Feeling like your umbrella deserves a medal? Trust me, you’re not alone. From the misty rainforests of the Pacific Northwest to the tropical downpours in Hawaii, some spots in the U.S. really take “liquid sunshine” to heart. Whether you’ve ever considered moving to a place where rain is basically a lifestyle or you just need…
You know how every family has that one unsolved mystery—like a missing Tupperware lid or what really happened at that 2016 reunion? Well, America’s version of that is Amelia Earhart. The aviation icon vanished in 1937 while attempting to fly around the world, and ever since, we’ve been collectively obsessed. Like, still-tweeting-about-it-90-years-later obsessed. She didn’t…
Let’s be real: the future doesn’t look like flying cars or silver jumpsuits—it looks like robots the size of bugs doing surgeries inside your body while you nap. Yep, science fiction forgot to tell us the coolest tech would be almost invisible. Over at MIT, researchers have been cooking up an entire sci-fi universe you…
Ever feel like mosquitoes have a personal vendetta against you? Like, you step outside for five seconds and suddenly you’re their main course, while your friends are just vibing bite-free? It’s not your imagination—and no, you’re not cursed (probably). Turns out, mosquitoes do play favorites, and science has a lot to say about why you’re…
Let’s take a stroll down memory lane: fluorescent-lit classrooms, the unmistakable squeak of whiteboard markers, and that one dusty textbook from 1997 that somehow still made the rounds. You might remember proudly reciting “facts” in class like the triumphant genius you were—only to find out as an adult that, wow, your entire education was kinda…
Remember when you swore you’d never use elementary school math again unless you were splitting a check or calculating how many hours of sleep you weren’t getting? Yeah, well—plot twist—you still might not be able to pass a fifth grade test. These deceptively simple questions were designed for 10-year-olds… but they’ve been humbling full-grown adults…
You prepped your résumé, memorized your elevator pitch, and even Googled the CEO’s favorite TED Talk. You walk into the interview feeling ready. And then they hit you with that question—the one that makes your brain short-circuit and your soul momentarily leave your body. We’ve all been there. Whether it’s “Tell me about yourself” or…
We’ve all heard the gospel of hard work: rise and grind, hustle harder, sleep when you’re dead, blah blah blah. And sure, hard work matters—but it’s not the golden ticket to success people make it out to be. If it were, every overworked barista, night-shift nurse, and spreadsheet-slaying intern would be running Fortune 500 companies….
You know that feeling when you find out your favorite comfort food has 97 grams of sugar and a suspicious number of unpronounceable chemicals? Yeah—welcome to the world of corporate greenwashing. While we’re out here separating our recycling and biking to work like eco-heroes, some of the biggest companies on the planet are quietly (and…
So, here’s a fun existential crisis for your Monday: Earth is basically doing donuts around the Sun in a cosmic demolition derby, and there are giant space rocks out there that might crash the party. You’d think we’d have asteroid threats under control by now (hello, we’ve got streaming services on our phones), but nope—some…
