10 Times You Need to Press the Pause Button in Life

Top 10 Ways to Make Yourself Look (and Be) Smarter

Whether you're trying to survive an intensive college schedule or just want to seem smarter in front of your friends, you can do a lot of things to both look and be smarter. Here are ten simple tricks for boosting your real (and perceived) brain power. 

73 Kitchen Hacks to Save Time, Get Organized, and Stay Sane

So maybe you think you’ve got it all figured out. You’re the MacGyver of the kitchen — spatula in one hand two eggs in the other. Crack, separate, and plop goes the egg in the bowl. with a bit of shell. The horror! So what do you do? Hint: using a spoon or your fingers isn’t the answer. 

7 Things Only Chronic Overthinkers Will Understand

Being an indecisive person in day-to-day life may not sound like the greatest of burdens in this troubled world, but it certainly presents its challenges -- challenges that people who are not chronic over-thinkers don't even know exist in their la-de-dah, it'll-all-work-out, easy-go-lucky state of mind (lucky them).

The Real Reasons College Is a Bad Investment

Hating on universities and the uselessness of their degrees is trendy. A quick Google search will offer you hundreds of rants detailing the pointlessness of secondary education. Yet while college has become a bad investment, it's likely not for the reasons you have in mind.

7 Ways Saying ‘Thank You’ Can Transform Your Life

We hear it constantly: “Successful people engage in the practice of daily gratitude.” We’ve likely also heard it constantly from our parents during our adolescent years: “Be appreciative and grateful!”

But how many of us truly understand what appreciation is? Furthermore, how many of us truly understand how beneficial gratitude can be to our lives?

Here are the seven ways the simple practice of saying “thank you” to the universe can transform your life… in ways you never thought imaginable.

22 Things To Remember After Making A Mistake

Mistakes are inevitable. It’s basically written into our biology that we will make them. If you claim that you never make mistakes, it seems likely that you don’t do very much of anything.

How To Survive Your First Year Living On Your Own

Moving out and on your own is overwhelming, to say the least. For so many of us, it’s the first time we’d strayed from the comforts of mom and dad’s place, the warm beds with the sheets we’ve been sleeping on since we were preteens.

Top 10 Underrated Badasses of the Ancient World

Hercules, Beowulf, King Arthur, and Thor are all pretty badass ancient warriors, except they never existed. Real life heroes from the olden times sadly do not get the exposure and recognition they rightfully deserve. Lucky for you, you’re going to introduce and honor a bunch of them right now.

11 The Best Horror Movie Masks Ever

If horror movies have taught us anything, it's that nothing terrifies quite like a great mask — a fact confirmed once again by the lunatic fiends of the Ethan Hawke-headlined home-invasion thriller The Purge, which came out this past weekend. But the art of a truly malevolent getup is hard to pull off. It comes down to simplicity of design, often mixed with a distinctly ragged, made-in-a-basement-by-filthy-hands appearance. These aren't superhero costumes; they're functional headgear for murderous boogeymen. Herewith, a selection of the genre's finest masks.

Top 10 First Uses of Technology in Battle

Some of our greatest research and development goes into creating better and more efficient ways of killing people. Things like microwaves, the Internet, and nuclear power can find their origins in military research conducted across the globe. With that in mind, here are ten technologies and their first uses in battle.

Top 10 Idiotic Things That Started a War

The consequences of a war have long been established, but the reasons the war starts in the first place interests us the most. Here are ten stupid reasons, combined with the egos of those in charge that resulted in some of the bloodiest wars ever fought.

9 Reasons Why Japanese Men Hesitate To Say 'I love you'

Whenever someone asks me, “How do you say ‘I love you’ in Japanese?” I’m always at a loss for what to say. In short, there is no good Japanese equivalent. Textbooks and other resources will tell you to say “ai shiteru,” but in reality this phrase is used very rarely due to cultural and linguistic differences. 

25 Gadgets That Will Improve Your Life

With the recent advances in technology, their has been a deluge of new gadgets flooding the markets. From new smartphones to new robots that complete your daily tasks in an orderly and efficient manner, we cannot imagine our lives without the presence of these gadgets.