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Even morning coffee can mess with your sleep

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Fitness & Exercise

High heels were once the height of men’s fashion

By Shoshi Parks

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3 myths about working from home, debunked

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Neurosurgeon recounts a ‘miracle of biology’

By Dr. Barbra Lazio

Young Black woman looking in bathroom mirror.

The reason your face looks wrong in photos

By Jennifer Byrne

Two hockey players pour champagne into the stanley cup in a vintage colorized image.

Fitness & Exercise

In 1924, the Montreal Canadiens left the Stanley Cup on the side of the road

By Allison Futterman

a pug stands on its back legs with its paw up on a human's knee. the pug has wide eyes and tongue hanging out since the human is holding a treat

Dog brains act surprisingly human when told ‘no’

By Laura Baisas

Lewis and Clark and Sacagawea look into distance in painting.

Lewis and Clark’s mercury-laced poop helped archaeologists trace their expedition

By Anna Goldfield

Raccoon in tree looking at camera

It’s almost time to airdrop rabies vaccines again

doctors in a surgery

What makes ‘The Pitt’ so horrifyingly realistic? We asked the show’s makeup and prosthetic pros.

By Jordan Burchette

a dark rat sniffs out a piece of chocolate with a candle in it

Rats make an ultrasonic sound when they eat chocolate

By Margherita Bassi

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Humans experimented with mind-altering drugs 25,000 years ago

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Max Brooks reflects on 20 years of ‘World War Z’

Man and woman eat ribs

You might be eating too much protein

By Jennifer Byrne

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Smart elephants can look before they leap

By Margherita Bassi

Joshita Majumdar before heading into the scanner (left). The cast of Friends (clockwise from the left): Matthew Perry as Chandler Bing, Matt Le Blanc as Joey Tribbiani, David Schwimmer as Ross Geller, Jennifer Aniston as Rachel Green, Lisa Kudrow as Phoebe Buffay, and Courteney Cox as Monica Geller (right).

Classic sitcom ‘Friends’ helps grad student endure 104 brain scans

By Mack DeGeurin

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Why September 9 is the most common birthday

By Laura Baisas

Colorized vintage photo of a woman in a blue dress and hat holding a peanut plant with a man in a suit.

The British author who harvested mutant, jumbo peanuts from her atomic garden

By Anna Goldfield

A close-up of a woman's mouth as she bites her fingernails

How gross is biting your fingernails?

Mature POC woman smelling coffee at home

When’s the best time to drink coffee?

By Sara Hashemi