You spent Sunday on the couch, skimming your social feeds and watching HGTV. Monday at work was a different story; your job involves creative problem solving and other difficult mental activities. Does the extra brainpower you use at work burn more energy than your Sunday spent watching Fixer Upper reruns?
“The basic answer is yes,” says Ewan McNay, an associate professor of psychology and behavioral neuroscience at the University of Albany. Read More...
The Evolution of the Female Action Hero
From Ripley to Wonder Woman, these characters are fighting for the future
BY ELIANA DOCKTERMAN
The action genre has long been dominated by Bonds, Bournes and Batmen. This summer is different. Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman and Charlize Theron’s Lorraine Broughton both broke through. Wonder Woman became the first female superhero to headline her own major motion picture in over a decade. (Not to mention make a boat-load of cash. Read More...
Sometimes you learn something that prompts an uncontrollable reaction of anger, laughter or surprise. And sometimes that epiphany happens on live television, for all to GIF. Morning Joe co-host Mika Brzezinski had such a moment yesterday—and it’s still going viral on Facebook.
The co-hosts were discussing an incident that took place at a Chicago convention center this weekend, when an apparently deliberate release of noxious chemicals forced an evacuation of thousands of convention-goers. Read More...
