Super Mario Galaxy Tops Global Box Office
Global #BoxOffice UPDATE: #SuperMarioGalaxy $423.6M dom/$555.8M intl/$979.4M ww #Michael $314.2M/$468.1M/$782.3M #ProjectHailMary $339.6M/$335.4M/$675M #DevilWearsPrada2 $196.1M/$408M/$604.1M #TheMandalorianAndGrogu $82M/$63M/$145M #MortalKombatII $72.8M/$45.5M/$120M
What Would Your Ideal Self Do Next?
The most important question you could ever ask yourself is: 'If I was the person I need to be, what would I do next?'
Savour Negative Emotions to Transform Them Into Energizing Wellbeing
The most powerful meditation technique I've come across recently: rather than just "observe" negative emotions, learn to actively savour them. With a bit of practice, it's often possible to find an enjoyable aspect of them: the energised quality of anger, or...
Super Mario Galaxy Movie Falls Just Short of $1B
As predicted here weeks ago, #TheSuperMarioGalaxyMovie won’t hit $1B as it’s at $979.5M globally and all but finished Not like it didn’t get really close https://t.co/cZrsa9TUZB
Top Performers Obsessively Cut Out Tolerated Distractions
"People who get an unusual amount of work done are maniacal about removing things from their lives that others tolerate." via @farnamstreet
Mindfulness: Observe Emotions, Gain Awareness and Adaptability
Mindfulness is not avoiding difficult emotions. It’s learning not to become consumed by them. The practice here is observation. We learn to observe our thoughts, feelings and the body sensations they create in us. The result? Greater self awareness and more...
Rare Gut Bacterium Can Rapidly Dominate Healthy Microbiome
A rare gut bacterium under 1% of a community can swing into dominance overnight when conditions change. A new Mount Sinai study just rewrote how we think about a "good" microbiome. (1/4)
Indistractable People Master Triggers, Not Apps
7 habits of indistractable people. None of them involve an app blocker. I spent years thinking my distraction problem was a technology problem. Delete the apps, install the blocker, buy the dumbphone. It never worked for long, because the phone was never...
Cold Spoon Behind Ears Calms Stress Instantly
I’m a neurodivergent health research advisor with a PhD. Here are my 11 favorite nervous system regulation tricks that took me 18+ years to figure out: 1. Keep a spoon in your freezer and hold it behind your ears for 30s...
Rosenbaum Dodges Blame While Touting Truth‑focused Book
JFC, Rosenbaum refuses to take responsibility and he's still promoting the book on his socials without coming clean. His book is supposed to be about truth. AI-Writing Scandals Are Getting Very Confusing https://t.co/oUTXQoNhW5 https://t.co/Pw9gvRrWfJ
Healing Can Shift Sexual Attraction in Unexpected Ways
A client said something I can’t stop thinking about. “I healed so hard I’m no longer attracted to men. But I’m not a lesbian either.” Has your healing ever surprised you?
Epigenetic Editing Advances Toward Safer Gene Therapies
1/Here is an excellent article by @TheEconomist which sheds light on a new and promising Gene Editing modality called EpiGenetic Editing. Unlike its older and more clinically mature Gene Editing “siblings” - CRISPR, Base Editing, Prime Editing and RNA Editing,...
Productivity Thrives When You Prioritize Humanity Over Speed
Are we trying to optimise ourselves into exhaustion? AI, apps, and new systems promise to make life faster and easier. Yet somehow, many of us feel busier, more distracted, and less in control of our time. The answer isn’t to become more...
MIT Chemists Isolate Unprecedented Boron‑oxygen Molecule
MIT chemists discover and isolate a new boron-oxygen molecule by Danielle Randall Doughty @MIT Learn more: https://t.co/eVHsoDA64Q #EmergingTech #Innovation #Technology #Tech https://t.co/oNkwpCFHmJ
85th Birthday Tribute: 80 Iconic Dylan Covers Ranked
Bob Dylan turns 85 on Sunday. Five years ago, some of us got together to come up with a list of the 80 best cover versions of Dylan songs for @Variety, so this seems like a good time to resurrect...
Black Portraits Claim Power, Presence, and Quiet Defiance
Amy Sherald’s American Sublime is at the @HighMuseumofArt in Atlanta, and I spent a long time standing in front of each painting trying to understand why I couldn’t move. Every subject carries something you rarely see given to Black people...
