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Why You Should Warm Up Your Feet Before Bed
Getting cold feet is inconvenient in many situations—including when you go to bed. “Our body temperature leads our sleep cycle,” says Kenneth Diller, a professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Texas at Austin who has researched thermoregulation. “Your body does best when the central area is cooler, and the peripheral is warmer.” Decades…
Read MoreSeals Are Seemingly Vanishing Off the Dutch Coast. These Scientists Are Trying to Get to the Bottom of the Mysterious Disappearances
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Recent counts of the Wadden Sea’s adult harbor seal population have revealed a surprising trend of decline, prompting a consortium of researchers to investigate whether the animals are dying off, relocating or experiencing something else altogether Source link
Read MoreMiss Piggy Says Sabrina Carpenter Was “Very Intimidated” By Her
Sabrina Carpenter knows Miss Piggy has good taste. Indeed, the “Manchild” singer says as much during the return of The Muppet Show, which premieres Feb. 4 on Disney+ and ABC. But was the Muppet icon at all phased by the Grammy winner while filming the special? “Was I intimidated?” Miss Piggy balked in an exclusive…
Read MoreCan You Ski With a Torn ACL?
Skier Lindsey Vonn said she plans to still compete at the upcoming Milano Cortina Winter Olympics despite sustaining a serious knee injury about a week before her first race. Vonn, 41, wrote in a Feb. 3 social media post that she “completely” ruptured the ACL, or anterior cruciate ligament, in her left knee after crashing…
Read MoreDSW Has the Coziest UGGs Under $100 – Yes, Really!
ICYMI, the groundhog saw his shadow and that means we have six more weeks of winter ahead. If you’re not a big fan of chilly temps and could use some cheering up, we just found a deal that’s going to make getting through it so much easier. To keep your feet warm and your wallet…
Read MoreMorgan Buck Sees A.I. as a Rare Chance to Reimagine Creativity
Morgan Buck, We’re the Only Winners, 2025. Acrylic on canvas, 20 x 31 inches. Photo: Mario Gallucci; Courtesy the artist and ILY2 These days, Morgan Buck doesn’t make paintings that look like paintings. With their airbrushed surfaces and grainy, digitized haze, his canvases look like screenshot shitposts pulled from the weirder corners of the internet—and…
Read MoreWaymo Valued at $126B as Co-CEOs Accelerate Robotaxi Expansion
Tekedra Mawakana heads Waymo alongside co-CEO Dmitri Dolgov. Photo by Ian Maule/AFP via Getty Images Waymo, a leader in autonomous driving, has secured $16 billion in fresh funding, valuing the company at a whopping $126 billion—nearly three times its most recent valuation of $45 billion in 2024. “This infusion of capital will ensure we are…
Read MoreWhat’s the Easiest Way to Start Strength Training?
Imagine there was something you could do that would not only improve your mood, cognition, and energy, but also lower your chances of cancer, diabetes, heart disease, and even death. It’s not taking a pill: it’s strength training. Strength training offers “a multitude of benefits,” says Craig Hensley, associate professor of physical therapy and human…
Read MoreWhy Alcohol Raises the Risk of Cancer
Carcinogens—substances that increase cancer risk—are often obvious. Some with the most research backing their dangers are tobacco, radiation, and asbestos. Also in that category? Alcohol. That, to a lot of people, comes as a surprise. According to a 2025 report by the U.S. Surgeon General’s office, citing a 2019 study, less than half of Americans…
Read MoreThe $1.6 Trillion Moonshot: Why Philanthropy Is America’s Ultimate Strategic Weapon
America’s philanthropic elite possess the capital, the independence and the visionary DNA to solve the greatest challenge of our time. Unsplash+ America’s philanthropists have always been the architects of the impossible. When the world needed to eradicate polio, American foundations led the charge. When the Global South faced starvation, the Rockefeller Foundation sparked the Green…
Read MoreAura V, 8, Reacts to Making Grammys History as Youngest Winner Ever
Grammys 2026 Must-See Moments: Cher’s Hilarious Flub, Justin Bieber Returns, Bad Bunny Wins Big Aura V reached a pitch perfect milestone at the 2026 Grammys. Indeed, she and dad Fyütch won Best Children’s Music Album as a father-daughter duo for Harmony at the Feb. 1 ceremony, making the 8-year-old the youngest individually named Grammy winner in history. “It was fun,” Aura…
Read MoreSmall, Stubby-Armed Dinosaurs Have Confounded Paleontologists. Are Answers Finally Within Reach?
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Recent discoveries about an alvarezsaur called Manipulonyx have drawn renewed attention to this group of bird-like, clawed creatures and the mysteries around their anatomy and behavior Source link
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