A scientist at the Food and Brand Lab at Cornell University, invited guests for lunch and they think the meal is a thank you for testing iPods. But director Brian Wansink, PhD, has other intentions. He is experimenting to see if if people eat bigger portions when the food has evocative names. The Royal [...]

Bicycle riding can be a very fun activity. But why don’t more people wear helmets? Yeah, they make us all look geeky and dumb, but they also save our brains. Personally, I don’t know how cool a former cyclist can be if they lose their brain function.
Do you wear a seat belt when you drive? [...]

We all know to wash foods like plums, apples and zucchini. But what do you do with foods like oranges, cantalope or winter squash? I never used to worry about washing oranges because I peeled them with clean hands, and the orange was inside the peel, so what’s the problem, right? But if you think [...]

File this under “unconfirmed internet rumor”, but I thought I should pass it on. I heard on tv that many Curves are waiving parts of customer fees if the customer brings in a bag of groceries for the local food bank. I checked the Curves web site, but didn’t see anything, so maybe it’s something [...]