Quick thought experiment: Close your eyes and, in the hairiest part of your mind, try to picture the most iconic beards from history. Done? Odds are, you’ll have been imagining an assortment of upstanding, wise gentlemen — the likes of Charles Darwin, Santa Claus, Abraham Lincoln, Dumbledore....
So your buddy just got divorced, and you have no clue what to say when you go for drinks tonight. Does your friend need you to be a shoulder to cry on? A distraction from all the horrible stuff going on with the divorce? A reminder of the fun...
Page Kent is already drenched in sweat. Getting through airport security is a headache for every flier, but for Kent, it’s the seventh circle of hell. He’s barely got his shoes off, but he can feel the TSA side-eying him. They probably think he’s hiding something, he...
Bankruptcy, it’s been said in these pages, is a debt-laden person’s least-worst option. It doesn’t take you all the way down to the ground, but it takes you to hovering just above it. So what’s that terrifying ride like, and how do you climb back up? We asked...
If you’ve ever spent more than 20 minutes inside a gym, you’ll have noticed the wide variety of body shapes huffing and sweating alongside you. You’ll have seen hulking bench-pressers with pectorals like car doors, for example, alongside spectrally thin treadmill-pounders or office workers rowing against the...
A public display of affection — more commonly referred to as PDA — is a bit like the smell of a fart: If it’s your own, it’s inexplicably pleasant. If it’s someone else’s, it stinks of crap. In 2016, researchers looked into why people are so repulsed...
It’s a new year, and that means, for many people, finally getting into shape. (No, really, we mean it this time, right?) But for those looking to lose a significant chunk of their body weight — like triple digits — what does that really do to your brain and...
The year 2019 had scarcely begun when a few lucky fans ran into Lionel Messi, arguably the top soccer player in the world at the moment. He was all too happy to stop for a few selfies — selfies that conclusively showed he was driving without a...
Bryan Cooper married his high school girlfriend when he was 18; seven years later, he was a father to twins. Following his wife’s difficult pregnancy, the two decided they were done with kids. He opted to get a vasectomy, since it’s less invasive than his wife having...
Imagine this: You’re at the gym, using a weight belt, lifting straps or wrist wraps, when some bro scientist approaches you and tells you that you’re “cheating.” Basically, the bro scientist is saying that the gear you purchased after a considerable amount of online research, including reading articles written by yours truly, somehow invalidates...
As a heavily-tattooed person, I’m constantly told that I’m going to regret my tattoos when I get older. I was 18 when I got my first tattoo — an all-seeing eye on my left shoulder blade — and my mom has since taken every opportunity to assure...
Personally, I love to-do lists. I have daily to-do lists, weekly to-do lists, work-related to-do lists, recreational to-do lists, a to-do list of new restaurants to try and a to-do list of my long-term life goals. I even have a checklist of every U.S. president so that...