Cold weather takes a lot of heat, and perhaps rightfully so: It’s slippery, it’s gloomy, it’s wet, it’s icy and it turns our bodies into sickly, dried-out raisin people. After all, there’s a reason why some animals just say “screw it” and hibernate through the winter. But...
You’re sitting at home, eyes glued to the screen as you binge through the latest season of the hottest new TV show. You hit the rewind button and go back 30 seconds, then you crank the volume to try to understand that last bit of forensic science...
The bigger the poop, the happier the pooper: This much I know to be true. It’s why MEL investigated whether a 15-pound poop is even possible — because they were jealous and wanted to know if that jealousy was justified. It’s also why we wrote about hangover poops (which are,...
Last year, I didn’t get a flu shot. It wasn’t because I don’t believe in them, or because I think that I’m an especially virile man whom illness cannot penetrate. I just forgot, or rather, I never really made it a priority. But I know how dangerous...
Dogs and dog lovers, rejoice: A recent study found that allowing your four-legged friend into the bedroom doesn’t worsen your sleep, contrary to what had previously been suspected. To come to this conclusion, researchers strapped 40 healthy adults and their dogs with sleep trackers for seven nights....
The internet is filled with stories of couples passing away within hours of one another, and new research might help explain this somber (but strangely comforting) phenomenon. Researchers from Rice University found that people who have trouble dealing with the loss of a loved one experience heightened...
Self-improvement is rarely exciting, because cutting out your favorite indulgences is no one’s idea of a thrill. Pondering the suggestion to just substitute your burger for a big bowl of vegetarian chili, or park farther away from the grocery store to get more free walkin’ in does not...
Scientifically speaking, you’re more likely to sit on your balls in the summer than, say, in the winter. That’s because, as MEL’s Miles Klee has already noted, along with the phenomenon of summer penis, summer balls hang lower than their winter equivalent because they’re trying to stay...
Many men are absolutely terrified of losing their hair: A recent survey performed by the HIS Hair Clinic found that a whopping 94 percent of men worry about going bald, compared to the 89 percent of the men surveyed who admitted to a fear of impotence. This...
Let me preface this by saying that I’d drink beer all day and all night if it wasn’t for the fact that, apparently, that’s not so good for the whole staying-alive-and-healthy thing. Quite apart from the destructive drunken rampages that accompany pounding beers like I just spent...
Cold turkey — the classic, all-in method of quitting something suddenly and totally — is a term supposedly coined by heroin addicts. It takes its name from the combination of goosebumps and “cold, clammy skin” during withdrawal that makes people feel like a slab of turkey straight...
What do you mean, gorging on candied yams, turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie, all in close quarters with grandpa, football blaring in the background, surrounded by nine cousins, doesn’t make you want to have sex? While not often considered the sexiest of holidays, it’s true that Thanksgiving...
