A Wild New Study Sheds Light On Why Exercise Is So Good For Our BrainsIt’s no secret that regular exercise is great for the body and the brain.
“I’ve Been Eating Over 30 Plants a Week for a Year – Here’s How It’s Transformed My Gut Health”It’s become the go-to piece of gut health advice, but just how realistic is it to eat 30 plants a week every week?
New Male Contraceptives Could Be Infuriatingly Pain-Free and EasyWhy don’t women have options like that? Researchers have been hard at work on a number of male contraceptives, some of which could hit the market in the next couple of decades.
The Pill Makes Some Women Miserable. But Are They Really Quitting It en Masse?The woman in the video looks resolute, and a little sad, as she cuts up a pack of birth control pills. “These silly little pills have literally ruined me as a person,” reads the caption. The clip, which is on TikTok, has 1.1 million likes.
Seven Health Benefits of Gaining MuscleNot everybody has the same reaction to noticing a new muscle pop up on their body. Some love it: “Great, I’m getting jacked!” Some are discouraged: “Oh no, I’m getting bulky.” But everyone should know that building muscle has its benefits, beyond looks and in spite of looks.
Rise of Planet of the Apes Is a Minor MiracleRise of the Planet of the Apes achieves the unthinkable. It’s a prequel film to an iconic classic that approaches the material in a fresh, interesting way, stands on its own, and doesn’t tarnish the legacy or integrity of its predecessors. On paper, it shouldn’t work.
Anger builds over sweeping change in the way most Californians will pay for electricityWith little debate two years ago, state lawmakers passed a complex energy bill that enabled a sweeping change in how most Californians are billed for electricity.
No, We Aren’t All Eating “Too Much” ProteinIf you’ll permit me a rant—I promise to make it fact-filled and interesting—I am sick of the articles that seem to pop up every few months claiming that we are all eating “too much” protein.
There’s a New Covid Variant. What Will That Mean for Spring and Summer?For most of this year, the JN.1 variant of the coronavirus accounted for an overwhelming majority of Covid cases. But now, an offshoot variant called KP.2 is taking off. The variant, which made up just one percent of cases in the United States in mid-March, now makes up over a quarter. KP.
8 Ways to Stay Hydrated If You Hate Drinking WaterFor all the hype surrounding status water bottles—looking at you, Stanley and Owala—it turns out many of us aren’t drinking nearly enough H2O. “It’s a struggle,” says Vanessa King, a registered dietitian nutritionist with Queen’s Health System in Oahu, Hawaii.
The 2025 Aston Martin Vantage gets a bold new body and big power boostAston Martin provided flights from London to Seville and accommodation so Ars could drive the Vantage. Ars does not accept paid editorial content.It's high time Aston Martin had a winner on its hands.
How to Live ForeverA friend of mine knew a wealthy man who had decided to live forever. That made him hard to be around, my friend told me, in an e-mail, because he was “always dropping to the floor to do ab crunches or running out for bottles of water or falling asleep or outgassing Chinese herbs.
We Tied the Knot. And Then I Learned the One Thing That Actually Turns Him On Is a Deal-Breaker.How to Do It is Slate’s sex advice column. Have a question? Send it to Jessica and Rich here. It’s anonymous! My husband and I have been together for seven years and married for four. About a year after we got married, he told me about his kink.
‘Rip their skin off’In August 2011, a Montenegrin sailor called Goran Radoman fled the scene of a late-night car crash in Havana. He was arrested three months later at José Martí International Airport and sentenced to seven years in prison for manslaughter.
How light can vaporize water without the need for heatIt’s the most fundamental of processes — the evaporation of water from the surfaces of oceans and lakes, the burning off of fog in the morning sun, and the drying of briny ponds that leaves solid salt behind.