17 Ways To Age-Proof Your Brain
By Amanda Gardner What’s good for your body is good for your brain. That means eating a balanced diet with lots of fruits and veggies and not much sugar, saturated…
Category: Lifestyle
Why Our Eyelids Feel So Heavy When We’re Tired
S.J. in Manhattan Beach, California, writes: Why do our eyelids seem so heavy when we’re sleepy? Read the whole story
How To Get A Workout While Watching The Super Bowl (Without Leaving The Couch)
Even if the term “Deflategate” means nothing to you or you would much rather tune into the second annual Kitten Bowl, chances are you’ll be spending at least a little…
Harry Styles’ Hair Turns 21 Today So Let’s Celebrate
One Direction might have one of the largest fanbases ever, but we here at HuffPost Style crush on the boyband for one specific reason: Harry Styles’ glorious hair. From the…
The Best Accessories We Saw During Paris Couture Week
Ladies and gentleman, fashion month is almost upon us. And while we are eagerly awaiting all the ready-to-wear collections, right now we have Paris Couture Week to sink our teeth…
These Couture Moments Will Take Your Breath Away
It doesn’t get much better than Paris Haute Couture. As expected, a few of our favorite designers knocked it out of the park this season with their Spring/Summer 2015 collections….
We Totally Called Poppy Red As 2015’s ‘It’ Lipstick Color
If you missed our predictions for what’s in and out for 2015, here’s proof we were spot-on that poppy red is the must-have lipstick color. At the 2015 SAG Awards,…
Brandeis President To Step Down, Take Job At Yale
WALTHAM, Mass. (AP) — Brandeis University President Frederick Lawrence will step down at the end of the current school year and take a job at Yale. – Brandeis bills itself…
5 books teens will dive into
It puts fresh, diverse choices in front of parents, teachers, librarians and teens, while spotlighting titles that might get lost during heavy publishing seasons, like offerings from small press. Previous…
House Bill Could Give Amish A Religious Exemption From Photos On State IDs
Some Indiana residents could get a religious exemption from having their photographs on state identification cards under legislation passed Wednesday in a House committee. If the measure passes, the Bureau…
This Week In Pictures: Faith In Practice Around The World, January 25 to 31
Humans express their faith in a multitude of ways. These photos capture the incredible diversity within faith practices that happen in our world in the span of just one week….
Portugal Approves Citizenship Plan For Sephardic Jews
Five centuries after burning thousands of Jews at the stake, forcing them to convert to Christianity or expelling them, Portugal is granting citizenship rights to their descendants as part of…
How To Feel More Energized Right Now
Sure, you could chug an energy drink. But just in case you’re not actually a college student pulling an all-nighter, here are eight other proven ways to feel more awake…
What’s Really Happening In Your Brain When You Multitask
You probably think you have to multitask to accomplish everything on your to-do list and still have a few precious minutes to unwind at the end of the day. But…
8 Ways To Recommit To Your Resolutions
By Laurel Leicht for Life by DailyBurn A month into the New Year and you’ve already wavered a bit on keeping up with your resolutions. Work has picked up, keeping…
The 11 Beginner Yoga Poses Everyone Pretends To Know (But May Be Doing Wrong)
Remember when you resolved to do more yoga? And then you sat at the back of a yoga class as the teacher said ridiculous things like “juice your spine” and…
Selena Gomez’s Forever 21 Top, Beyonce’s Zara Pants And More Cheap Celeb Finds Of The Week
There are so many great sales happening right now, it’s hard not to blow your paycheck on awesome winter duds. And while we don’t need too much help in the…
Bernice Gordon, Who Toyed With Words, Dies at 101
Bernice Gordon, a self-described ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ who over the last six decades contributed some 150 crossword puzzles to The New York Times, died on Thursday at her home in Philadelphia. She was…
While NFL concussions are down, parents continue to debate football safety
As families across America prepare to watch the Super Bowl, the safety of the game remains hotly debated in households across the country. After mounting concerns about brain injuries plaguing…
Sexism: The Original Sin Of The Church (All Together Podcast)
Welcome to this week’s ALL TOGETHER — the podcast dedicated to exploring how ethics, religion and spiritual practice inform our personal lives, our communities and our world. ALL TOGETHER is…
California Measles Outbreak Grows
More measles cases have been found in California, health officials said Friday. Figures released by the California Department of Public Health showed there are now 91 confirmed cases in the…
UVA Students Say Banning Sorority Members From Frat Parties Is ‘Dangerous’
Many students at the University of Virginia think banning sorority members from attending parties celebrating the end of fraternity recruitment this weekend could backfire on the national sorority organizations that…
The Deliciously Healthy Pancakes That Surfers Eat For Breakfast
If you thought surfers lived off of fish tacos and Coronas, think again. Today’s professional surfers are health freaks. – You don’t have to tell us twice to guiltlessly indulge…
Former Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Woman: I Grew Up In Kiryas Joel And I Wasn’t Allowed To Drive
Frimet Goldberger grew up in Kiryas Joel, New York, an ultra-Orthodox Satmar Hasidic community about an hour’s drive northwest of New York City. An overwhelming majority of the village’s 22,000…
Insanely Intricate Hand-Cut Paper Artworks View The Internet As Modern-Day Religion
For many people who identify as religious, praying is the first activity upon waking up and the last before going to bed. For many in the social media generation, this…
While Human Ken Dolls Walk The Earth, This Artist Is Performing Plastic Surgery With Paint
Some among us have witnessed a botched plastic surgery procedure that, for some reason or another, didn’t exactly go as anticipated. Thank you, reality television. However, even the most heinous…
What Is The Meaning Of Outsider Art? The Genre With A Story, Not A Style
If you’ve perused The Huffington Post Arts & Culture page at all this week, you may have noticed the spread of outsider artists gracing the site. That’s because this weekend…
The Spiraling World Of Staircases, The Architectural Wonders We Often Overlook
“The world is like a grand staircase,” Samuel Johnson mused, “some are going up and some are going down.” The quote paints a picture of a universe not unlike a…
How We’re Reacting To The End Of Lip Smackers (And Our Youth)
In life, trends come and go. Things that we seemingly were never able to live without (the Spice Girls or Jessica McClintock prom dresses, to name a few) go away,…
Women’s Mosque Opens In L.A. With A Vision For The Future Of Muslim-American Leadership
The Women’s Mosque of America opened its doors on Friday in central Los Angeles, welcoming a crowd of Muslim women from around the country. L.A.-based professionals M. Hasna Maznavi and…