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...
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...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, find out why humans started making friends in the first place; discover some of the surprising health benefits of friendship; and why most so-called animal...
There’s a difference between the coworker who asks for a piece of gum once and the coworker who asks for a piece of gum every single day. The first is asking for a favor—the latter is pulling a jerk move. But how many pieces of gum does a person have...
Holiday season: A special time of the year arguably best spent reconnecting with friends and catching up with family. Also, the perfect opportunity to skip town (and work) for a well-deserved vacation. Which puts us in a bit of a pickle: Do we spend the winter holidays...
Your mom might not shave her face, but that doesn’t mean she can’t teach you how to shave yours. That’s what we learned when we asked a bunch of guys on Reddit what their mothers taught them. Our favorites from the more than 3,000 responses are below (along...
If you’re hoping Cupid’s arrow finds you this Valentine’s Day, consider giving your mouthparts a once-over before heading out. After all, clean kissers equal good kissers. We’ve put together a guide for turning your just-ok-could-be-better mouth into a veritable kissing tractor beam—that means no flaky lips, no...
It’s always wise to know your limits. And occasionally that means knowing when to say sayonara to your job, your significant other and your workout routine. A topic we covered in the May Bathroom Minutes feature, “I Think I Can’t.” But quitting isn’t always the answer. Sometimes...
In this edition of “Step Into the Chair,” Cleve McMillan, stylist and DSC’s resident hair expert, weighs in on your burning questions about the mysterious adventure that is getting a haircut. What should I talk to you about when getting a haircut—cliché stuff like the weather or something...
Let Maria Everding, founder of the Etiquette Institute, properly instruct you on how to manage the eclectic personalities you find around the Thanksgiving dinner table. The Photographer Challenge: Brings her DSLR for a mid-meal Instagram shoot, despite the fact that your extra-stretchy sweatpants clearly scream “No flash...
“What is love?” No other question has inspired more poets to write, singers to sing and car windows to be broken by Chris Kattan. Thanks to Rutgers University anthropologist and renowned romance researcher Helen Fisher, though, we have an answer: “Love,” it turns out, can be broken...
