June 2012
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Exclusive: Josh Duhamel talks to Reader's Digest...
A Hollywood-but-hometown hero: Josh Duhamel recently told us about his love of his adopted dogs, how taking care of his pets has readied him for fatherhood, and how his town is still close to his heart. Read the full interview! Image by Daniel Ogren via Wikimedia Commons
Jun 14th
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Survey: What's Twice as Bad for You as a Big Mac?
There was a time when the Big Mac was—symbolically, at least—the champion of caloric excess in fast food. But the 540-calorie burger is no longer the fattiest beef on the block by a long shot. Esquire‘s “Eat Like a Man” blog did a recent survey of the McDonald’s menu, gathering up the unhealthiest items and publishing them in a digestible format. Turns out the 32-ounce chocolate triple shakes...
Jun 14th
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Fake Movie Posters: The Board Game as Blockbuster
Although I have played Battleship, the board game, I have no urge to see Battleship, the movie. That said: While I have played Jenga, Hungry Hungry Hippos, and Connect Four, after seeing the parody posters for them and more at Entertainment Weekly, I am desperate to buy a ticket to all of those made-up movies. Especially Jenga, with its hilariously sinister tagline: “The Jenga Corporation has...
Jun 14th
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Odd Last Request: “Turn Me Into Music”
We already know about some creative uses for ashes postmortem—crush them into a diamond or blast them off into space!—but here’s a new one: try converting them into a vinyl record. “I’ve heard stories about my father trying to scatter his grandfather’s ashes from a boat… It went terribly wrong, and they ended up sweeping him off the deck,” music producer Jason Leach told Businessweek in a recent...
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Jun 10th
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The Stress-Reducing Secret You Probably Haven’t...
To be a rat in a scientific laboratory is to live a difficult and often abbreviated life. Rats and people have similar DNA, so researchers poke, prod and inject the furry creatures to test treatments that could unlock the secrets of human biology, physiology, and sometimes psychology. In the past few decades, researchers have forced rats to become drug fiends in order to study addiction, infected...
Jun 10th
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“Ridiculous Health Threat: Will Justin Bieber’s haircut give you a lazy...”
– Posted by health editor Lauren Gelman on RD Recommends blog »
Jun 8th
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10 Social Networking Sites That Could Replace...
Facebook recently became one of the largest IPOs in history (with 500+ million users, some even say it qualifies as the world’s third largest nation), but according to a recent Huffington Post article, the Social Network isn’t the only way to connect. You probably know about Pinterest, a free online repository for images that define your style and tastes. With more than 10 million users, the...
Jun 4th
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