Health
Everything you need to know to improve your health, fitness and well-being, one hack at a time.
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Outdoor Exercise Might Be Better Than Hitting the Gym — at Least for Your Brain
Exercise is generally good for your body and brain, no matter how you do it. But research out this month suggests that even brief outdoor activities can be especially stimulating for your noggin. The study found that people’s cognitive function on a test improved after a short walk outside, but not after they walked indoors.
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How Long Does It Take for Skin to Repair After Sun Exposure?
It’s impossible to avoid the Aussie sun entirely, but Australians are well aware of the dangers of too much exposure. Some 40 years of Slip Slop Slap (and more recently added, Seek and Slide) campaigns have reinforced this, not to mention the unpleasant experience of a sunburn most of us have encountered at some point.…
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The Last of Us: What Is Cordyceps and Could It Really Infect People?
The Last of Us introduces us to a dangerous cordyceps outbreak that turns humans into zombies, but how plausible is it in reality?
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How Often Should You Change Up Your Exercise Routine?
People asking for exercise advice are usually looking for a simple answer. Do this over that. Do this many of that thing, for this long. Get these gains. In reality, things are never that simple. That’s certainly true for the age old question of how often one should change up one’s exercise routine. Unfortunately, there’s…