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We pay a whole lot of money for celebrity memorabilia; Steve McQueen’s jacket from Bullitt was expected to go for up to $800,000, last we checked (and then stopped checking, since that’s a tad out of our price range). So what gives? Why not just get a replica, which is … Read More
Know why they don’t make realistic movies about hitmen? Because a hitman is most likely to take out their victim while they’re waiting for the bus or walking the dog. Oh, and the most common reason people hire a contract killer? Boring ones—jilted lovers, business deals gone sour, and simple … Read More
The greater your muscle mass, the lower your risk of death. According to a new study published in the American Journal of Medicine, it’s just that simple. How’d they figure that out? Not with BMI, that’s for sure. Rather than relying on something so imprecise, researchers used something called bioelectrical … Read More
Once upon a time, really rich people didn’t work much at all: they had serfs, slaves, or other lower classes to do that for them. Everyone else, on the other hand, had to work all the time, because survival would be otherwise impossible. We’ve flipped that notion on its head … Read More
Can you learn something just by watching? A new study not only says yes, but you can actually improve your motor skills while you’re at it. The study, presented at the American Academy of Neurology’s annual meeting, broke out the big guns (which, in this case, means 3D MRI brain … Read More
