Merv Mandelbaum 
Your to-do list is a mile long, you’re deep into time-triage mode, and there’s just no way you can feel more productive. Sound familiar? There actually is one way: do something selfless. American researchers found that spending a few hours on something altruistic made people feel like they had more … Read More
Like to push back bedtime, even though you need to wake up early in the morning? Well, maybe stop doing that. The evidence suggests that it’s ruining your life. A study published in Cognitive Therapy and Research has found that people who both go to bed late and sleep too … Read More
Ah, that old “violent video games make for violent kids” canard—between cable news who won’t quite bringing it up and gamers who won’t quite whining about it, it’ll never die. In the mean time, scientists have found that a better way to make a gamer violent isn’t to give them … Read More
Last month, scientists looking for actual physical proof of the g-spot completed their work, presumably to choruses of “I told you so!” from unsatisfied women everywhere. Publishing in BJOG, scientists say that the g-spot is a bundle of veins, small arteries, and nerves. In seven of the women studied, the … Read More
“Never again”? Don’t lie. It doesn’t matter how hungover you get, it doesn’t matter how much you regret your actions, and it doesn’t matter what you tell your porcelain throne—you’ll be drinking again before long. That’s the gist of a study published in Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research Researchers. They … Read More
