Your ability to balance on one foot may indicate your life expectancy, according to a new peer-reviewed study. In a nutshell, if you can balance on one foot for 10 seconds, you are more likely to live longer. Balance ability tends to naturally continue to age 70, so the 10-second test may seem more of...
Untreated bacterial infections are highly dangerous. An untreated wound, however small it may be, can go from a minor issue to deadly if you are not careful. This is because bacterial infections can cause something known as sepsis, an extreme immune response to an infection. This mother of two is now just happy to be...
A man lives where he wants to live- be it a house or a plane. After all, a home is where the heart is. It’s where we go after a tough day at work- to simply kick back and relax. But for some, the very concept of the home could be exciting. This is where...
The Daily Mail recently reported the story of a woman from Belfast who tattooed eyeballs- a procedure now causing her to go blind. The woman in question, Anaya Peterson, had to be hospitalized after her eyelids started swelling. Now, she faces the risk of permanent blindness. The 32-year-old mother and law student also put up...
Marriage is an incredibly complex process that’s meant to last a lifetime. It’s difficult for many people to put themselves in someone else’s shoes. As a result, most people can’t fathom how we’d handle our spouse being diagnosed with a terminal illness. Furthermore, when one person is diagnosed with a life changing condition the other’s...
If you have ever used the washroom in an airplane, you must have had this burning question in mind- where does the poo go after you flush on an airplane toilet? While it does seem like a mystery- with our minds circulating through the most horrifying possibilities, the reality is not that bleak. Packets of...
Have you ever wondered where exactly humans came from? After all, we all had to originate from one group, did we not? This question of human origins has been posed many times. A group of Oxford researchers may have possibly figured out where our ancestors’ ancestors came from. The answer is one African country. Human...
“For a while, I rolled my eyes at the movement to stop using social media,” wrote Bethany Halland in her post on Thrive Global. [1] However, she began to notice how social media affected her life. She wasn’t reading or spending time on hobbies, and she felt isolated from her friends despite staying updated on...
Job interviews can be stressful. You can prepare all you want and guess what you think they might ask you, but they always seem to ask you something you didn’t think of. We want you to nail your next interview and land that dream job, so we’re going to offer you a few tips. These...
Since childhood, many of us have had fun tricking our eyes and our brains. Magicians use illusions to shock and awe crowds in a theater or the streets of Las Vegas. People have always found joy in the mystical wonders of an optical illusion. In contrast, one mom shared a picture of her daughter at...
The world is constantly evolving, and technology is spurring us along. The more we develop our tech, the more advanced we become as a species. Although, this does come at a price. To understand human needs, one needs to be a fly on the wall in consumers’ homes. So, Alexa’s home device has proved to...
Two metal detectorists were arrested for theft after failing to report the hoard of treasure they’d uncovered. George Powell and Layton Davies unearthed gold jewelry, silver ingots, and coins hidden over a thousand years ago by a Viking warrior. Detectorists are legally obligated to declare any findings, but Powell and Davis began to sell the...
