Our Brains Get Fried If We Don’t Yawn Enough In an attempt to discover the purpose of yawning, researchers from the State University of New York found a link between yawn duration and density of cortical neurons—a.k.a. the things that make our brains work. In the study,...
For the 76th summer in a row, motorcycle riders and enthusiasts from around the world recently gathered in Sturgis, a small town in the Black Hills of South Dakota. It is, without a doubt, the Mecca of Motorcycles — a pilgrimage for bikers and a place to show off...
Welcome to “I Learned A Thing In The Bathroom,” our biweekly podcast where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in just a few minutes. In this edition, we’ll be talking about why blowing up your enemy’s satellites is a really bad idea, and how a...
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...
Let’s not kid ourselves: Thanksgiving is about one thing and one thing only—eating epically gluttonous amounts of food. So rather than telling yourself you’ll go easy on the sweet potatoes this year, raise your fork to the sounds of our “Stuff Your Face” Spotify playlist, and dig...
On the seventh day, God rested. On the eighth day, he got up and puttered around in his robe, looking for ramen in his cabinets and maybe an egg to add to it, for some protein. On the ninth day, his girlfriend came over and asked for...
Are you one of those guys who wants to look stylish but finds it doesn’t come all that naturally? We feel you. Don’t fret: With some advice from Jessica Chance, men’s stylist at Rag & Bone and menswear blogger, we’re all going to learn how to dress...
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.
Does the forest smell like a woman or a man? How about a summer rainstorm? Or a vanilla Frappuccino? Despite an endless array of grooming products that would seem to indicate otherwise (e.g., cotton candy girly-girl cologne spray, ol’ cowboy leather beard oil and lavender night-time cleaning...
While it’s always nice to squeeze a half-bottle of shower gel into your hand and work up a lather that would make an Ibiza foam party jealous, the truth is, most of us are using way too much of it. According to Dollar Shave Club’s resident product...
Welcome to I Learned A Thing In The Bathroom, our biweekly podcast where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in just a few minutes. In this edition, we’ll be looking at what happens to you if you go too long without a good nap, and...
No one is more masculine at work than Tristan Bridges. An assistant professor of sociology at SUNY Brockport, Bridges focuses on the ways men resist, reproduce and ignore changes in gender relations. Toward this end, he has studied male bodybuilders, men who are feminists, fathers’ rights activists...
