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Have you ever been bopping along to your favorite pop song and realized, nope, you don't have the moves like Jagger? Well, that can all change once you discover Caleb Marshall, known as The Fitness Marshall on YouTube. His videos show you how to channel your inner Beyoncé with moves anyone can do. You're also pretty much guaranteed to break a sweat. So go ahead: Dance like no one's watching.
If you wanted to do well in school, you asked a teacher for help. The same principle applies if you're practicing sports, learning instruments, or even making friends. In this video from BuzzFeed, a self-described awkard guy hires a life coach to help him get better at making friends. The best part? The video offers several helpful tips and challenges anyone can use to kick-start their social life:
Love really is a drug, and we're all hooked. So what happens, biologically speaking, when you fall off the wagon? Or, in less allegorical terms, what happens to your body when you go through a breakup? The easy answer is that you go into withdrawal. This video from Bustle shows that the areas of the brain that light up after a breakup are similar to those of someone who is going through cocaine withdrawal. Yikes! That explains those irrational and existential thoughts and feelings (no one will ever love me again, what is love anyway?).
If scientists know why breakups feel like sh*t, do they also know how to heal heartbreak? Unfortunately, there's no silver bullet. The most important thing is to rely on friends and family, both as a safeguard against bad decisions and as an outlet for confusing thoughts. It’s also essential to realize that emotional healing takes time, so don’t stress if you don't immediately bounce back.
Look at the image below. Do you see anything more than a simple red dot?
Do you see a slightly darker red horse? What about the blades of grass and the horse's saddle? If you’re panicking because you didn’t see anything or kicking yourself as you look back at it, take a deep breath.
The red dot test, the newest optical illusion spreading across the internet, doesn’t actually test for much at all, says Dominick Maino, an optometrist and professor of pediatrics and binocular vision at the Illinois College of Optometry.
“It looks like it might be a test for contrast sensitivity and perhaps visual acuity," Maino says. "I haven’t seen anything in the research literature on it though. I think it is just interesting. This is not a real test as far as I can tell.”
So there you have it: There may be some merit to the meme (contrast sensitivity is part of most routine eye exams) but not enough to get all riled up. If you’re still not convinced, see your optometrist. Chances are it’s been a while since your last eye exam anyway.
Plenty of jokes begin with the phrase, "If men had periods." (They'd brag about the size of their tampons, or they'd check into the hospital once a month for a morphine drip.) This video from BuzzFeed shows what actually happens when three men get a visit from Aunt Flo.
OK, technically they're rigged up to a contraption that releases a steady flow of a blood-like substance. But over the course of three days, they learn that even without hormones and cramps, a period is a hell of a lot to handle.
