When I went to bed last night, there were two baskets on the kitchen counter. They contained eight beautiful, perfectly ripe avocados—plus some plum tomatoes, bananas and a huge, heavy mango. This morning, I woke up to a crime scene.
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The Ig Nobel Prize ceremonies have been held at Harvard University every September for the last 27 years. And if you’ve been wondering whether anyone has ever won an Ig Nobel award for studying the medical uses of car batteries, I’m here to tell you that they have—and Continue reading →

I did it—I finally tried yoga. And I’m here to tell you that yoga instructors want to kill us. Continue reading →

I woke up at 2 a.m. last night wondering why my stomach felt weirdly bloated and tight. By 2:05 I was in the bathroom, and I spent the next three hours hoping my kids wouldn’t find me there, dead, in the morning. I’ll spare you the details, but I would like to pass along the lessons I learned during Continue reading →