Posts by Kim Wong-Shing

Scientists are figuring out how to harness electricity from your skin’s melanin, and, as a melanated person, IDK if this is good news or bad news. A group of Italian scientists recently made a breakthrough that allows them to conduct electricity from eumelanin, the pigment that colors human skin, hair, and eyes. In its natural...

Those of us in the Netflix Nature Documentaries Fan Club (that I just made up) were very excited about the release of Our Planet, a docuseries from the same team behind Planet Earth. There are a lot of breathtakingly gorgeous scenes in the series, but one particular scene is seriously heartbreaking. The scene shows a group...

If you’re attempting to be healthy AND lazy at the same time, smoothies are absolutely key. They take five minutes to make, and you can easily pack them full of all the produce that you need for the day. Fruits, veggies, you name it. But! Not all smoothies are created equal. Smoothies shouldn’t consist only of fruit...

Are you struggling to get your mind to STFU for long enough that you can fall asleep? Yeah, join the club. Deepak Chopra, aka Oprah’s favorite wellness guru, shared four tricks for falling asleep quickly and peacefully. He says he goes to sleep as early as 8 p.m., so uh, seems like this guy knows...

To whoever invented the term “manspreading”, thank you. Finally, we have a name for that phenomenon that women know all too well: when a man takes up extra room in a seat by spreading his knees as far apart as possible. You know, to make room for his balls. Eye roll. Speaking of excellent portmanteaus...

Fyre Festival was like a car crash that we couldn’t look away from – years later, people are still fascinated by it. For a limited time, you can now experience the madness of Fyre Fest yourself at a pop-up bar in Chicago. The arcade bar, Replay Lincoln Park, regularly hosts themed pop-up events. From May 3...

In a medical marvel, a woman in Bangladesh has given birth twice in a row, thanks to her two uteruses. Arifa Sultana, 20, gave birth to her first child in February at a hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was a healthy baby boy. They went home together, and less than a month later, Arifa returned...

Does anyone actually use reusable grocery bags, or do they just exist for the purpose of sitting in our houses and making us feel guilty? Welp, New Yorkers, here’s a good reason to actually start remembering to reuse those bags: New York State is officially banning plastic bags, and some counties will impose a fee...

If you have a hairy dog, you know all about the grooming struggle. You have two options: Pay an arm and a leg to get your pup professionally groomed, or do it yourself and end up with a dog who looks like he cut his own hair. But while dog grooming definitely comes with some sticker...

Yoga is generally considered to be a gentle, peaceful form of exercise, but even yoga can come with health risks if you push yourself too far. It happened to one yogi, and she’s sharing her story to make others more aware. Rebecca Leigh is a 40-year-old yogi and Instagram model in Maryland. After a lot...

You know that feeling you get when you walk into a Target? Petco is just like that, but for our pets. The store has a generous “all leashed pets are welcome” policy, so any and all creatures can enjoy its endless selection of toys and sprays and water bowls. Including, apparently, enormous bulls. A man...

You know Brené Brown, yes? The woman whose TED Talk about vulnerability is one of the most watched Ted Talks of all time? If not, then you will soon, because she’s about to get her own Netflix special and it’s probably gonna be an instant classic. Brené’s infamous TEDx Houston talk, “The Power of Vulnerability,” took...

Do you hate the sound of people chewing? Yeah, so do I. And so do most people. But for some people, these noises actually cause an extreme emotional reaction. The condition is called “misophonia.” One 18-year-old girl, Ellie Rapp of Pittsburgh, has been aware of having misophonia since middle school. But she’d been dealing with...

Microsoft Excel is one of those skills that most people lie about on their resumes, then figure out on the fly. But there is at least one person in this world who will be telling the Whole Truth when he brags about his Excel mastery to potential employers…and he is just 17 years old. An...

Vegans have a certain… reputation. They’re often very passionate about their lifestyle, which is why it’s strange that one particular vegan didn’t even know that mayonnaise has egg whites in it! An anonymous guy who works at Subway told this story. This is where things went hilariously sideways. “Can I get some mayo?” AND IT...