Tag: Muscles
When men started to obsess over six-packs
Conor Heffernan, The University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts
The cultural obsession with six-pack abdominals shows...
Whether slow or fast, here’s how your metabolism influences how many...
Terezie Tolar-Peterson, Mississippi State University
It’s a common dieter’s lament: “Ugh, my metabolism is so slow, I’m never going to lose any weight.”
When people talk...
Light versus dark – the color of the turkey meat is...
Joshua Selsby, Iowa State University
As families gather together this holiday season, the lucky ones will avoid impassioned discussions about religion and politics. But another...
Low blood pressure could be a culprit in dementia, studies suggest
Kenneth McLeod, Binghamton University, State University of New York
Decline in brain function often occurs as people age. People often worry that declining brain function...
Stiff muscles are a counterintuitive superpower of NBA athletes
Philip Anloague, University of Dayton
For most people, the term “stiffness” has negative connotations. When you wake up in the morning complaining of a “stiff...
The ideal female body type is getting even harder to attain
Frances Bozsik, University of Missouri-Kansas City and Brooke L. Bennett, University of Hawaii
Day after day, we’re bombarded with so many media messages that rarely...
EXPLORING NATURE
Raccoons break into liquor stores, scale skyscrapers and pick locks –...
Kelly Lambert, University of Richmond
When a curious raccoon broke into an Ashland, Virginia, liquor store in December 2025,...
