Wellness Lies

Health

Can You Sip Your Way to a Baby With Fertility Tea?

06.17.21

By Hannah Smothers
Health

TikTok Wellness Influencers Want You to Tape Your Mouth Shut

10.27.20

By Katie Way
Health

Blue-Light Lenses Are a Scam

11.22.19

By Katie Way
Health

The Most Overhyped Wellness Promises, Debunked

03.14.19

By Tonic Editors
Health

Carbs Are Not the Enemy

02.27.19

By K. Aleisha Fetters
Health

There’s No Such Thing as a Superfood

02.14.19

By K. Aleisha Fetters
Health

Celery Juice Is a Waste of Perfectly Good Produce

02.12.19

By Kasandra Brabaw
Health

Healthy People Don’t Need to Avoid Nightshade Vegetables

02.12.19

By Kasandra Brabaw
Health

‘Natural’ Sugars Are Not Better for You Than Regular Sugar

01.31.19

By Em Cassel
Health

Hydrogen Water Isn’t Better Water

01.30.19

By Tracey Anne Duncan
Health

Lemon Water Will Not Boost Your Metabolism

01.28.19

By Elizabeth Brown
Health

Any Power Crystals Hold Is Thanks to the Placebo Effect

01.25.19

By Claire Lampen

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Music

More Genres (And Artists) I Would Add to the ‘Dad Rock’ and ‘Cigarette Mom’ Musical Canon

Dad Rock and Cigarette Mom genres often boil down to a simple concept: mainstream music that white people like. Here’s more of that.

2 hours ago

By Lauren Boisvert
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Music

North Carolina Man Must Pay Back the Millions He Acquired in First-Ever Streaming Fraud Case

Michael Smith used AI-generated songs and bots to scam millions from streaming platforms since 2017, and now must face the music.

2 hours ago

By Lauren Boisvert
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Life

Norovirus Turns Cruise Ship Into a Poop-and-Vomit Wonderland. Here’s How This Keeps Happening.

Cruise ships may be affordable and accessible, but the trade-off is spending your vacation on a giant floating petri dish of disease.

4 hours ago

By Luis Prada
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Life

NASA’s Hubble Caught a Comet Breaking Up in Real Time, and the Images Are Wild

Using the Hubble Space Telescope, researchers captured detailed images of a comet as it began to tear itself apart.

4 hours ago

By Luis Prada
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Life

Scientists Discovered a New Dinosaur Species in South Korea, and It’s Named After a Cartoon

Paleontologists in South Korea have identified a new dinosaur species and named it after a beloved Korean cartoon character.

4 hours ago

By Luis Prada