Has there ever been a stop on your summer vacation that you totally regretted? Say, that over-crowded visit to Times Square? Or that incredibly long line to get beignets at Café Du Monde, in New Orleans? Or are you planning a vacation now and questioning whether to visit certain attractions or landmarks?
Vacations ideally give you great family memories that will last a lifetime. But some stops were made to be skipped. Read More...
Figuratively speaking, we love to talk about who’s sleeping with whom. But when it comes to literally sleeping with one another — that is, sharing a bed — Americans are more private than much of the planet’s population.
Bed-sharing (or lack thereof) is a consequence of customs, environmental conditions, cultural values, and affluence. Bedmates wield an enormous amount of influence over our rest, from the quality to the duration, and are yet another factor proving that sleep patterns are as much cultural as they are biological. Read More...
On average, we spend about a third of our lives sleeping — more than 9,500 days. That’s a lot of time, especially if you’re pressed for it. But sleeping is literally one of the most important things you can do for your body, and it’s responsible for so much of the body’s functioning that it’s hard to fathom how it has ended up being so dispensable for so many of us. Read More...
