If you’re always the butt of your own jokes, then we have some news worth smiling about: it turns out that self-deprecating humour may be good for you. New research by the University of Granada in Spain has revealed that people who frequently crack self-defeating jokes, mocking themselves to make others laugh, seem to have …

Serial killer Andrew Cunanan murdered Gianni Versace on the front steps of the fashion designer’s Miami Beach mansion in 1997, and now those stone steps provide the backdrop for dozens of tourist photos on a daily basis. But not only can tourists (and fans of FX’s upcoming American Crime Story miniseries, which focuses on the …

Just as sleeping has become the new key to wellness, sitting has turned into its biggest enemy, to the point where sitting has been dubbed “the new smoking.” That’s pretty bad news, given that, according to JustStand.org, the average American spends 12 hours a day sitting down, be it in a chair at work, a …

The Winter Olympics have kicked off in frigid Pyeongchang, but, in a much warmer part of the world, a woman has already made herself a world champion in an extremely difficult, male-dominated sport. Sasha DiGiulian, 25, has become the first woman to ever climb Mora Mora, a 2,300-foot granite dome in Madagascar that is ranked …

10. BELGIUM Feel like your work seeps into your personal life way too much? Maybe you should a) get in line, and b) move to Belgium. Workers here enjoy an average of 8.6 hours of leisure per day—which trumps their 7.4-hour work days. Locals really value quality family time, getting home in time for dinner …