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...
Here’s a polite reminder that you can’t “catch up” on sleep. That is, if you didn’t sleep well several nights this week — because you were out late partying; had some long nights at the office; tried to get a full night’s sleep, but tossed and turned instead; or...
There’s an old adage among male weightlifters: “curls for the girls.” The curls in this usage are obviously bicep curls, and the phrase is meant to convey that they’re a mostly useless exercise since biceps aren’t particularly functional—people have little use for them in day-to-day activity, so...
It’s the sort of bleak cultural folly you almost have to be a woman to appreciate: According to a new report, men in Britain are more likely to be overweight and therefore more likely to get diabetes than women, but for a number of reasons, they are...
You’ve probably never considered there being an “order” to what you should eat on your Thanksgiving plate: If you’re anything like us, you just fling yourself face-first into a pile of food and try to inhale as much of it as possible, maybe pausing to chew every...
In the battle against the elements, it’s one of life’s cruel jokes that our lips, one of the most exposed areas of our bodies to the sun, wind and cold (let alone our penchant for idle talk, a salty snack or a chance at first base), is...
With nowhere to be the next day but at home, stuffing your face, Blackout Wednesday is the unofficial start of Thanksgiving Weekend: A night comprised of celebrating with friends, reunions and drinking until your brain is annihilated—so annihilated, in fact, that you don’t remember annihilating it. The...
Eating two large meals back-to-back is a tradition we’ve been practicing in the U.S. pretty much since in-laws and the first nationally proclaimed day of Thanksgiving were combined back in 1789. Ever since, each year on the fourth Thursday of November, millions of Americans eat successive 2,500-calorie...
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...
Alcohol is outrageously expensive, especially when drinking to get drunk at a bar (which is how many of us drink). Fortunately, we all know there’s a simple way to cut down on that cost: Stick with the well specials! Why wouldn’t you? You’re drinking to get drunk,...
Pounding shots, chain-smoking cigarettes and stuffing your face with burritos are usually late-night activities, and for multiple good reasons: You have a job to do; you have kids to look after; you have an ailing relative to care for. Whatever it is, it’s not getting done if...
We’ve written before about how men are increasingly forgoing medical checkups, and recent research indicates that millennials are following their lead by avoiding the dentist for years on end. They’re facing unfortunate repercussions, too: A study by the American Dental Association (ADA) found that more than 30...
