Lifestyle

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

February 5, 2014 · 1 min read

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.

February 5, 2014 · 1 min read

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.

February 4, 2014 · 1 min read

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

February 3, 2014 · 2 min read

Sreepathy's Retro Reel recommends The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) — William Wellman's stark western about mob justice and Henry Fonda's man-in-the-minority.

January 30, 2014 · 6 min read

Since before I earned my first personal training certification in 1995, the stability ball has been an integral part of rehabilitating the human body and…

December 11, 2013 · 2 min read

The traveler sees what he sees; the tourist sees what he has come to see. A quiz and a reflection on how to actually experience a new place.

November 20, 2013 · 2 min read

When long marriages end over 'incompatibility,' is it really incompatibility — or a midlife crisis? A reflection on marriage, divorce, and the work in between.

November 13, 2013 · 2 min read

From a fit-at-60 Pinky Roshan to a 72-year-old doing push-ups: age is just a number, and exercise works at every stage of life.

October 22, 2013 · 1 min read

The 'Chai, Chat with Books' club reviews Gone Girl: Gillian Flynn's devilish thriller of a marriage gone bad, deceit, and two narrators you can't trust.

October 15, 2013 · 3 min read

Flip teaching reverses the classroom: students watch lesson videos at home and do homework in class. Early results — like Clintondale's — were striking.

October 9, 2013 · 2 min read

Part 3 of a three-part interview with Amish Tripathi: the Upanishads, his favorite books, why Shiva, and the future after the Shiva trilogy.

October 3, 2013 · 3 min read

Not seven pounds — about a third of a kilo. But holiday weight gain is the weight you never lose, and it compounds yearly. The measured evidence and what to do.

September 26, 2013 · 2 min read

Part 2 of a three-part interview with Amish Tripathi: rejection by every publisher, self-publishing The Immortals of Meluha, and the free-chapter marketing

September 25, 2013 · 6 min read

In 2013 Tylenol added red caps warning of liver damage from acetaminophen overdose. Here's why the most common household painkiller can be dangerous.

September 22, 2013 · 2 min read

Part 1 of a three-part interview with best-selling author Amish Tripathi: the philosophy of evil that sparked the Shiva trilogy and his instinctive writing

September 19, 2013 · 5 min read

In 2013 France moved to ban beauty contests for girls under 16. The trigger: a Vogue photo of a sexualized 10-year-old that shocked the country.

September 19, 2013 · 2 min read

A Dutch endocrinologist argued sugar should be treated like a drug — with warning labels and a sugar tax. Here's his case, and what research says.

September 17, 2013 · 1 min read

Forget celebrity diets. The National Weight Control Registry tracked 10,000+ people who lost weight and kept it off — their shared habits are the real key.

September 16, 2013 · 2 min read

A practical packing guide for travelers: match clothing to weather, carry the essentials, pack for your trip length — and travel light.

September 16, 2013 · 3 min read