Hot off the finale for Insecure’s second season, creator and star Issa Rae has landed her first major beauty campaign. CoverGirl announced the news on Instagram, writing, “The secret is finally out and we couldn’t be happier! YOU 👏🏽 ARE 👏🏾EVERYTHING 👏🏿 and we are so honored to welcome you.” Issa broke the news on …

20 STRANGE BODY PHENOMENA Our bodies are full of signs of human evolution. Some are bemusing and others are downright strange. Restless legs, shivers, teeth grinding: what exactly are these strange bodily phenomena that we experience? SHIVERING Before getting too cold, your body sends out a signal, and you feel a shiver. A shiver is …

Explorer Ponce de León went rogue when exploring La Florida at the behest of the Spanish Crown and went looking for the fountain of youth. Did he find it? No. In fact, de León keeled over in Havana, Cuba, at the not-so-ripe age of 47. If, however, he’d stayed in Spain and merely followed these …

Maximize your mini space. 1) START FROM SCRATCH Time to purge all of the junk you’ve collected and brought from apartment to apartment. Especially as a young person, it’s important to trade in some of the furniture and decor you’ve carried with you through college for some higher quality pieces. Plus, you need all the …

A modern man should be like LeBron James in a game the refs are trying to keep close: well-traveled. Traveling expands horizons and demonstrates a curiosity with the world around you—it shows that you’re not just content with whatever restaurants, cultural institutions and people are in your hometown. It suggests that you want to explore …