Summer is here, which means the usual: Seeing/avoiding a dozen different superhero movies; falling asleep in a park somewhere and waking up with a farmer’s tan; and attending at least three barbecues where you get stuck talking to someone who can’t shut up about Bitcoin. But on...
If you’ve ever noticed a certain… strain entering a man’s voice during a phone call, the above chart finally sheds some light on what might be causing that to happen. Of the men we spoke to, seven percent admitted to flouting accepted rules of bathroom conduct and mixing...
According to WebMD, an apple a day does, in fact, keep the lab-coat wearing man who asks you to turn left and cough away. “Researchers from Cornell’s Food Science and Toxicology Department in Ithaca, N.Y., found that the antioxidant properties of one fresh apple were equal to...
If you’re a guy who’s ever had a UTI, chances are your first instinct was to get checked for an STI. But once you found out that it’s just a pesky urinary tract infection, you were instructed by nearly everyone in the close circle of friends you...
When I’m hungover, I crave one thing, and one thing only: Giant, steaming piles of greasy fast food. This is a problem, because I’m on a diet that doesn’t exactly allow me to binge on three burritos, two quesadillas and however many tacos I can stomach every time I...
There are a million reasons to ride your bike: Enhanced cardiovascular fitness; improved muscle strength and flexibility; increased joint mobility; reduced stress levels; upgraded posture and coordination; reinforced bones; decreased body fat levels; prevention (or management) of disease as well as reduced anxiety and depression. It’s also...
In a phrase widely attributed to Albert Einstein, the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. (He never actually said this and it’s also not true anyway, but moving on). Point is, when it comes to working out,...
Maybe you don’t pee in the shower. But you almost certainly know someone who does: A recent study found that a minority of 48 percent of Americans claim to never do this, while 52 percent of us readily admit to it. And for good reason—peeing in the...
The average American consumes more than 23 pounds of ice cream every single year, which may help explain why obesity rates have hit an all-time high. Of course, reducing our intake isn’t an option—you can have my dipped cone when you pry it from my dead, sticky...
Growing up, it wasn’t uncommon for my dad to tell me to pull my head out of my butt — it was his way of saying, “Use your brain.” Well, dad, turns out I was using my brain, because according to new research, we all have a second brain...
Summer, it seems, is the season for all the things that can potentially kill you. The sun? That gives you cancer. Lounging around? That gives you cancer. And that other staple of summer, grill-charred meat? Yeah, that’ll give you cancer, too. “Charring,” according to Alex Roher, M.D.,...
Having a cold during winter doesn’t always feel like as much of an ordeal as a summer cold. You expect to get sick in winter, so you’re more mentally prepared to spend a day wrapped in a cocoon of blankets, guzzling cough syrup until you feel better...