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Two scientists teamed up to write an explanation of what happens to fat when you lose it - a question even most doctors and biochem students can't answer.

Approximately 16 people chose to watch “Downton Abbey” instead of the Super Bowl on Sunday night. If you’re reading this, you are probably one of them. I’m kidding of course. The audience for “Downton Abbey” ...

The product: SnickersThe premise: Thanks to some digital trickery, we go back to the bucolic suburban home of one of TV's most famous families, "The Brady Bunch," where Marcia is upset that a football has ruined her nose...

The product: Always pantilinersThe premise: In a take on a viral video, adults and a little boy are asked to run, fight and throw "like a girl." Unsurprisingly, they perform these tasks in the wimpiest way possible.

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We're into the new year and if you haven't yet found time to pick up a new calendar, you are in luck. You can still get the year started off on a stylish note without leaving your desk by shopping these great printable o...

Sunday night wasn't just about football and Katy Perry -- several social causes got their time in the spotlight, too. This year, Super Bowl advertisers chose to emphasize messages that promoted gender equality, fought ba...

We're living in what might be deemed a golden era of Hollywood literature. Female comedians from Mindy Kaling to Amy Poehler have been producing funny memoirs that transcend the celeb tell-all genre, and several notable ...

The Smithsonian American Art Museum is leading a group of 14 institutions from around the country in an effort to build a shared, and searchable, online database that could spur research and scholarship about American ar...

David Oyelowo pulled no punches when asked about his Oscar snub during a Q&A at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival over the weekend. After making a couple of jokes, the man who played Martin Luther King Jr. in...

David Oyelowo pulled no punches when asked about his Oscar snub during a Q&A at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival over the weekend. After making a couple of jokes, the man who played Martin Luther King Jr. in...

Name: Clara Location: Oakland, CA We live in a small not-so-hipster 1930's cottage, one of the few that survived in our neighborhood from the 1991 Oakland firestorm. We moved here after living in San Francisco for severa...

No artist wants to fall into the sophomore slump, but even many of the best artists who have produced some of the best debut albums in history have struggled to craft equally as impressive follow-ups -- at least accordin...

This coming Wednesday evening, Lincoln Center's American Songbook series is presenting what promises to be a remarkable concert in the glorious Appel Room at the Time Warner Center on Columbus Circle. Judy Kuhn, one of o...

Intrepid correspondent Corbie Hill tries out the rough-and-tumble sport of bike polo with a group of passionate players at Raleigh Bike Polo Club. The members are welcoming to newbies.

Lately, my writing about old age has been on the cheerful side. Not surprising, since I've been writing about successful aging and not about unsuccessful aging. Still, some people I know who are in their 80s or 90s have ...

Oh hey, remember Missy Elliott? And how innovative she is? And how you can’t sit still when listening to her music? Her Super Bowl halftime Show performance apparently sparked these kinds of questions for many, which i...

Oh hey, remember Missy Elliott? And how innovative she is? And how you can't sit still when listening to her music?Her Super Bowl halftime Show performance apparently sparked these kinds of questions for many, which isn'...

Just how vast is our solar system? An eye-opening new animation (above) really puts things in perspective. It shows that even if you travel at the speed of light (186,000 miles per second), the trek from the sun to the E...

Catch a whiff of sandalwood, cedar, orange peel, and leather at the United terminal? That's the airline's signature scent, part of a campaign by some carriers to coax passengers into being more relaxed, having a better e...

I'm one of the few longtime concertgoers at the Phillips Collection to have somehow never heard the Raphael Trio. This group, formed in 1975, has appeared at the Phillips no less than 35 times, surely a record. On the ev...

We've all seen them, huge boxes full of old romance novels at thrift stores that none of us would be caught dead looking though. But at 25¢ a pop we just couldn't help ourselves and came up with a funny idea for "romant...