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Emma Watson's 2014 UN speech launching the HeForShe campaign reframed feminism as a human issue, becoming one of the most-shared videos of the year.

Turmeric is one of the most studied spices — but 'as effective as 14 drugs' misreads the science. What curcumin research really says, and why

Plantar fasciitis plagues new runners. Heel cups, ball massage, contrast therapy, and night splints — TI's 2014 guide to foot pain, reviewed.

In August 2014, YouTuber Mark Rober showed how a phone thermal camera can read your ATM PIN from keypad heat — and the simple trick that defeats it.

A 2014 Gallup study found that college graduates who had a mentor were twice as likely to be engaged at work and thriving in life — but only 22% ever had one.

Pizza, ice cream, pakoras, doughnuts, white rice — the foods we love that love our waistlines back. A 2014 TI list, fact-checked for today.

In 2014, Chicago's Pankaj and Swati Garg launched Somrus, an Indian cream liqueur of cardamom, saffron, and rose — and Wine Enthusiast gave it 94 points.

In September 2014, German DIY chain Hornbach released a viral ad: a father paints his house black so his bullied goth daughter feels loved at home.

Most marriages don't fail in a single dramatic moment. They fail slowly — taken for granted, compared, cheated, or fought over money. What actually breaks them.

A 2014 NYT report on the 'pretesting effect': students who flunked a quiz before studying did 10% better on the final. Why failing first helps you learn.

In 2014, news anchor Dan Harris was telling TED audiences that meditation would be the next running. TI's Suchitra Sharma on why the skeptics were missing

Spite houses — homes built to annoy a neighbor — are architecture's pettiest subgenre. From Boston's Skinny House to a spite tower on Plum Island, a tour of

By 2014, some parents had learned to reach teenagers by meeting them on social media. Why it sometimes worked — and why the platform was never the point.

Obesity is linked to poorer memory and cognition in animal studies — and chronic inflammation may be the bridge. What the research says about fat, the

Sreepathy's Retro Reel Vol. 24 on A Few Good Men (1992): Jack Nicholson's magnetic villainy, Aaron Sorkin's crackling dialogue, and why 'You can't handle

Retro Reel Volume 23 revisited M. Night Shyamalan's The Sixth Sense — the 1999 thriller with six Oscar nominations and cinema's most famous twist.

A 2014 Garvan Institute study found shivering and moderate exercise both trigger irisin release, nudging white fat toward energy-burning brown fat.

A simple eye-makeup playbook: the products worth spending on, a no-drama daily routine, and one rule for balancing bold eyes with the rest of your face.

Chubbiness, Japan's plus-size girl band: ten marshmallow girls chosen from 3,500 auditionees in 2013 as a pushback against the industry's worship of thinness.

Dream interpretation is pop psychology, not settled science — but the classic readings of five common dreams run from Freud to the modern dream dictionary.