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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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Cooking at home is healthier than eating out. But a recent study contests this assertion, saying it all depends on where you're getting your recipes.
Our obsession with optimization has edged out our use for a gut. Instead of relying on instinct, we fall back on data to tell us how to optimize everything from productivity to life.
It's widely thought that there's an age when you're at your mental prime, and then begin the decline. Not so, according to researchers. Different ages means reaching new peaks in your mental abilities.
Americans have accepted that the government spies on us, but a fair amount of people consider the government's actions acceptable.
Millennials don't actively seek out news — if it doesn't appear in their Facebook feed, they probably aren't going to see it.
Researchers think our adverse reactions to being lonely are nature's way of motivating us to find a social group in order to survive.
Your sleep-type may have some bearing on your tendencies to be punctual (or not). Morning people tend to be on time more than night owls, according to researchers.
Depression alters people's perceptions of how things feel. But time, which may seem like such a static thing, feels different to people with depression — it feels slower.
Researcher found putting fruit flies on a time-restricted diet helped them become healthier; maybe it could do the same for humans.
Male war heroes are more likely to snag a date than their female counterparts. It seems warrior-women don't meet with our primate brain's idea of attractive, according to researchers.
When the stress of work has become unbearable, you may feel triggered to reach for the snack drawer and grab a treat. However, a short, 15-minute walk has the power to stave off those unhealthy food cravings.
Our desire to conform starts young. Despite our best efforts later on in life, by age two we're already willing to hide our otherness away from our peers, according to researchers.
A new study has found that there are too many studies. So much that there's an information decay happening in the minds of researchers.
Should long-distance couples use social media sites to gauge the health of their relationship? Studies show it's all about how you use the medium.
Olga Khazan argues that always gunning for the best option may leave us with a feeling of regret — there's always something better on the horizon. So, instead, be able to be happy with something that's "good enough."
We are more connected than ever, and yet people will still accept myths as facts. So, when the truth is just a Google search away, why do we continue to circulate internet myths?
Uncertainty can be a powerful motivator, according to one group of researchers.
Researchers cast doubt on a widely held belief that a bully must be physically imposing. Their studies reveal aggressive behavior comes first; strength comes as they mature.
Reports on the Apple Watch have said it will change everything — for better or for worse, depending on whom you ask. Mark Sullivan, however, is one of the hopefuls.