Writer and performer Mara Wilson speaks about her experiences with anxiety and depression in a video for Project UROK. Image: Project UROK  Mara Wilson, writer and performer who made her name as a child actress in Matilda and Mrs. Doubtfire, is sitting inContinue reading

Image: John Locher/Associated Press  Think music festival and visions of mushrooms dance in your head. It's far from shocking that some festival goers boost their musical experiences with substances. Drug emergencies even disrupt some events, such as New York's 2013 Electric Zoo, whichContinue reading

Are you tired of constantly cutting the cheese? Unsurprisingly, there's an app for this. A little device called the CH4 is named after the chemical compound CH4, or methane, which is found in natural gas. Har har. Funding for the fart-tracking wearable isContinue reading

Image: Corbis Katie Edwards/Ikon Images Think of the last time you felt stressed. (For many, that time might be right ... now.)  Maybe your heart's racing a little bit, your brain wheels won't stop whirring, your eyes even feel like they might beContinue reading

Image: Image Source/Corbis Japan has given us a lot over the years. Karaoke, emoji, anime, Nintendo. Crying rooms. Wait, crying rooms? Yeah, apparently this is a new thing in Japan. According to The Telegraph, the Mitsui Garden Yotsuya hotel in Tokyo is offeringContinue reading

Yoky Matsuoka in 2011. Image: Flickr, University of Washington Office of News and Information Yoky Matsuoka, a cofounder of Google X, will be passing on a top job at Twitter after recovering from a life-threatening illness. Having a second chance at life hasContinue reading

Where is the love? You’ve tamed the laundry, hit a home run at work, and dished up a family dinner. Forget anything? Oh, right—your partner! It’s easy to simply co-exist with the person next to you in bed. But a rise in "gray"Continue reading

Image: Mashable composite. BusinessNewsDaily Jul 16, 2014 The energy level for many business leaders isn't quite right, new research suggests. Too many business leaders are working above or below their optimum energy level, which translates to a loss of productivity all around, accordingContinue reading

Image: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images   Children ride bikes past the Capitol Rotunda on Capitol Hill July 10, 2014 in Washington, DC. The majority of workers across the U.S. still commute by personal car, but residents of certain states take greener means of transportation,Continue reading

Image: Flickr, Jordy Clarke Allison Yarrow for The New Republic Dec 14, 2014     When Nellie Mead and Teresa Espinosa conceived their daughter, they did it without sex, a fertility clinic or medical supervision. Instead, Espinosa injected a friend's sperm into aContinue reading