Posts by Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn

I think most of us realize that no matter how dreamy someone’s life looks from the outside, nothing is perfect – not even when your parents are Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson. The couple seems like one of the most stable, happy, good-natured and grounded in all of Hollywood, but that doesn’t mean their son...

It used to be that when someone offered you a ride home from the bar – at least if you were a guy – you knew it was a simple gesture of goodwill and an example of good human-ing. Now, apparently, we all need to get all of the information up front, no matter the...

Disney might be the happiest place on earth, but for most people, it’s expensive enough that a few days a year (if you’re lucky) are all you can afford. It turns out that Disney owns some gated communities near (or basically on) their property though, and they are predictably amazing homes – with predictably giant...

When I think about sea creatures I wouldn’t mind being able to join us on land, sharks are definitely not high on my list. In fact, now that I’m thinking about it, that list is pretty short. Maybe whales? And…crabs? I don’t know. At any rate, I don’t get to decide things like evolutionary capabilities,...

I know some of us were raised on the idea that the “truth is out there,” and would like to imagine every strange flying object might have come from the stars. Maybe some of them have, but in the case of the mysterious metal orb that landed in Mexico recently, that’s probably not true. Meteorologist...

There’s nowhere on Earth you can go to escape microplastics – not even places like Antarctica, where no human beings actually live, is safe. We know because scientists have tested the rainwater and come up with – you guessed it – plastics. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as “forever chemicals,” have spread across...

We understand abstractly that blue whales are like, the biggest animal on earth, but do we really grasp how big that means they are? I would guess probably not, but I mean, how can we? Let’s give it a shot. Jeremy Goldbogen, co-director of the Hopkins Marine Station and Associate Professor of Biology at Stanford, says...

One thing that is unique to the United States is tipping culture. Other places pay their service employees more per hour, so they don’t have to rely on tips to make up the difference between their pay and a living wage. Not so here in the States, where most sit-down restaurants pay their servers just...

There are at least two kinds of television shows out there – ones that start off with a bang and ones you have to give a few episodes to really develop the characters and story before you fall in love. Now, either of these kinds of shows can crap out after a season (or less),...

If you spend any time poking around the internet, I’m sure it’s not news that there are a lot of awful people out there walking around looking like normal folks. I mean, I suppose there have always been awful people, but now we all get to tell the whole world when we run into them...

There are all kinds of traditions that surround modern marriage. People are able to pick and choose so they end up with the wedding they’ve always wanted – you just have to hope you and your partner are on the same page. One of those traditions people can take or leave is a bachelor/bachelorette party,...

For decades, women have been pushing their way into workplaces and industries that were traditionally male. Now, though, more and more people are doing what they love, gender roles be d&$med – and that goes for dudes, too. These 10 men are working in industries where women are more common, and sharing what challenges (and...

Car accidents happen every single day. Most of the time everyone walks away unscathed, or at least able to recover, but other times, the consequences are deadly. We all accept this risk when we get into a vehicle, whether as the driver or the passenger, but the potential for death hits differently when you’re a...

Mother Nature never ceases to amaze, right? You would think that, with all of the technology we have these days and the number of people we have out there using it, there would be few surprises still lurking in the natural world. Obviously we know that’s not true, and this discovery inside some old caves...

If you’re a parent, there’s a good chance you’ve dealt with a strep diagnosis in your home. It’s fairly common in all of its many variations, and treating it is typically pretty straightforward. We live in a strange world, though, and just when you think you can get comfortable, you read something that changes your...