Nothing has the ability to freak you out, take your breath away, or completely annoy you quite like a muscle cramp, spasm, or twitch. Honestly, just the thought of one is enough to make your eye, well, twitch. Muscle twitches are involuntary contractions of an entire muscle or just a few of its fibers, often …

If the Brawny man kinda-sorta turns you on, you might be androsexual. Andro-what? The term basically means you’re turned on by masculinity. More into Kim K’s super-femme vibe? You could be a gynesexual—someone who’s turned on by femininity. Simply put, androsexual and gynesexual both describe sexual orientations (just like homosexual, heterosexual, or pansexual). “Someone is androsexual if …

Japanese engineer and Aikido teacher Katsuzo Nishi was a very weak boy, and doctors told his parents that he would die before he turned 20. To improve his health, parents sent him to a Buddhist monastery. He spent 3 years there learning different meditation and swordplay techniques. Still searching for other ways to improve his …

Moms everywhere know the struggle of post-baby bulge, or that extra bit of flab that leaves their bellies wiggly and jiggly. It seems like all of the crunches in the world can’t flatten their stomachs again. Still, few know the scientific term behind this common complaint. Also called diastasis recti, it occurs during pregnancy as …

Even though we spend all day running around, sometimes the biggest task of the day is actually falling asleep at the end of it. We know we should be tired and lord knows we love our bed but somehow sleep can easily evade us. Whether it’s because of stress or a sleep condition like insomnia, trying to fall …