Natalie Shoemaker
Contributing Writer
Natalie has been writing professionally for about 6 years. After graduating from Ithaca College with a degree in Feature Writing, she snagged a job at PCMag.com where she had the opportunity to review all the latest consumer gadgets. Since then she has become a writer for hire, freelancing for various websites. In her spare time, you may find her riding her motorcycle, reading YA novels, hiking, or playing video games. Follow her on Twitter: @nat_schumaker
Sleep as we know it has changed over the past few centuries thanks to the invention of the light bulb. The 8-hour sleep cycle may conflict with your body’s natural rhythms.
The United State owns the market on personal data with companies like Facebook and Google. This puts America in a position of power when talking about privacy rights. But that may mean being at odds with the international community.
When prison populations began to surge in the mid-20th century, it changed the entire social dynamic of incarceration. Prison gangs grew out of a need for inmates to organize and defend themselves.
Winter is coming, bringing along with it an icy chill and one more reason not to go to the gym. But there are a few personal strategies and mental hacks you can employee to get yourself geared up for your workout.
Humans weren’t a part of the mosquito’s diet thousands of years ago, and researchers have isolated the genes to prove it.
Facebook is addicting — this idea is nothing new. But take away the numbers and suddenly the site becomes much less appealing.
The ability to talk is an important asset for people in business, but there’s an invaluable amount of information your could learn about your clients if you just listen.
Staying up late and waking up late may seem to be popular trends among teens everywhere, but there’s biology to back up this sleep cycle as a norm that school gets in the way of.
Bad days, break-ups, or stress-filled meetings may have you craving some comfort food to ease your anxiety. But don’t reach for that chocolate bar just yet.
The death knell for the banner ad is tolling and few are lamenting its decline.
Quitting an unsatisfying job may be the best possible move you could make in your 20s. A study has revealed that job-hopping could lead to a better, more fulfilling career in your 30s and 40s.
Taking long walks, dimming the lights down low, mussing up your desk–we all have our tricks to get the creative juices flowing. But there’s another way to invigorate the right-side of your brain: a sense of entitlement.
Scientists and mathematicians hope to unlock the secrets of psilocybin, a compound found in magic mushrooms, in order to better understand how networks in the brain connect in uninhibited states.
A professor at Vanderbilt Law School has made it her mission to investigate why obese women — more than obese men — are missing out on higher salaries.
When someone is diagnosed with any life-threatening disease, focus is taken off things they used to enjoy and the illness becomes an all-consuming part of their lives. Practicing mindfulness can help boost patients’ mental health and wellbeing.