You know that satisfied feeling you get just after you scratch your balls and sniff your fingers? Yeah, this is something like that. Researchers from the University of British Columbia found that smelling a romantic partner’s clothing was associated with lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol...
I’m a vitamin C truther. In fact, as of writing this, I’m drinking my second vitamin C supplement of the day and it’s not yet noon. Why? Because I’m sick. I have a cold and the mucus in my sinuses is so pressurized I can feel it wanting to...
Now this is science put to good use: Researchers in Australia have developed an ingestible electronic capsule to monitor gas levels in the human gut. When paired with a pocket-sized receiver, the device reports on your fart development in real time. The researchers expect their tiny plastic...
It’s been found time and again that a glass of wine is actually good for the heart. The problem is that most of us are unsatisfied with a single glass of Cabernet. Instead, we prefer to drink like we’re running from something (or all the things). We...
There’s nothing an avid runner loves to do more — aside from sniffing their own farts, and casually mentioning the new personal record they set in their most recent 10K — than bragging about achieving that elusive runner’s high. To hear them tell it, runners enter a blissed-out trance every time...
Bad news first: Turns out we are all, each of us, in some way or another, totally alone. Not just in the existential sense that death is unfortunately a single-seat ticket to the terrifyingly unknown next level, but it’s now understood that standard-issue loneliness for living, breathing...
Welcome to the future: Researchers recently took an important step forward in mimicking how the human body produces sperm, and could one day (likely 10 or so years from now) create artificial, lab-grown sperm and eggs for infertility treatment. It’s all quite science-y, but here’s the gist,...
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 Name: Frank G., Mahwah,...
Welp, here’s another good reason to savor your food: Recent research suggests that people who eat slowly are less likely to become obese than speed-eaters. They’re also less likely to develop metabolic syndrome, a cluster of conditions that increase your risk of heart disease, stroke and diabetes....
We knew it was bad, but not this bad: Nearly 90 percent of Americans don’t eat enough fruits and vegetables, according to a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This is something we should all be embarrassed about, since meeting the fruit and...
I can’t meditate. I know, I know, it’s the soul’s looking glass or something. All about the breath, corralling a busy mind. But after a couple exhales I invariably convince myself that I’ve forgotten to lock the doors of my car… INHALE …and of course my laptop’s...
There is but one universal sound of urinary relief: The pee moan. The pee moan is the sort of unearned bodily relief generally reserved for the heavily constipated. It’s mediative; it’s poetic; it’s a sun-dappled Japanese garden with a stream tinkling through it. And the wonderful thing is,...