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Even folks who can’t tell their moon signs from their rising signs usually know a thing or two about their sun signs. Masquerading in popular culture as horoscopes or “star signs,” sun signs became a thing when astrology went mainstream in the 1930s (via Smithsonian). Then, an astrologer named R.H. Naylor became a regular columnist in a British newspaper after he […]
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School funding is a hot-button topic, and many people (rightly) are quick to point out when teachers are forced to work second jobs or fundraise to buy much-needed classroom supplies. But is more school funding the cure-all? HeyTutor, an online tutoring company, crunched the numbers around school performance and funding. Using publicly available data, the report looks at which states […]
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1. A Sweater Dress View this post on Instagram It's no surprise that I have motherhood on the brain…and as soon as I started talking about my pregnancy I can't tell you how many people told me to check out the app @peanut ? (essentially THE fastest growing app for moms) and ask @michellekennedylon, their founder to come on the […]
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Target has a way of getting us to spend our money on things we didn’t know we needed. Have you ever found yourself at the checkout at Target with way more items in your cart than you planned to pick up? Do you find that your self-control plummets every time you walk into the retailer, creating a dangerous situation for […]
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As a young anatomist, I was fascinated by an ancient Greek sculpture at the National Museum in Rome known as Boxer of the Quirinal. The bronze figure has dark voids for eye sockets and very odd ears. The sculptor depicted in great detail the boxer’s cauliflower ear. Watching the Rugby World Cup recently, I was reminded of it. Cauliflower ear […]
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File this one under Studies We Don’t Exactly Know What to Do With: A study from Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and New York–Presbyterian claims that maternal stress during pregnancy may actually affect fetal and child development — including the sex of your baby. Hey, there are currently studies out there searching for the “gay gene” too, […]
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I thought I’d heard it all, but the Snake Diet is a new one on me. The diet is a twist on the current popularity of fasting, and its extreme nature is raising a lot of red flags for health professionals like me. Here’s the lowdown on what the plan entails, and why I strongly recommend skipping it. What is the […]
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1. By protecting your child from failure, you’re instilling in them a sense of helplessness. 2. You may be setting them up for anxiety and depression later in life. 3. And you may be creating in them a false sense of entitlement, too. 4. Conversely, by allowing your child to fail, you’re teaching them that failure isn’t something to be […]
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The way we interpret a message changes depending on whether it’s framed in the active or the passive voice, University of Toronto researchers have found—even if the content is exactly the same. “What we found is that depending on which form you choose, it changes how your audience comes to understand that message,” says Sam Maglio, an associate professor in […]
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Do you feel relaxed after having a drink? Does smoking marijuana calm your nerves? Well, if you have ever wondered why it happens, read on. The drugs we normally use affect our body and mind in some amazing but unnatural ways. The chemicals in substances like alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, and even prescription drugs affect us both psychologically and physically. Substance […]
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