Over the past year, MEL has interviewed 11 people who paid off large amounts of debt. We started the project — which became our personal finance series Into the Black — in May to learn more about the different means by which people make their way out of debt. America is...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, discover why most of the foods we think of as aphrodisiacs actually do nothing at all; learn the best way to eat stewed lizard feet;...
In February’s Bathroom Minutes magazine, we took a deep dive into the inner workings of a few common types of love, like love at first sight and familial love. But there’s more than one way to capture a heart, so we sat back down with Human Behavior...
Valentine’s Day: The perfect opportunity to shower your significant other in gifts to show them just how much you care, or the perfect opportunity to stick it to big corporations by absolutely not giving in to their money-raking holiday? We asked a few of our DSC colleagues...
We explored the surprisingly complex world of the hickie in the February edition of The Bathroom Minutes magazine, but what of its close relative, the kiss? Here’s the etymology of every common phrase involving puckering up. French Kissing This phrase appeared in the English-speaking world in the...
As Valentine’s Day approaches,you may be planning some extravagant chocolate creation for your significant other. But does romance have to equal a sugar/butter bomb? We asked Drew Coleman, Executive Chef at Mohawk Bend in Los Angeles, to give us a healthier option for fireside sweetness. Over to...
Most of us work more than we live, which is to say we spend considerably more time at the office and with our coworkers than we do with the human beings we actually want in our lives. It also means that the stressors and anxieties of work...
In a recent study published in the journal Archives of Sexual Behavior, 27 percent of roughly 4,000 men polled were dissatisfied with the size or shape of their penis. The study also noted that those men who were dissatisfied were less sexually active than those who were...
Are you one of those guys who wants to look stylish but finds it doesn’t come all that naturally? We feel you. Don’t fret: With some advice from LA-based stylist Rayne Parvis, we’re all going to learn how to dress a little better. In this edition, we’re...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, learn the long, strange journey taken by the world’s most famous sex manual, and why we’re completely wrong to think of it as a sex...
While humans have come a long way in terms of assistive reproductive technology, when it comes to sex, we’re still mixed up on myth vs. reality. Case in point: the idea that changes in how you eat or fuck can affect the sex of the offspring that...
Not sure how to impress your sweetheart this Valentine’s Day? With a little help from our “Sensual Slow Jams” Spotify playlist, you can plan a stay-at-home date that would make Cupid snap his bow with envy. Simply turn up the tunes, light a few candles and open...