Shauna Wright
Can Using Facebook Make You Sad?
Many people use social media sites to relax and unwind from the stresses of the day, but a new study indicates Facebook in particular might actually make us feel worse.
Is Your Office Making You Sick?
You may think staying indoors would be better for your lungs, but a new study finds Americans face the bulk of our health risks not from smoggy outside air — but from potentially toxic substances in our office air.
Mild Winter Means Amazing Prices on Cold Weather Gear — Dollars and Sense
NASA scientists recently announced the earth’s surface temperature is slowly rising — and now it seems that phenomena is affecting the prices you’ll pay for winter clothes and gear.
10 Children’s Questions That Parents Fear the Most
Even educated parents sometimes find themselves stumped when their young children ask math and science questions — and now a British survey has ranked the 10 queries most feared by moms and dads.
Mark Wahlberg Claims He Would’ve Been a 9/11 Action Hero
After a new interview with Men’s Journal, Mark Wahlberg is under fire for perhaps taking his own image as an action star a bit too seriously.
‘Survivor: One World’ Cast and Twists Revealed
Fans of back-stabbing reality shows, listen up – the cast line-up for ’Survivor: One World’ has been unveiled, as well as some deets about how things will run when the new season of the CBS show premieres on February 15.
Wikipedia, Reddit, Cheezburger Network and More Sites to Go Dark in Protest of SOPA
Homework will be harder to do and bar bets tougher to win starting at midnight ET on Tuesday, when Wikipedia will go dark for 24 hours in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and PROTECT IP Act (PIPA), anti-piracy legislation under consideration by the US Congress.
Men Spend More When Women Are Scarce
Single men who perceive a shortage of available women are more likely to drain their bank accounts in an effort to make themselves appear more attractive to the fairer sex, according to new research on competition in the dating world.
Can Praising Kids Actually Make Them Dumb?
The trend in recent years that led parents and teachers to boost children’s self-esteem by rewarding them for doing little other than breathing may soon be over, thanks to new research that says such actions are actually making kids less intelligent.
Food Network Star Paula Deen Announces She Has Diabetes [VIDEO]
Looks like all that butter and fried chicken may have caught up with Paula Deen — on Tuesday, the Food Network star told Al Roker from NBC’s ‘Today’ show that she has Type 2 diabetes.
This Day in History for January 17 – Chevy Corvette Debuts and More
Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:
1929 – Popeye the Sailor Man, a cartoon character created by Elzie Segar, first appears in the Thimble Theatre comic strip (More info)
1950 – In what would come to be called the Great Brinks Robbery, thieves steal more than $2 million from an armored car in Boston (More info)
Weekend Box Office – ‘Contraband’ Makes a Stealthy First-Place Debut
Proving action movies are still box office catnip, Mark Wahlberg’s ‘Contraband‘ had a $24 million debut, making it the most popular flick at theaters this weekend.