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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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When should you take time to brainstorm? When you're fatigued. The creative spark tends to hit when your brain is tired and unable to filter those weird ideas.
Nonconformists have a certain allure that attract both men and women, according to a recent study, but it has its limits.
Procrastinators should watch themselves; according to a recent study, putting off today what you could do tomorrow may have ties to heart disease.
For every good deed, people feel they have license to do a little bad. For shoppers who bring reusable bags, that may just mean some extra chips in the shopping cart.
Medical expansion has led people to believe they are less healthy. It seems counterintuitive, but there may be a certain burden of truth that comes with the price of medical advancements.
College students will text anywhere — in the shower, on the toilet, and even while they're having sex. So, why are young adults so compelled to respond?
Researchers have studied how towns, less influenced by tech, sleep. They've found these people's wake/sleep cycles mimic the sun's. So, what can be done to save the tech-addicted cities?
Living on the moon may be a far reach — chances are any lunar colony would be located inside the moon.
Everyone claims at one point to have knowledge of something they have no knowledge of. But why? It's all about who you perceive yourself to be that dictates your feigned expertise.
The Urban Gun-Detection System helps police pinpoint gunshot locations, but privacy advocates worry about the secondary uses this listening technology holds.
How much homework should students do each night? One group of researcher says 70 minutes strikes the perfect balance.
Will a law regulating the BMI of models help change an industry obsessed with beauty and unhealthy weight ideals? France thinks it might.
Researchers think they may have found a way to make people more empathetic. Perhaps one day in the future we'll be able to prescribe "kindness" pills.
Director Shiho Fukada sheds light on a growing problem in Japan, internet café refugees. For most temporary workers, a stall in one of these net cafés is all they can afford.
Language conveys a lot about who we are and how we perceive the world. In terms of human migration, we give out the label of expat or immigrant to foreign migrants, and each word has its own connotation.
An ordinance ban on fast-food stores opening in the Los Angeles area has done little to curb the rising obesity rate in low-income areas.
Classroom studies indicate that taking notes with pen and paper helps students to reform lectures in their own words, allowing them to learn and comprehend the material.
The dangers of texting and driving are well-known, but teens need to understand that engaging in any distractions while driving poses risks.
Who has the best chance of success for reaching Mars by 2030? Government-funded programs or private organizations?