Does a low-fat diet really help you lose weight? We de-bunked this and other “healthy eating” habits that aren’t as healthy as you might think. Grace Raver contributed to an earlier version of this video. Follow Tech Insider: On Facebook from SAI…
Volcanologist Carolyn Parcheta builds robots in her quest to uncover the secrets of volcanoes. ‘How She Works’ is a new series from Mashable highlighting women in diverse occupations. Watch more episodes on our YouTube channel. NASA ‘mixtape’ highlights best of…
Sony’s animated Spider-Man movie could have a very interesting lead character, while Marvel’s new Spidey cartoon recruits two comic book webslingers. A new DC TV show is coming, and we’ll know more soon. Plus, Michael Fassbender talks Alien: Covenant, and…
Shawn Arent, the director of the Center for Health and Human Performance at Rutgers University and a Fellow in the American College of Sports Medicine, explains how shorter, higher intensity workouts can produce bigger gains without spending hours in the gym.…
You may not totally remember it, but 1997 was a pretty great year in music. From The Notorious B.I.G. to Céline Dion, the ’97 Billboard charts were stacked with bangers and ballads set to stand the test of time. Allow…
Artist’s depiction of immune cells attacking a cancer cell. (Image: Diamond Light Source UK) By boosting the power of a patient’s immune cells, researchers from the City of Hope Beckman Research Institute have demonstrated the potential for a revolutionary new…
Image Credit: University of Wisconsin For years, men suffering from erectile dysfunction were told to reach for the little blue pill. But if that fails, what’s left? An inventive application of elastic “memory metal” is being used to create a…
We all have those friends in tip top health condition; they rarely get sick, tout glowing hair and skin, and can scale a flight of stairs without breaking a sweat. From the outside it may seem like they’re hiding superpowers—…
Dec. 29, 2016, 3:15 PM 11 What are the next steps in human evolution? Astrobiologist Caleb Scharf, who is the director of the Columbia Astrobiology Center at Columbia University, New York, and author of “The Copernicus Complex,“ explains how the future of…
Feeling so cold you shiver is an awful, horrible experience, but there’s a hidden perk. Shivering can actually burn some calories through the magic of biochemistry. As this video from the Reactions YouTube channel explains, there are two main types…