A study discovered that single men can smell different than men in committed relationships. As strange as this sounds, body smells could reveal a lot about a person. For instance, cholera gives off a sweet scent while acute diabetes can smell like rotten apples. Also, men find women’s body odor less pleasant during menstruation and...
Emma, who goes by @iheartveggiecorndogs on TikTok, often posts videos talking about her experience in the food service industry. One TikTok, in particular, received a lot of attention, although not entirely for the right reasons. In it, she fumed about a customer praising her service and then only tipping 10% instead of the standard 20%...
Travis Heide and his wife, Amy, both grew up on farms. However, while Heide was accustomed to conventional farming methods, his wife’s family lived on an organic farm on Vancouver Island. After they were married, when Amy spoke about making their farm free of synthetic fertilizer and pesticides, Heide took it personally. “Every time she...
Lucid dreaming is when a person is conscious that they are asleep. It’s a form of metacognition, of being aware of awareness. Some people could even control the dream when they’re in this state. So a team of researchers set out to discover the limits of awareness during lucid dreaming. In other words, they asked...
Magnesium is a mineral crucial for over 300 processes in the body. This includes muscle and nerve function, carbohydrate metabolism, blood pressure and blood sugar regulation, bone development, and more. Deficiency has been associated with conditions like type 2 diabetes, obesity, osteoporosis, migraines, and cardiovascular diseases. Although this mineral is present in many foods, studies...
There are over a thousand different kinds of bananas in the world. Yes, you heard that right. When most people in the Western World think of bananas, they think of Cavendish bananas, long, yellow, and mildly sweet. Perhaps a few would think of plantains, another fairly familiar type of bananas. But there are also red...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) declared beef from two gene-edited cattle low-risk and potentially safe to eat. They added that this kind of beef could possibly be on the market in two years. Called PRLR-SLICK cattle, they became genetically edited using a tool called CRISPR to shorten their hair to tolerate heat better....
If you had the choice of working anything less than a Monday-to-Friday workweek, would you take it? More than likely your answer is yes, absolutely, in a heartbeat, no question, especially if it only has you at work 3 days a week. Lucky for you, there is a telling study you might want to cite next...
When people think about cults, often they assume “I would never fall for that.” However, people don’t get indoctrinated because they are unintelligent. That’s what makes cults so sinister; they slowly get into the heads of very smart people. Their tactics are often emotional, such as undermining a person’s self-confidence and tricking them into becoming...
House designer and designer company ESCAPE opened a tiny home village in Tampa Bay, Florida. As far as affordable housing goes in that area, these homes were a new alternative to living in an apartment. A wave of interest in tiny homes and remote living sold out the units in this village. “Little did we...
Loretta Harmes has been passionate about food and cooking ever since she was a child. She is known as the nil-by-mouth foodie on Instagram where she posts her mouth-watering creations from desserts to burgers to holiday recipes. But here’s the twist: Loretta hasn’t eaten anything in six years. The Nil-By-Mouth Foodie’s Journey Whenever Loretta would...
The Dervaes family bought a circa 1917 craftsman-style home just outside of downtown Los Angeles. Despite moving from a more “country” home, they couldn’t leave that way of life behind. So they transformed their urban plot into a fully functioning permaculture garden that grows about 7,000 pounds of organic produce every year. Now they also...
