There’s no weekend like Fourth of July weekend to get the absolute worst sunburn ever. A sunburn so bad, that the next week is spent avoiding pats on the back, sleeping above the sheets and begging for mercy before hopping in the shower. But it doesn’t have...
“I have no interest in retirement,” Leon Dash says from his office in Gregory Hall, on the University of Illinois campus in Urbana-Champaign. At 72, Dash has, by all accounts, lived an exceptionally full, successful life— one that more than merits a comfortable retirement. Dash spent 30...
Do you bottle up your anger when you argue with your spouse, only to let it out in occasional outbursts of rage? Prepare to have debilitating cardiovascular problems when you’re older. Or do you shut down when confronted with conflict, “stonewalling” your significant other? Musculoskeletal ailments may...
We talked to psychologist Dr. Bernard Golden, author of Overcoming Destructive Anger, about what you can do to help calm down when anger strikes, and some of the reasoning behind it. (Hint: it’s not them, it’s you.) And … exhale. Breathing deeply is one of the most...
You’re bound to hear plenty of mushy talk about hearts this week in the run up to Valentine’s Day. Not so much the kind that beats in your chest, but the more cliched variety, like how “big” your heart is. As it turns out, there’s a lot...
The YouTube video opens with a photo of a 14-year-old boy, painfully thin — 5 feet 7 inches, 98 pounds. His ribs and collarbones protrude. His head of dirty-blond hair, swept to one side, looks too big for his neck. His mouth is agape, as if he’d...
Turns out the dude who used to make you uneasy during Ms. Swanson’s third period American Lit class — you know, the guy who sat in the corner; with the black jeans, black Converse and Judas Priest T-shirt; the one who knew about Black Sabbath long before you discovered...
Love it or hate it, mall or coffee shop, you can’t go anywhere this time of year without hearing that old familiar tune: “Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, Jack Frost nipping at your nose…” Unfortunately, if you had to leave your house to go to that...
Thanksgiving’s all about tradition. Like the tradition of stuffing our faces with food, only to spend hours conked out on the couch with meat sweats. It’s moments like those, however—steamy, uncomfortable and incapable of doing anything but stare at the ceiling—that make us ask the oh-so-important question:...
Contact lens manufacturers take all the guesswork out of determining how long each lens can be worn: Look right on the box, where the lifespan is clearly spelled out. Done, question answered. But for reasons of frugality, laziness, curiosity or our unwavering desire to push the human...
The recent release of The Martian had us wondering: How would living in space actually affect Matt Damon’s body? Would his skin age at a ludicrous speed? Would his hair grow like Rapunzel’s? To get some answers, we talked to retired astronaut and author of The Ordinary...
With football season upon us, it’s time for America to do what it does best: Planning what to eat during the big game. And there’s nothing better to chow down on while the ol’ pigskin is being tossed around than, you guessed it, pig. But not the...