Milk this for all it’s worth. While there’s strong consensus among medical experts that “breast is best” for babies, the ideal duration of breastfeeding — six months? A year? Until the kid is way too old and it becomes a little creepy? — has always been murkier. New research out of China might offer better-informed advice for … Read more
Not even Posh Spice could escape childhood bullying. Victoria Beckham opened up this week about being taunted and teased at school, revealing she struggled “enormously” with her academics. “I’m a self-diagnosed dyslexic. I suffer from dyscalculia,” the fashion designer said during an Oct. 22 appearance on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast. “All those things that … Read more
Diners already concerned about the cost of eating out may be disappointed to learn that many restaurants are considering raising prices to keep up with inflated food and drink costs. Restaurant management software company Toast recently released its 2025 Voice of the Restaurant Industry Survey, revealing that improving profitability was the top concern for operators headed into next year. … Read more
“Heteropessimism” is a trendy buzzword right now, with female writers lamenting the state of straightness in thought pieces and TikTokkers pitting the sexes against one another. And a Wharton professor’s book is being lauded as, according to New York Magazine, “an economist’s take on heteropessimism,” as though more negativity about heterosexuality is what we need. … Read more
Tom Lehrer, the mathematician and song satirist who had a massive musical influence in the 1950s and 1960s, has died. He was 97. Lehrer passed away Saturday at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, his friend David Herder told the New York Times. A cause of death was not given. Musician Tom Lehrer sits beside the piano … Read more
The path to better heart health might just run through your wrist. Scientists at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine have developed a new way to assess cardiovascular fitness using data from your smartwatch. All it takes is a little math. “The metric we developed looks at how the heart responds to exercise, rather than … Read more
Many people use a smartwatch to monitor their cardiovascular health, often by counting the number of steps they take over the course of their day, or recording their average daily heart rate. Now, researchers are proposing an enhanced metric, which combines the two using basic math: Divide your average daily heart rate by your daily … Read more
They’re the modern-day Adonises. Dr. Julian De Silva, a facial cosmetic surgeon, used the Greek Golden Ratio of Beauty to determine the 10 most handsome men in the world, according to scientific research. “These brand new computer mapping techniques allow us to solve some of the mysteries of what it is that makes someone physically … Read more
I’ll be the first to admit that math isn’t my strongest subject. I’d even go as far as saying I’m pretty much innumerate (illiterate but for numbers – not a real word but go with it.) With that being said, as a full-grown adult, I thought I would be able to figure out the ‘impossible’ year two maths question … Read more
A deceivingly simple math question given to US students has left parents scratching their heads. Texas mom Tiesha Sanders shared a photo of a page of her child’s year one math homework with the instruction “Fill in the missing numbers” on Facebook, reports Kidspot. As you can see, her daughter filled out the “ones” column in the middle … Read more
You’ve heard of “girl math” — well, here comes mother-in-law math. But watch out, one expert warns, because this one can be toxic. Janelle Riddle, a mom-of-two and communication coach based in Canada, has gone viral on social media listing sometimes hilarious examples of “mother-in-law math,” in a video that’s already garnered more than 898,000 views. … Read more
For as long as Jake Price has been a teacher, Wolfram Alpha — a website that solves algebraic problems online — has threatened to make algebra homework obsolete. Teachers learned to work around and with it, said Price, assistant professor of mathematics and computer science at the University of Puget Sound. But now, they have … Read more
It’s the cry-baby formula. Tired of receiving death stares — or even tongue-lashings — from fellow flyers over your crying baby? Not to fear: A UK mathematician has devised a scientific equation that he claims can predict when a tot’s going to have a mile-high meltdown. “If all four of the main causes of a … Read more
DALLAS (AP) — When Tha Cung looked over his sixth-grade class schedule, he took notice of the math block. He had been placed in an advanced class. “I didn’t know ‘honors’ even existed,” he said. Tha was little when his family immigrated from Myanmar and, for much of his time in Dallas schools, he took … Read more
Consider it boy + girl math. Playing the field can be exhausting — when do you know it’s finally time to throw in the towel? Hinge director of relationship science Logan Ury is sharing the mathematical equation that reveals if you have found “the one.” “When you’re dating, how do you know when you’ve found the right … Read more
You know “girl math” — now it’s time to learn “boy math.” The girl version of the trend went viral when women on TikTok started sharing what they like to call “girl math,” or rather, their ways of justifying spending money. For example, if something is less than $5, that something is actually free, according … Read more
An institution has offered a $1 million prize to anyone who can solve a famous math problem that has puzzled mathematicians for more than a century. The Riemann hypothesis, first proposed by German mathematician Bernhard Riemann in 1859, is considered to be one of the hardest and most important unsolved problems of pure mathematics — … Read more
Young women are trending on TikTok for sharing the head-scratching ways they justify their frivolous money-spending — all in the name of #GirlMath. In videos under the hashtag — which has exploded on the platform over the past week — girls explain how they legitimize what might otherwise be considered unsound purchases. “If I paid … Read more
It really subtracted from the class. A teacher learned the pitfalls of fast fashion the hard way when she shared a horror story about having a “Janet Jackson moment” wardrobe malfunction during math class. Shayla, who uses the TikTok handle @shesgorgeous_btw,” recounted when she wore a sweater from online retailer Fashion Nova for the first … Read more
Guess what? NXT is taped from Florida this week, but I’m live and in living color. So is Claire, blogging up a storm like only she can. Let’s talk NXT! Threats When NXT kicked off this week, IIlja Dragunov basked in the glow of the crowd and stated his reason for being: Bron Breakker. Ilja … Read more