You might be under the impression that you were done with potty training years ago. I certainly thought I had come through it aged three with flying colors — yellows and browns, for the most part. But of late, after sustained exposure to headlines telling me I’ve...
Bad news, Mother Nature: Researchers at the University of Exeter and Plymouth Marine Laboratory recently examined 50 animals from 10 different species of dolphins, whales and seals, and they found so-called microplastics in every single one of them. “It’s shocking — but not surprising — that every...
If we’re going to call a spade a spade, then the first line of the preamble should be edited to say: “We, the mostly obese people of United States…” Because let’s face it, we’re fat. Amongst industrialized countries, America is the fattest of them all, with two...
A little while back, a couple nutrition experts told USA Today that the ultimate hangover cure is an omelette for breakfast and soup for lunch. *checks to make sure I read that right* Look, yes, when you get into the science of it, their reasoning seems sensible:...
Nothing screams Valentine’s Day like popping a bottle of bubbly and almost blasting your partner’s eye out in the process. But you might want to think hard about what bubbly you choose to drink, unless you plan on making the toilet your Valentine this year. To ensure...
My nights are mostly spent competing with both my girlfriend and our 70-pound pitbull for bed space. We have a queen bed, which was (kinda) enough when it was only the two of us. But when we adopted our dog, he insisted on taking up as much...
“No, you can’t use the water fountain.” “Why?” “Because, here’s the thing… Water fountains are gross. There’s tons of germs on there and I don’t want you to use one. Ever.” This was the exact conversation I had with my three-year-old recently when we were at a...
Less than two weeks ago, as Earth and its people spiraled increasingly closer to imminent devastation, an international committee of 37 scientists released a strongly-worded report urging humanity to adopt a new, planet-friendly diet. The researchers argue that ongoing global food-related crises — namely, climate change, environmental...
We’re all gonna get old someday — there’s no getting around it. Sure, you’ll have the privilege of saying whatever you want and getting generous discounts on stuff, but otherwise, aging comes with a whole lotta issues. We’re talking health stuff, obviously. Since this is our money...
It’s pretty easy to tell when you’re done with most medical treatments: You either finish the prescribed medication, or whatever it was that was oozing/bleeding/itching/flaking stops what it was doing and you forget to take the remaining doses. Either way, it’s pretty cut-and-dry. Therapy, on the other...
Warning: Hard liquor might be carb-free, but drinking too much will still expand your waistline, destroy your liver, and in entirely hypothetical cases, make you puke in the back of a taxi (I’m so, so, so sorry, sir). But that never stopped anyone from going shot-for-shot with...
To bald or not to bald? It’s become a very complicated question. We hear “bald is beautiful,” yet men spend one billion dollars annually to combat it. Similarly, bald men are told that their shining dome causes them to be perceived as “dominant,” yet hair loss can...