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Would You Date Someone Who Shares a Dog With an Ex? Americans Have an Interesting Answer.

A Reddit thread asking whether people would date someone who shares pet custody with an ex recently sparked a surprisingly heated argument. Half the...

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What People Want to Inherit From Dead Relatives (and What They Really Don’t)

Most people have a fantasy about inheritance. Some meaningful object passed down with intention, a story attached, a piece of someone they loved that...

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5 Wellness Habits That Can Actually Backfire If You Do Them Wrong

Wellness culture has a long history of taking reasonable advice and running it completely off a cliff. Exercise is good, so more must be better....

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How Much Money Do You Need to Find True Love? Americans Have a Very Specific Number.

Finding your “person” usually comes with requirements like humor, emotional intelligence, and physical attraction. But lately, a fat wallet seems...

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Daily Horoscope: July 31, 2026

Moon in Pisces sets a dreamy tone all day, but Moon squares Uranus this afternoon and interrupts the ease. Take it in stride.

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Scientists Say Alone Time Comes With a Lot of Benefits, You’re Just Doing It Wrong

People will do a lot to avoid being seen alone in public. Eat at the bar instead of a table. Stare at their phones through entire meals. Arrange plans...

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Victorian Housewives Weren’t Naturally Serene, They Were on Some Pretty Wild Drugs

Picture the ideal Victorian housewife — serene, compliant, presiding over her household with grace and very little complaint. Now picture what was...

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Daily Horoscope: July 30, 2026

The day after a big week has its own quality. Things that felt urgent aren't anymore. Figure out what to bring forward.

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The Subtle Signs You’re Already in a ‘Silent Divorce,’ According to Therapists

Most couples who end up in a silent divorce never saw one coming. That’s the thing about it—there’s no affair, no screaming match, no moment of...

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Why Thousands of Women Get the Same Painful Infection Every Summer

Summer delivers on a lot of promises. Longer days, warmer weather, more time outside, more sex. It also delivers a reliable uptick in cystitis—the...

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Cannabis May Not Be Helping Your Stress as Much as You Think, New Research Finds

For a drug that built its entire cultural reputation on taking the edge off, cannabis has some explaining to do. New research out of Oregon State...

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Psychologists Explain Why So Many People Hook Up With an Ex Over the Summer

Everyone knows the advice. Block them. Delete the thread. Go no contact. It’s cut-and-dried, it’s decisive, and according to a new survey from...

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Daily Horoscope: July 29, 2026

A confrontation, good news you weren't sure you could trust, and a Full Moon flooding everything at once. Pick one thing.

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Men Are Flirting With AI Chatbots More Than You Think, Survey Reveals. But Does It Count as Cheating?

The journey from “write me an email” to “you’re the only one who gets me” is shorter than anyone predicted. New survey data shows that 15%...

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A Nearly Full Moon Is Crashing Two Meteor Showers This Week. Here’s How to Watch Anyway.

Two meteor showers are peaking on the same night this week, and the timing couldn’t be more annoying. Both the Southern Delta Aquariids and the...

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What to Know About Period Sex, According to an OB-GYN

Sex during your period is one of those things that gets labeled as “definitely not happening” without anyone being able to explain exactly why....

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Why Losing Sexual Attraction to Your Partner Doesn’t Mean Your Sex Life Is Over

In many long relationships, people notice that the pull they once felt toward their partner has gotten quieter, or stranger, or just…different—and...

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Daily Horoscope: July 28, 2026

The whole sky is holding its breath. Two major aspects hit exact tomorrow, and Saturn retrograde is asking one small thing first.

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A Man Faked His Own Death to Avoid a Drunk Driving Sentence. It Did Not Go Well.

There are people who get caught drunk driving and hire a good lawyer. There are people who flee the country. And then there is Si, a man from Hunan,...

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The Most Underrated Sex Act Is Finally Getting Its Due

The blowjob has dominated the cultural conversation about sex acts for so long that its current competition probably feels insulting. The competition...

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What to Know Before Having Sex Outdoors, According to an Erotica Expert

Warm weather does something to people’s decision-making. A new survey from audio erotica platform Bloom Stories, lining up with National Orgasm Day...

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Scientists Found the Perfect Amount of Information to Put in Your Dating Profile (And Most People Are Getting It Wrong)

The dating profile is one of the more bizarre human inventions—a curated argument for why a stranger should spend time with you, compressed into a...

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Daily Horoscope: July 27, 2026

Saturn went retrograde yesterday, and the sky is pointing inward — the examination it's asking for is an internal one.

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Weekly Horoscope: July 26-August 1

Some pressure is productive, and some pressure is just a lot to carry. This week, stargazer, it’s difficult to tell which is which until Wednesday...

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Dates Are Judging Your Teeth More Than Any Other Facial Feature

Your eyes are supposed to be the thing that draws people in. Poets said so. Every romantic comedy ever made said so. A survey of 1,500 people just...

