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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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Here's a problematic new study: Women looking for marriage still find narcissistic traits alluring.
The study of when too much of a good thing can kill you — about 16 glasses every day.
Smiling changes how the brain processes other people's emotions. As the Louis Armstrong song goes, "When you're smilin', the whole world smiles at you."
NASA is considering the moon as a kind of galactic pit stop for astronauts to refuel before they go to Mars.
Exercise — not diet — has the greatest impact on our waistlines as we age. So, while foregoing the bacon cheeseburgers of your youth is a good step, you'll need to go further to stay fit.
Some well-placed eyeliner can make a look, but put it on the waterline of your eye and, well, you might as well be drawing it onto your cornea.
Some people believe generous welfare benefits make people more dependent — not so, according to researchers.
Don't believe any caller who claims they work for the IRS. The IRS will never call or email you. The best course of action you can take is to spread the word to help stop the success of these scams.
Steel yourself before a job interview — research shows nervous, slow-talkers tend to not get the gig.
Study finds that Rhode Island kids who were allowed to sip an alcoholic beverage were four times more likely to have been drunk by the time they reached high school.
Changing up your routine by walking backwards may be enough to boost creativity, although it may also lead to a decrease in productivity.
Searching the internet gives people an inflated sense of knowledge, according to a recent study.
Some people have trouble making left-right distinctions. It's not a big deal, so long as you don't work in a medical profession.
Playing video games provides some bonus points for the real world. In a recent study, researchers found gamers were better able to adapt and learn visual tasks.
In the spirit of April Fools' Day, researchers decided to put the old saying, "An apple a day keeps the doctor away," to the test.
Research suggests that making a new friend doesn't have to be anxiety-inducing, just bond over your shared social anxiety.
One in five students will experience 'exploding head syndrome,' a disruptive disorder caused by the auditory neurons firing at once, waking sleepers with a loud bang.
Your IQ wasn't set at birth. Turns out, intelligence is quite malleable. Genes play a role in influencing your intelligence, but not as much as your upbringing.
Letting employees decorate their workspaces plays an important role in building relationships within the company — without them there aren't any icebreakers.
Online learning has set the stage for the start of democratized education, but some argue that total equality is still a long way off.