrigerator is one of those tasks that’s easy to ignore, since it’s a mess that’s literally kept behind closed doors. But ask any one of the 48 million Americans—or one-sixth of the population—who get sick from...
We’re all familiar with the classic creatures that haunt our doorsteps in search of candy every Halloween, but where did they come from (besides that big costume pop-up store on the outskirts of town, that is)? Let’s find out. Vampires Vampires have haunted humanity’s dreams for at...
Abraham Riesman didn’t realize he loved cats until his roommate’s feline Elvis almost burned down their Williamsburg apartment after tipping over a hot iron. “I couldn’t stay mad at him,” Riesman, now 30, remembers, 10 years later. “I was astounded to find that I only found love...
Are you one of those guys who wants to look stylish but finds it doesn’t come all that naturally? We feel you. But don’t fret: With some advice from McKenzie Dowler, lead stylist at Rag & Bone, we’re all going to learn how to dress a little...
