"Damn, it's freezing. I know I said I'd go for a run, but in this cold it's probably unhealthy, right?" Read More >>

California just passed a law that says drivers are free to text and email while they drive, as long as they're doing it by voice. Sounds safer, right? Not exactly, according to quite a bit of research. Read More >>

When you're old, screw it—you might as well hit up the 1 - 3pm Pizza Hut buffet to load up on Garlic Pizza bread every day of the week. Your nearly eight decades of life have earned you the right to eat what you want. But seriously, science now says that once you hit 75, the benefits of eating healthily go out the window. Read More >>

This weekend you will see something on TV that's been missing for long time -- a man enjoying a good long smoke. Only it's an e-cigarette nowadays. An iFag. Read More >>

We liked the Fitbit One activity tracker, but there was some convenience lacking. While its pebble-like form-factor was very discreet, it meant you always had to take it out and put it in a special arm band if you wanted to monitor your sleep, then return it to your jeans in the morning. And which jeans did you forget them in this time? Read More >>

Nike's FuelBand and other fitness trackers help you shed the pounds you've already accumulated. But a company called Hapilabs wants to stop you from gaining all that weight in the first place with a remarkably advanced fork that encourages you to take your time while dining. Read More >>

It's that time of year when everyone starts coming down with some kind of plague. Unfortunately there is no cure for the common cold, or whatever they say. But everyone has some kind of fail-safe home remedy. Read More >>

Sometimes inventions, even the important ones, aren't pretty. Case in point: this vomiting robot. It could help us understand, and then battle, an illness that no one's found a cure for in 40 years. Even if it's not the cutest 'bot out there. Read More >>

Yeah, I know: you're back at work, hungover, tired, still picking bits of turkey out of your teeth. The world sucks right now. But at least there's some medical justification for you feeling like a pile of crap -- Seasonal Affective Disorder. Read More >>

Conservationists have long been working to prevent pandas from going extinct. And their efforts might now have a renewed focus as researchers from the Life Sciences College of Nanjing Agricultural University have discovered an antibody in panda blood that's extremely effective at killing fungus and bacteria. Read More >>

As regular Happy Hour readers know, there's nothing we like more than finding new, innovative, and fun approaches to drinking. But there's a darker side that must be acknowledged. Specifically, you can poison yourself and die. Read More >>

If you're looking to give up smoking, and the usual nicotine replacement therapies just aren't cutting it, electric cigarettes could be the answer you're looking for. E-cigarettes generate a nicotine-enriched vapour that isn't covered by the smoking act, which is why they've been spotted more and more frequently in the wild -- in bars, bookshops, cafes and even causing a stir on a Megabus. Read More >>

Hmmm, I'm getting notes of sandalwood, rosemary and a hint of boiled cabbage… Read More >>

You. Yes you. Don't sit around looking so smug. You're not perfect—and now, scientists have the evidence to back up that very claim. Read More >>

The idea that Viagra helps out athletes has been around for years now, but is there a scientific consensus on it? Read More >>