The human body: An inspiring biological work of art? Or a meaty sack of germs and fluids? Either way, there’s still a lot we don’t know about what goes on in there — and scientists are constantly attempting to find out more. Here are the most interesting things they’ve...
From a young age, we’re taught to chew before we swallow. This, of course, is primarily to prevent our young selves from choking on large chunks of unmasticated food. To this day, though, articles around the web spout the importance of chewing your food at least 20...
If we’re to believe the myriad online forums on erectile dysfunction, impotence is the greatest curse that can ever beset a man. And the data tell us it’s all too common. Case in point: According to the Cleveland Clinic, as many as 52 percent of men will...
Charles Bukowski wisely once said, “Sundays kill more men than bombs.” Bukowski may have been a violent drunk, an incorrigible womanizer and an unabashed misogynist, but even he was sympathetic to the existential dread that washes over you on a Sunday afternoon. Some people call it the...
Last month, we ran an article calling out ten common health and grooming life hacks that are total BS. But there are some home remedies that have an actual basis in science: Below, you’ll find five common ailments that, according to recent research, you may be able...
If you’ve recently come upon hard times and recycling bottles and cans isn’t quite cutting it, you’re probably eyeing that lucrative organ black market and wondering, Do I really need two kidneys? How about both lungs? Is it possible to live without my stomach — or just a portion...
Set the alarm and hit the sack, already: People with regular bedtimes, while arguably very boring and predictable, are also more successful. A study of 61 undergrads at Harvard found that those who slept the most erratically had lower grade point averages, The Independent reported, because erratic...
PSA: All quality condoms have an expiration date printed on both the box and the foil packaging. This, of course, is a fruitless effort by condom manufacturers, since most people using them are either distracted by the naked person who wants to have sex with them; fumbling...
Don’t have three hours a day to spend at the gym? Not interested in bulging like a bodybuilder? Unmoved by promises of “fat-blasting, ab-chiseling monster workouts”? This is the column for you, fellow regular human with very little free time. … The Man Simon, Montclair, N.J. Age:...
The frying pan, it turns out, isn’t fungi’s friend. According to researchers from the Mushroom Technological Research Center of La Rioja in Spain (yes, the Spanish have a mushroom research center), the best way to cook mushrooms while still preserving their nutritional properties is to heat them...
Last week in this space, we recounted a few of the things that lower the risk of prostate cancer — from balding to espresso to ejaculating once a day. The ejaculating part especially interested us, for obvious reasons but also because of the reason why. Per a 2003 study conducted by...
The human body: An inspiring biological work of art? Or a meaty sack of germs and fluids? Either way, there’s still a lot we don’t know about what goes on in there — and that scientists are constantly attempting to figure out. Here are the most interesting things we’ve...