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The Biggest Sign You’re in the Right Relationship, According to Research

A good relationship and the right relationship are not always the same thing. Research suggests the difference comes down to one thing—do they truly...

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People on TikTok Are Using Olive Oil as Lube. Here’s Why That’s a Bad Idea, According to an OB-GYN.

At some point, “natural” became the wellness world’s get-out-of-jail-free card. Olive oil is ancient. Olive oil is pure. Olive oil is, according...

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Daily Horoscope: July 9, 2026

Venus moves into Virgo today and the questions change. It's no longer about how things feel. It's about how they actually hold up.

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The Difference Between ‘Man Boobs’ and Male Breast Cancer, According to an Expert

A man notices something different about his chest and does one of two things: convinces himself it’s nothing, or convinces himself it’s cancer....

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3 Simple Habits That Can Make You Happier, According to Science

All that most people want out of life is to be happy. And yet the pursuit of it has somehow become its own source of misery—an industry of morning...

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TikTok Is Obsessed With Ear Play, but It’s Not Just Another Random Sex Trend

There’s a part of the body that connects directly to the brain, triggers full-body arousal, and has been described by people on TikTok as...

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Daily Horoscope: July 8, 2026

Uranus starts squaring Venus today, and something in your relationships or finances is about to get rattled. That's not a one-day situation.

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5 Signs Mercury Retrograde Is Messing With Your Pet, According to an Astrologer

Everyone knows Mercury retrograde is a chaotic time for humans. The missed flights, the misfired texts, the exes crawling back out of the woodwork....

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People Don’t Have Degradation Kinks for the Reason You Think

Being called names in bed shouldn’t be a turn-on. And yet, for a significant portion of the population, it absolutely is. Degradation as a...

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The 7 Biggest Mistakes People Make During a Breakup That Make Everything Worse

Breaking up badly is easy. Most people have done it, been on the receiving end of it, or both. The fact that there’s still no consensus on how to do...

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Why Women in Russia Are Selling Their Used Breast Implants Online

Since Western sanctions reshaped the Russian economy, people have found creative ways to make ends meet. Listing used breast implants on classified ad...

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Daily Horoscope: July 7, 2026

Neptune stations retrograde today, and something vast turns inward. You might not have a name for it yet. Trust the feeling anyway.

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Controversial App Lets Dog Owners Rent Out Their Pets by the Hour to Strangers

The dog rental economy is here, and depending on how attached you are to your animal, it will either sound like a great idea or a complete affront to...

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Gen Z Judges You by Your First Name More Than Any Other Generation, New Survey Finds

You didn’t choose your name. Statistically speaking, that doesn’t stop people from judging you for it. A new Talker Research survey of 2,000...

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Scientists Made Tiny Diving Suits for Cockroaches So They Can Help in Search-and-Rescue Missions

If you’d told anyone a decade ago that cockroaches would one day be suiting up for search-and-rescue missions, the response would have been…WTF?...

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Weekly Horoscope: July 5-July 11

Some weeks hand you a clean path, and some weeks ask you to slow down long enough to actually look at where you’ve been going. This one is firmly in...

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Why Men Never Stop Thinking About ‘The One That Got Away’, According to Psychology

Most men have a person they’ve never fully stopped thinking about. The research on why is more interesting than the pop culture version. According...

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New Theory Explains Why So Many People See the Same Thing During a Near-Death Experience

Death is the one experience nobody can really prepare for—but a surprising number of people have gotten close enough to report back. About 10% of...

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Everything We Know About the Couple Arrested After Getting Engaged on Top of the Empire State Building

Getting engaged is a whole thing. Getting engaged at the top of the Empire State Building‘s transmission tower, without permission, while dangling...

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Is Lying to Your Partner Ever a Good Thing? Researchers Say It’s Complicated.

Lying to someone you love is uncomfortable to admit. Doing it anyway, and then telling yourself it was for their benefit, is apparently very common. A...

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Fitness Influencer Says Gate Agent Told Her She Looked ‘Naked’ and Made Her Cover Up Before Boarding Flight

Women these days seem to have collectively decided that gym outfits are acceptable to wear whenever, wherever. Lufthansa isn’t okay with that. In...

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Fart Fetish Content Is the Fastest-Growing Kink of 2026, According to a New Report

Bondage has held the top spot in adult content sales for so long that it’s basically a tenured position. Something is coming for it. According to...

