Websites like WebMD can help when you’re trying to diagnose something minor. According to a recent study, they’re obviously nowhere near as helpful as talking to an actual doctor. Researchers at Harvard ran 45 patients’ symptoms through 23 different symptom-checker websites. An average, the sites only got the diagnosis right on the first try 34…… MORE
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Online gym class is now a thing
North Carolina has a virtual public education system, where kids who want to get ahead or need an alternative schedule can take classes online. That sounds great and good intentions. but this is a weird twist. They just announced that this fall, they’ll be rolling out an online gym class. Yes, kids will be able…… MORE
Life Hack: Office microwave explosions
By Lindsay Fisher The office microwave is disgusting. Those are just the facts. Instead of looking at someone’s nasty lunch explosion from last month, every time you go to nuke your hot pocket – take charge. We don’t mean post a passive-aggressive note telling the office staff they’re disgusting animals. They probably are, but no…… MORE
Target’s new shirt: Is it sexist?
Target is currently in hot water for selling an ugly shirt that might also be sexist. (Again.) The shirt is sold in the store’s women’s juniors section and features the word ‘TROPHY’ printed in a large, nearly-Beyoncé font. Angry customers have taken to social media to voice their complaints about the ugly shirt, and a…… MORE
Read this: You may need a vacation day
If you haven’t taken much time off this year, it might come back to bite you. Here are six signs it’s time to take a vacation day, or maybe even an actual vacation. 1. Every little problem feels like a huge issue. Most people can handle the occasional curve ball at work, but it gets…… MORE
How many meals can you cook?
Your grandmother was probably an excellent cook. Your mom, too. And you . . . might be? It’s hard to say, since you really don’t cook enough to have an answer one way or another. A new survey found the average person only knows how to cook five meals or less without a recipe. One…… MORE
Here’s why you lose it over free food
There’s one thing that’s consistent at every office around the world: When someone puts free food in the kitchen, people devour it like they’ve never eaten before, and might never eat again. So some psychologists looked at WHY office workers lust for free food. Here are the three main reasons: 1. It goes back to…… MORE
Ladies and gents, meet the ‘Secret Menu’
Prepare your stomach because the McDonald’s “Secret Menu” may be far from myth. In a recent Reddit AMA with a UK-based McDonald’s manager, the employee revealed that customers can indeed order a secret menu item, though the items aren’t as secret as you might think. To order off the secret menu — which the employee…… MORE
Cheaters beware, Ashley Madison was hacked
There are a lot of nervous cheaters in the world right now. If you’ve never heard of Ashley Madison, it’s a website for people who want to have affairs. They’ve racked up 37 million users and promised all of them discretion and confidentiality. Well that’s all in jeopardy now — since the site just got…… MORE
The right age for getting hitched
Most people would say there’s no “right” age to get married. You should do it when you find the person you love, and you’re both ready. Well, those people are wrong. There is a right age to get married. And it’s 31. A new study out of the University of Utah found that people who…… MORE
