Prevention starts with recognizing one's own limits Each year, more than 1,000 people die from heat stroke in the United States. Long thought to be the product of dehydration, traditional prevention and treatment of heat related illness has been to drink more water. More recent research by the...
I dare you. I dare you to say something bad about Mariano Rivera.
He's the New York Yankees closer — a team known to inspire hatred in the 29 other fanbases. But Rivera, their record-setting, soon-to-retire bullpen stalwart is showing all of baseball what a class act he is.
As part of his...
Michigan State wasn't exactly an afterthought when the preseason Associated Press top-25 poll came out back in the fall, but with Big Ten Conference rivals Indiana, Michigan and Ohio State all ranked in the top five and the Spartans looking up from No. 14, it sort of seemed that way.
Things...
It's really embarrassing how many sleepless nights I've had due to my brain synapsing and wondering whether the chicken or the egg came first. I flip, I flop, I twist, I turn—it's definitely a good brain exercise. But after watching ASAP Science definitively answer the question of which came...
Have you heard of "milking?" Neither had we until we saw this video, which for some reason, has gone viral. It's the latest Internet craze that has stupid people doing stupid things in the name of attention, but this one surpasses them all. More »
Latest Internet Meme, Milking, Proves How...
If you're looking to shed some pounds this fall, Weight Watchers should be your diet of choice, according to a new study that says those who take part in this program lose more weight and stick with a healthier lifestyle longer. More »New Study Proves Weight Watchers Kicks Butt If You Want To...
So you got yourself an eReader. You've sworn off physical books for good. Who needs 'em? Well you can't build a gigantic pyramid library with eBooks now can you? More »
The entire cast of CBS' 'The Talk' went no makeup for their Season 3 premier yesterday, wearing barely-styled hair and bathrobes to emphasize their just-rolled-out-of-bed look. Judging by many responses, their unkempt hair and a lack of eyeliner were hardly enough to impress. But even if the...
In the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child abuse scandal, Penn State is now buckling down to protect everyone from further assaults by banning "Sweet Caroline" by Neil Diamond. It's been decided by the powers-to-be that this evil song will no longer be played at the school's football games because...
A new study says that yoga could reduce disability in stroke victims by improving their balance, proving that viral videos like Arthur Boorman's*aren't just freak*occurrences. If you're willing to buy one man's experience as testament to the incredible transformational abilities of yoga...
The body of evidence surrounding sports drinks like Gatorade and Powerade isn't small; for as long as these sugary, electrolyte-loaded beverages have been around, scientists have been trying to decide if they're better or worse than water. And pretty much across the board, the consensus has been...
Oh Dr. Drew, you sneaky little psychology hack you. How far the once-great advice guru has fallen. He won our hearts with what seemed like honest and informative straight-talk about sex on Loveline. Then he started diagnosing celebrities he's never met and encouraged a whole host of mental...
"If ever there was an anti-aging pill, I would call it exercise," says 75-year-old Ernestine Shepherd, of Baltimore, who runs 10 miles per day and is more ripped and strong than most 20-somethings. But here's the most inspirational part: the bodybuilding grandma didn't start training until she...
Things have been going wrong at Sony for a long old time. But if you need hard evidence of its downward trajectory, how about this: it just reported a record annual loss, of $5.7 billion. Ouch. More »
It's a known fact that over-the-counter diet pills basically never lead to real weight loss. But that doesn't stop the manufacturers of them from trying desperately to plant the seeds of body-negativity and, as a result, get people to buy their crappy snake oil. Yesterday, they did it by hacking...
Humongous and Deadly "Giant Pencil Launcher" Proves Grade School Fantasies Will Kill
A few weeks ago, outrageous weapon master Joerg Sprave made a small-but-wonderful pencil-launcher that looked destined to deadly-up classrooms around the world. But Joerg...
Teens may be too dumb to self-administer Plan B (at least according to*Kathleen Sebelius) but they sure can do other amazing stuff--like developing nanoparticles that kill cancer. That's what Angela Zhang, who was awarded the first place prize ($100,000) at the Siemens Competition in Math...
Laurie Davis, wife of accused Syracuse coach, Bernie Fine who was recently accused of sexually molesting one of the team's ball boys, is just as guilty as her husband. Maybe she wasn't the one having sexual encounters with him when he was a boy (although she is accused of having sex with him...