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7 First Date Questions That Tell You More Than Small Talk Ever Will, According to a Dating Expert

Most first date conversations are totally useless for figuring out if you actually like someone. You cover jobs, neighborhoods, how long the commute...

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Ask Yourself This Question Before Confessing to Cheating, Therapist Says

Honesty is the best policy — except, apparently, when it’s the worst one. A TikTok creator going by @FashionablyDivorced recently made the case...

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5 Turn-Ons That Sound Strange Until You Know the Psychology Behind Them

Human sexuality is strange and always has been. The things that get people hot are usually the last things they’d admit to, and “I have no idea...

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Scientists Are Trying to Figure Out Why Orcas Are Punching Giant Sunfish So Hard They Explode

Orcas have been terrorizing great white sharks, capsizing boats off the Iberian Peninsula, and generally establishing themselves as the ocean’s most...

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New Research Says the Amount of Sex You Have Has Nothing to Do With How Deeply in Love You Are

Everyone assumes the couples having the most sex are the ones most madly in love. A new study says that’s not how it works. A review published in...

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6 Signs Someone Is Hiding Their Attraction Toward You

People are remarkably bad at concealing attraction. They control their words, manage their expressions, say all the right casual things…but then...

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Daily Horoscope: July 24, 2026

Saturn squares Mercury exact today. The words you choose are carrying more weight than you'd probably like on a Friday. Choose carefully.

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Speeding Barely Saves You Any Time, New Study Finds

There are lots of reasons people speed while driving. Saving time, according to a new study, is not actually one of them—at least not in any...

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Scientists May Have Found the Ultimate Limit of the Human Lifespan

Longevity maxxing is having a moment. Biological age tests, NAD supplements, Bryan Johnson’s entire existence—the premise is that aging is a...

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A Florida Restaurant Is Letting People Trade Dead Pythons for Pizza

Florida has tried a lot of things to deal with its Burmese python problem. Organized hunts, cash prizes, robot bunnies. Now one Everglades City...

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Japan’s Answer to Deadly Summer Heat Is a Refrigerator for Humans

Japanese summers are now so unbearable that someone looked at a refrigerator and thought, logically, that humans should just go in one. The Do Hiemon...

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A Shopping Mall Contest Had People Drinking From Toilets for Cash: ‘Game of Thrones’

Russia has given the world many things. Vodka. Tetris. Dashcam footage that defies explanation. And now, competitive toilet drinking in a shopping...

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Daily Horoscope: July 23, 2026

Mercury is direct. The sky doesn't hand out clean breaks, though; Saturn squares it exact tomorrow and the accountability is already coming.

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This Is the Thing That Actually Makes People Happy, According to Research

Most people, if pressed, could produce a mental list of everything standing between them and being happy. More money. A better body. A different job....

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7 Common Reasons Sex Hurts (And What You Can Do About It)

There are lots of people out there suffering through painful sex and telling absolutely nobody about it. Dyspareunia—the clinical term for pain...

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What Morning Erections Can Tell You About Your Health, According to Urologists

Morning erections don’t get nearly enough credit. They’re inconvenient, they’re easy to dismiss, and nobody is putting them on a wellness...

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Gen Z Is Blaming Their Parents for Their Problems, and Psychologists Say They Have a Point

Gen Z didn’t invent the idea that your parents mess you up. They just decided to say it out loud, on camera, to several million strangers. A new...

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Daily Horoscope: July 22, 2026

The Sun walked into Leo this morning. That chapter is done. What comes next is going to ask something of you.

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What Is a ‘Ride-or-Cry Friendship’? The Bond Built Through Breakups, Job Losses, and Chaos

Think about the person you’d call at 2 a.m. if you really needed someone. There’s a decent chance you met them when everything was falling apart....

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Why Some Gen Z Women Are Choosing the Rich Husband Fantasy Over the Career Grind

A 20-year-old dental student posted on Reddit this week announcing she’d rather marry rich than finish her degree. Half the comments wanted to shake...

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This Woman Nearly Died After Her Daughter’s Wedding Triggered ‘Happy Heart Syndrome’

Broken heart syndrome has a whole cultural mythology built around it. Happy heart syndrome, the lesser-known flip side, can be just as lethal—and...

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Why ‘Queening’ Is the Sex Act Women Keep Coming Back To, According to Experts

Queening has been around since ancient Rome, appeared in the Kama Sutra, was depicted in 19th-century French paintings, and has been a fixture of BDSM...

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Daily Horoscope: July 21, 2026

The Sun closes out Cancer and Leo arrives tomorrow. But tonight the Moon is in Scorpio and the sky isn't done yet.

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Why Men and Women Stop Being Friends in Adulthood, According to a Psychologist

Men are losing friends at a rate that should alarm everyone, and one of the least discussed reasons is that they stopped being friends with women. The...

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Where to Vacation If You Don’t Want to Get Robbed, According to the FBI

Summer travel has a way of making people optimistic to the point of carelessness. That works out fine in some cities and considerably less fine in...

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