What Swearing Off Sex Does to Your Brain
Some people claim abstaining from orgasm can enhance productivity, creativity, and peace of mind. Do any doctors agree?
What Swearing Off Sex Does to Your Brain
Some people claim abstaining from orgasm can enhance productivity, creativity, and peace of mind. Do any doctors agree?
Why Instagram Became the Perfect Breeding Ground for Conspiracy Theories
The insular nature of the platform has allowed the angry and disaffected to find each other, spread their message, and bypass the gatekeepers of mainstream media in a way that was previously unimaginable outside of Reddit and 4Chan.
Watching the Terrifying Election as an American in Berlin
Even with a language barrier, Berlin feels more like home than most of non-urban America does.
Halloween Is Fine
Like most reasonable people, I do not love Halloween, but I'm not such a spoilsport as to hate it, either.
Bob Dylan Doesn't Need a Nobel Prize
The winner never pleases everyone, but it's at least a chance to remind the larger public that serious literature exists, and to give one person a nice boost in book sales.
When Famous Men Are Caught Saying Gross Things on Tape
It's not surprising that famous men are often heinous, but it's a little strange that they keep putting themselves in situations where they prove it on record.
Why Grover Norquist Won’t Stop Fighting for Your Right to Vape
"Vapers spend more time vaping than people in monasteries spend praying. It's hours in the day. You're telling all your friends, and some jerk politician is going to come screw with you?"
Imagining Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman's Entire Relationship Through Their Films
From 1990 until their dramatic divorce in 2001, Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman were one of Hollywood's hottest couples. Nobody knows what happened behind the scenes of their three movies, but you can't help thinking you do.
A Definitive Ranking of US Presidents from Lamest to Coolest
Was Barack Obama the coolest president? Is anyone less cool than Rutherford B Hayes?
Why Presidential Candidates Shouldn't Have to Release Their Health Records
Clinton and Trump have not released much information about their health since issuing short doctors' statements last year. This makes some people very mad!
Is Fear About the 2016 Election Keeping People from Eating at Wendy's?
This week, Wendy's CEO Todd Penegor justified the company's poor earnings by saying that people are too nervous about the presidential election to spend money on fast food. We visited the chain to see how much politics really affects the patrons.