Merv Mandelbaum 
As a country, we’re pretty sleep-deprived. It’d be foolish for us to offer a catchall solution, but new research has found something for people who do shift work. A study published in Current Biology has found that altering shift worker’s schedules such that they’re sleeping at their optimal times can … Read More
So, think you’re saving the earth and your arteries by shopping at the ‘ol local farmer’s market? Think again. A study of farmer’s markets in the Bronx found that they were basically very expensive boutique grocery stores, without many of the benefits of an actual grocery store. More specifically, shopping … Read More
It’s time for another myth from your childhood to die. We don’t know exactly what you’ve been told about penis sizes, but it’s probably wrong. Fortunately, we have the right numbers right here. A meta-study published in BJIU International sought to figure out average penis sizes, and they did so … Read More
You’ve probably read about this dozens of times: mirroring your job interviewer is a subtle psychological technique for winning said interviewer over. Unfortunately, it can horribly backfire. Researchers writing in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology say that mirroring a job interviewer who is using negative body language can sink … Read More
Online dating seems overwhelming (and we can help!). How do we make it less overwhelming? Glad you asked. A study published in Evidence-Based Medicine sought to develop an “evidence-based approach to online dating”, and they did this by performing a meta-study of eighty-six different studies of online dating. Most of … Read More
