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Lonely-hearters rejoice: cupid’s arrow is turning digital. Proof? More than 5% of Americans met Mr. or Ms. Right online, according to the Pew Research Center. More than 49 million Americans—a third of them unmarried millennials—have jumped onto the online dating…
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The road to parenthood can be fraught with speed bumps, from infertility to being single to sexual orientation. So, we’re highlighting five famous men and women who have bridged the “infertility gap” by using surrogates to expand their families. Tyra Banks…
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If there’s ever a season punctuated by flowers, it’s spring. After shaking off winter’s hold, nature has burst back into life with balmy weather, perfume clouds, and falling petals. Whether you’re interested in seeing the bulbs that have started peeking through…
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Forests are wind-blocking, sound-muffling, toxin-pulling powerhouses: they gobble up carbon dioxide, turning it into twisted trunks, knobby knees, and braided branches. Three trillion trees strong, forests cover almost a third of the Earth’s surface. They also tie 1.6 billion people…
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Kaleigh Mancha is a Las Vegas yogi on a mission to prove that big girls can bend. Sure, she’s not a caucasian woman with blonde hair sporting a pair of size 0 Lululemon pants. “My body is non-threatening. I want…
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Mention Siberia and there are immediate thoughts of a kingdom of ice with bone-rattling wind and unrelenting snow. Yet, in this toughest of tough terrains, Lake Baikal, the deepest and oldest lake in the world, is a beautiful contradiction to…
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Move over Botox, there’s a new fountain of youth in town: face yoga. A natural, non-invasive alternative to risky facelifts and expensive face creams, face yoga tones and firms the 57 muscles in your face and neck. “The benefits of…
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Pop quiz – what are the biggest calorie-hogs in the American diet? Pizza? Potato chips? Hamburgers? Actually, try breads, grainy sweets – cake, cookies, donuts – and sodas, says a 2010, American Dietetic Association study. The average American sips at…
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Pitch black. Trapped. Tethered by a thread. Cave diving is a physically demanding sport with considerable risks. For this reason, people believe that cave divers have to register the cold scorch of fear every now and then in order to…
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Ain’t love grand—from the all-consuming, heart-skips-a-beat, embracing in the rain kind of love to the deep-rooted, life-long love affair? Yes, cloud nine will put a spring in your step, and, as it turns out, it’s good for you too. Kissing lowers…
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