Interesting

Low-fat diets can suppress testosterone and muscle growth, but high LDL is still a heart risk. Where the cholesterol-muscle research actually lands.

June 18, 2011 · 2 min read

On his 18th birthday, Filipino teen Junrey Balawing was measured at 59.93 cm (about two feet) and certified as the world's shortest man.

June 12, 2011 · 1 min read

Tabloids claim Brad Pitt's parents prefer Aniston to Jolie. The real story is why the public can't let the love triangle end.

June 8, 2011 · 1 min read

From High Line yoga to Bryant Park bootcamps, NYC's free outdoor fitness classes have become a tourist attraction in their own right.

June 3, 2011 · 1 min read

A 17-year-old in Anhui sold a kidney for 22,000 yuan to buy an iPad 2. The story that exposed a gadget frenzy — and a black market.

June 3, 2011 · 1 min read

The Melody, a new Bronx co-op, is NYC's first building designed to fight obesity — with jazz in the stairwells and gyms indoors and out.

June 3, 2011 · 1 min read

Mango mousse, mango lassi, and shrikhand — three Indian fruit desserts that ask more of the ripe fruit than of the cook, perfect for summer.

June 3, 2011 · 1 min read

Reese Witherspoon will take the MTV Generation Award at Sunday's Movie Awards — joining Bullock, Stiller, Sandler, and Tom Cruise.

June 1, 2011 · 1 min read

Hrithik Roshan's TV debut as a dance-show judge came with advice from Cat Deeley: be honest, be constructive, and remember personality wins votes.

May 27, 2011 · 1 min read

Consumer Reports ranked Jenny Craig the top commercial diet plan in 2011. The honest verdict: structure helps, but maintenance stays unsolved.

May 27, 2011 · 2 min read

Cosmetic surgery was once overwhelmingly female. A growing share of patients are men — and the industry is courting them openly.

May 24, 2011 · 1 min read

A TOI story on Akshay Kumar's mango-loving humility has all the hallmarks of planted PR — until the humble farmer friend owns hundreds of acres.

May 21, 2011 · 1 min read

Voice calls are dying and carriers know it. Why unlimited minutes aren't generosity — they're the carriers admitting the minute is obsolete.

May 16, 2011 · 1 min read

A 2011 study of 357 adoptive families found marital strain at 9 months predicted babies' sleep problems at 18 months — and not the other way around.

May 16, 2011 · 2 min read

First impressions form in seconds, and clothes do a lot of the talking. Why presentation is communication — and why the judgment it invites isn't fair.

May 12, 2011 · 1 min read

Lemon juice is a popular kitchen remedy for acne — mildly antibacterial but risky in the sun. What the chemistry actually supports, and the caveats.

May 11, 2011 · 1 min read

Years of dabbling in decluttering led to a bigger idea: extreme downsizing. On ruthlessness, Martha Stewart fantasies, and living with less.

May 9, 2011 · 1 min read

Harvard Business School pushed executive education into China and India in 2011 — with very different receptions, and a $50 million Tata gift back home.

May 9, 2011 · 1 min read

Tanuja and Kajol, Dimple and Twinkle, Hema and Esha — five Bollywood mother-daughter pairs where the resemblance, on screen and off, is uncanny.

May 9, 2011 · 1 min read

From Chennai to Srinagar, funeral prayers for bin Laden divided India's Muslims in May 2011 — Geelani's call, Omar Abdullah's rebuke, and quiet resistance.

May 7, 2011 · 2 min read