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Daily Horoscope: July 3, 2026

The Neptune-Sun square ends today, taking the week's disorientation with it. What replaces it is a Friday that actually feels like one.

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6 Things Men Should Do Differently This Summer If They Actually Want a Relationship

Summer has a way of making people feel like they should be doing something about their love lives. The longer days, the social calendars, the general...

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Why Friendships Feel So Much Harder in Your 30s, According to Experts

At some point in your 30s, you look up and realize the friend situation has gotten…complicated. Not bad, necessarily, just different. The group...

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What Is a ‘White Kiss’? The Viral Sex Trend That’s All About Intimacy, Disgust, and Comfort.

Surprise, surprise. There’s a new name for kissing your partner immediately after oral sex, and the internet has decided it’s a green flag. A...

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Daily Horoscope: July 2, 2026

Mercury retrograde means the words might not cooperate, but the instincts are in better shape than they've been all week.

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A Surprising Number of Americans Would Say No to Seeing Their Future

If you were given the opportunity to know your entire future, would you want to? Most people answer yes without hesitation when it’s hypothetical....

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Pisces, July 2026: Your Monthly Horoscope

What do the stars have in store for your sign this month?

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Aquarius, July 2026: Your Monthly Horoscope

What do the stars have in store for your sign this month?

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Capricorn, July 2026: Your Monthly Horoscope

What do the stars have in store for your sign this month?

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Sagittarius, July 2026: Your Monthly Horoscope

What do the stars have in store for your sign this month?

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Scorpio, July 2026: Your Monthly Horoscope

What do the stars have in store for your sign this month?

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Mexico’s ‘Batman’ Is Hunting Suspected Thieves and Taping Them to Streetlights

Gotham’s got nothing on Jalisco right now. In the town of Lagos de Moreno, an anonymous vigilante has spent the past ten days hunting down suspected...

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Libra, July 2026: Your Monthly Horoscope

What do the stars have in store for your sign this month?

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Virgo, July 2026: Your Monthly Horoscope

What do the stars have in store for your sign this month?

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Leo, July 2026: Your Monthly Horoscope

What do the stars have in store for your sign this month?

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Vultures Are Turning American Neighborhoods Into Their Personal Toilets

A flock of vultures moving into the neighborhood sounds like a bad omen. For a growing number of homeowners across the United States, it’s just a...

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Cancer, July 2026: Your Monthly Horoscope

What do the stars have in store for your sign this month?

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Gemini, July 2026: Your Monthly Horoscope

What do the stars have in store for your sign this month?

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Taurus, July 2026: Your Monthly Horoscope

What do the stars have in store for your sign this month?

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Aries, July 2026: Your Monthly Horoscope

What do the stars have in store for your sign this month?

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Daily Horoscope: July 1, 2026

Moon opposing Jupiter this afternoon makes the gap between what you want and what's available frustrating. By evening it softens.

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What People Actually Ask Psychics When Their Lives Fall Apart, According to a Celebrity Psychic

People don’t book a reading on a good week. That’s the first thing Jesse Bravo tells me when I ask who actually shows up at his office. People...

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Doing This One Household Chore Is Surprisingly Attractive, According to a New Survey

Forget candlelight and throwing on that Miguel album. For many people, the real aphrodisiac is watching someone else scrub the dishes. There’s no...

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What to Look for If You Think Your Partner Is Cheating

Suspecting your partner of cheating rarely begins with actually catching them in the act. Instead, it’s a series of small changes that are easy to...

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The Real Reason Your Sex Drive Disappeared (and How to Get It Back), According to Experts

When my libido tanked around 40, my first assumption was that something was fundamentally broken. I was healthy, not noticeably depressed, in a decent...

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4 Red Flags Every Toxic Friendship Has in Common

Toxic friendships are harder to leave than toxic romantic relationships, and the reason is almost embarrassingly simple. They’ve had years to...

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Daily Horoscope: June 30, 2026

Mercury and Pluto are both still retrograde, but Jupiter just landed in Leo. Patience this morning, payoff by afternoon.

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A Megalodon Fossil Lost for Nearly 30 Years Just Confirmed the Ancient Shark’s Terrifying Size

The most important megalodon fossil in existence spent 28 years as unidentified rubble in a museum storage room. When a paleontologist finally...

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