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Five Smartphone Apps That Promote Smoking
Marketing cigarettes ain’t what it used to be. Gone are the days of Joe Camel billboards and T-shirts or caps branded with cigarette makers’ logos. But Big Tobacco hasn’t given up on getting its...
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Kate’s Pregnant! Why We Care
When news of the Duchess of Cambridge’s pregnancy broke on Monday, a gasp of excitement went round the world. The hashtag #royalbaby took over Twitter, internet searches for “Kate Middleton pregnant”...
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Understanding Why Music Moves Us
They say that writing about music is like dancing about architecture. But why don’t we dance to paintings— or for that matter, buildings— anyway? The latest research hints at why. According to a study...
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The “Eligible Bachelor” List: How Quaint
Town & Country magazine’s February issue is out, with its annual inventory of “Top 50 Bachelors.” As editorial franchises go, this is so antiquated that it’s almost all the way back refreshing....
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The End of an Epithet: How Hate Speech Dies
A long time ago, I didn’t know I was a hebe. I was born Jewish and raised Jewish, but hebe? Never heard of it. That was mostly a function of geography. I grew up in a suburb of Baltimore with an...
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‘Cinnamon Challenge’ Could Trigger Lasting Lung Damage
Swallowing a tablespoon of the dry spice on a dare could lead to serious health problems, according to the latest report on the practice. The so-called cinnamon challenge went viral in 2012 as over...
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Cannibalism at Jamestown: Listening to the Bones
She was thrown out, or at least her head was, with the remains of other animals — dogs, horses, squirrels — and other debris that the colonists discarded during the winter of 1609–10. There are no...
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Wealthy Selfies: How Being Rich Increases Narcissism
The rich really are different — and, apparently more self-absorbed, according to the latest research. That goes against the conventional wisdom that the more people have, the more they appreciate their...
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Transgender Showed Evolutionary Benefits in Ancestral Societies
A new paper published in the journal Human Nature finds that transgendered men were often seen as an asset in some societies. Among hunter-gatherer communities, the social investments that transgender...
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What Keeps Online Dating Segregated (and How to Fix It)
Online dating — as well as regular dating — is a very segregated activity, but a new study suggests that it may not take much to break racial and ethnic barriers. As much as we like to think that...
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When the Fantasy Is a Size 16: Retailers Introduce Voluptuous Mannequins
British department store Debenhams has introduced a line of mannequins that are more like the size of the women who shop there. Meanwhile in Venezuela, the trend is for mannequins with exaggerated...
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#RoofBreakup: What We Learned From the Lovers Whose Tiff Went Viral
A couple who went to the roof of their apartment building for some privacy to air their differences ended up in a world publicity instead after a guy up there decided to share the details of their...
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Women Hate Sexy Ads, Unless They’re for Something Expensive
Women are turned off by sexually explicit images in advertisements. Unless, that is, the item being advertised is very precious. And valuable. And rare. Like, maybe, a once a year type gift. At least,...
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Nigella Bites Back: Lawson’s 11 Most Scathing Courtroom Quotes
Over in London, Nigella Lawson, celebrity cook (she eschews the label of chef), is giving everyone an object lesson in how to handle that awkward situation of being called a drug addict by former...
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Judge Strikes Down Part of Utah Polygamy Ban
A U.S. District Court judge ruled Friday that a key part of the state’s longstanding polygamy laws are unconstitutional, marking a victory for polygamous families who have long sought to have their...
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The 20 Best Worst Things That Have Been Said About Me on YouTube
Amanda Hess knows it’s not always fun to be female on the internet. She has firsthand experience of the vitriol that women who post online tend to attract. The piece she wrote about this for Pacific...
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Scientists Invent a ‘Machine’ That Helps Women Get Promoted
Women, according to about a million researchers, management experts and self help gurus, have trouble touting their own achievements and that doesn’t help their careers. But a new study may have...
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How to Find out Anything from Anyone
Wish you knew whether the wisecracking guy in the next cubicle got a raise this year? Or whether that stylish woman sipping wine on your first date wants to have kids? Bet you’d like to know whether...
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Harvard Study Suggests Racial Bias Among Some Airbnb Renters
Black hosts who offer their places for temporary rent in New York City via Airbnb don’t get as much for their rentals as non-black hosts, even though the places maybe in equally good neighborhoods, and...
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Let’s Fire St. Valentine: 5 Saints for the Married
Of all the Saints to whom we could grant a special day to celebrate love, why did we choose Valentine, a dude who never even had a girlfriend, let alone a long term monogamous relationship? He was a...
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