Freaking out about a bump, blemish or rash? Alongside our expert advisor Dr. Anthony Rossi, dermatologist, assistant professor at Cornell’s Weill Medical College and source of all our freckle knowledge, we’re here to help you figure out why they’re there (and, if you don’t love the way...
Spiked eggnog is a great addition to any holiday party, but a large mug of heavy cream and whole milk can take a toll on anyone’s digestive system (and waistline). Don’t, however, banish those Santa mugs to the back of the closet with the paper mache replica...
Sorry, dentists: Only a little over a third of the men we surveyed are diligent enough to floss daily, it turns out. Nearly half are split between “a few times a week” and “rarely,” while a handful admit to doing some last-minute flossing right before a dental...
If evolution has taught us anything, it’s that everything on the human body, from cuticles to goosebumps, serves a purpose—or at least, it did for our distant ancestors. Hair is no exception—below, you’ll find a top-to-bottom examination of every different type of fur sprouting from your body...
Australia Has Finally Produced an Animal That Won’t Kill Us Australia—also known as “God’s Nightmare Factory”—has more things that will bite, claw, poison, eat and simply scare you to death than any other country on Earth. From blue ringed octopi to funnel web spiders, the nation is...
In this edition of It’s Not a Stupid Question, we’re looking at vibrating—a sensation many of us have experienced at the hands of a massage chair or perhaps something a little more personal. But what is it about jiggling that feels simultaneously soothing and stimulating at the...
Most of us overeat at Thanksgiving, either because we can’t control our appetites or just because, come on, Thanksgiving food is delicious. But no matter how much mashed potato and turkey you manage to guzzle this year, you can take comfort in knowing that compared to some of...
There’s no meal quite like Thanksgiving dinner to remind us that we’re at the absolute mercy of our appetites. No one really needs that third helping of turkey-topped taters—except, perhaps, Tarrare, the disgusting French glutton we talked about in November’s issue of Bathroom Minutes. But since we’re...
Annoying as it is, there are parts of our bodies we should be getting checked out way more often than we do. In this edition, we’re taking a long, loving look into your eyes, alongside our expert advisor Dr. Andrea Thau, optometrist and president of the American...
Football season is in full swing, and you know what that means: Hours of sitting on the couch, drinking beer and eating stuff that’s terrible for you. Nachos are delicious, but they’re also a salt and fat bomb that gives your arteries the equivalent of a shoulder...
Mouths are home to many odd sensations, but perhaps one of the strangest is the instant freeze that occurs when following a minty stick of gum with a gulp of cold water. Therefore, in this edition of It’s Not a Stupid Question, we ask why the heck...
It’s easy to think washing your hands after a trip to the restroom is optional—after all, you only touched your own body parts in there, right? But one of our recent surveys showed that less than two-thirds of men consistently wash their hands after peeing, which is...
