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Natalie Shoemaker
Contributing Writer
Natalie has been writing professionally for about 6 years. After graduating from Ithaca College with a degree in Feature Writing, she snagged a job at PCMag.com where she had the opportunity to review all the latest consumer gadgets. Since then she has become a writer for hire, freelancing for various websites. In her spare time, you may find her riding her motorcycle, reading YA novels, hiking, or playing video games. Follow her on Twitter: @nat_schumaker
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One-third of 12- to 17-year-olds in the United States consume energy drinks, leading health officials to wonder what kind of effects a beverage heavy in caffeine and sugar could have on a developing mind.
Our relationship with food has evolved to a point of complexity as some people strive to find the "perfect" diet and eat right to the point of obsession.
Officials wonder how long sled dog racing will survive the warming temperatures, which threaten the very landscape of the race.
There's more than one way to plagiarize another's work. Some are going so far as to resort to copying, pasting, and replacing phrases and words with synonyms from the thesaurus — an effective technique with varying results.
Researchers have found connections that suggest a population's growing rate of obesity could be connected to the proliferation of wholesalers and restaurants in that region.
Researchers believe they've found some connections in women that may help predict postpartum depression before childbirth.
When men earn more than their spouses do, they tend to be more lax about doing chores around the house, according to a recent paper.
To unwind they check out social media.
The kinds of foods parents expose their kids to will set an example for their eating habits later on in life.
If there was a daily pill you could take to prevent cardiovascular disease, at no charge, and with no side effects, would you? According to a recent study, one in three people would rather live a shorter life than take a daily pill.
Five Nobel Prize winners are throwing the weight of their scientific achievements behind a longevity pill by Elysium Health.
The power of positive thought has a double edge: on one hand it helps us cope when we're faced with difficult circumstances, but if not checked with a dose of realism, it can set us up for defeat.
Too much of a good thing can be harmful and that includes exercising. A 12-year study found people who did strenuous workouts died at the same rate as couch potatoes.
It may sound obvious, but debt can be a major strain on a person's mental health. So, it's interesting that a recent study is among the first to explore the link between student loans and a decrease in mental well-being.
As we all come to grips with the groundhog's latest prediction that we'll be facing six more weeks of winter, businesses should be glad. Researchers have found a correlation between bad weather and an uptick in productivity.
Some may be shocked or relieved to hear a study recently revealed that older people enjoy having sex well into their seventies and eighties.
Tablets and smartphones are often used as a pacifier during mealtime for youngsters. But researchers speculate that this use could be detrimental to a child's ability to learn self-control.
Americans are brought up on the idea that if someone works hard enough, they can move up in society. When in reality this kind of social mobility—a rags-to-riches story—is hard to come by.
Creativity comes at unusual times: in the shower, when you're out for a walk, seemingly when we aren't doing anything—when we're bored. But smartphones assure that our minds are never without occupation.
Given only their credit card numbers, a group from MIT was able to uncover the identities of 90 percent of 1.1 million people.