New Study Challenges Popular NAD+ Longevity Claims
New Research Upends the Argument for a Popular Longevity Supplement A central claim about N.A.D.+ isn’t as straightforward as influencers make it out to be. By @SmithDanaG https://t.co/RhSBkb0oD7 https://t.co/35Qyxwy0Bk
UFO Releases Remastered Classic with Unheard Live Set
UFO's 'The Wild, The Willing and The Innocent' expanded reissue is out now, pairing a newly remastered version of the classic 1981 album with a previously unreleased Hammersmith Odeon live set newly mixed by Brian Kehew. https://t.co/vdHnngfzBQ
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Van Halen's '5150 (Expanded Edition)' is out now, a 40th anniversary box set featuring over 90 minutes of previously unreleased live recordings and a remastered HD upgrade of 'Live Without A Net.' https://t.co/mUJ6y64105
Study Finds Blood NAD+ Levels Stay Stable with Age
A study published this month in Nature Metabolism showed that blood levels of N.A.D.+ don’t actually fall with age. https://t.co/7tzL70lc5A
Full‑fat Dairy Fuels Kids’ Brain, Hormones, and Satiety
My family in India would laugh at the idea of giving kids skim or 2% milk. That's the official AAP recommendation in the US once a kid turns 2. The logic was that cutting fat will help prevent childhood obesity. Traditional...
Overhelping Hurts Kids: Autonomy Essential for Growth
Overhelping usually solves the parent's anxiety, not the child's problem. The cost is that the child never builds the muscle of solving it themselves. Self-Determination Theory has named autonomy as a core psychological need for over forty years. The meta-analysis confirms...
Loss Forces Honesty; Winning Blinds, Greatness Demands Risk
A week after @boomi World 2026, I am still thinking about something @Venuseswilliams said on stage. Steve Lucas asked her whether she really worries about losing. She said yes. Absolutely. And then she said this: a win glazes things over. Even...
Behavior Change Requires Individual, Social, and Policy Alignment
Behavior change is a journey. There are many things we can do for ourselves at the individual level such as increase our knowledge, change our attitude+gain new skills. We also have to factor in our social network, environment, cultural...
Monday Premieres Keep Rolling—Watch the Streak Continue
Fjord was a Monday premiere. This streak is STILL HAPPENING, too. Take note for next year...
Boost Power with Potentiation Clusters: Squats + Jumps
Potentiation Clusters Potentiation clusters combine strength and explosive exercises to boost power output. Pairing front squats (strength) with box jumps (ballistic) activates fast-twitch muscle fibers, enhancing neural drive and force production. Perform 1-3 reps of heavy front squats, rest briefly,...
2 Extra Weekend Hours Cut Aging Risk 23%
Catching up on lost sleep might be possible to a certain extent. Moderate weekend catch-up sleep (CUS) - sleeping 0-2 extra hours on weekends - was seen to be associated with a 23% lower risk of accelerated aging compared to no...
Calm Mind Reveals Hidden Inner Peace Like Pearl
Calm the mind and you'll discover a deeper sense of self. Your inner peace will naturally surface. "The nature of the mind is like a pearl that falls into water. The water is muddy so the pearl becomes hidden. When...
Divorce Stories From Those Lacking Generational Wealth
Apropos of absolutely nothing, here's a little list I made in January of divorce memoirs by people who do not have generational wealth. https://www.themarisreview.com/the-maris-review-vol-87/
Kids Mirror Parents: Model Respect, Not Yelling
1. You will not get your partner to parent just like you. It’s ok to do things a bit differently as long as it’s not harmful for your child. 2. No, yelling and spanking is not okay. And just because you...
Four Tips to Keep Teens Calm This Summer
Summer break is already here for many and rapidly approaching for the rest. As a pediatric psychologist and mom to teens, here are my top 4 recommendations to maintain your calm and your teen's regulation ⤵️
Brilliant Scientists, Dark Legacies: Fact Meets Fiction
I recently listened (on Spotify) to a fascinating book by Benjamin Labatut (“When we Cease to Understand the World”) that is a history of famous 20th Century scientists that mostly ended up falling off the edge in some way. Starts...
Gut FGF15 Shapes Lean Mass, Bone, Bile Acid Changes
Gut-Derived FGF15 Modulates Lean Mass, Bone, and Bile Acid Responses to Weight Loss https://t.co/bIet15YkyC https://t.co/bMdqiWtLmu
Simplify Productivity: Gain Direction Without Exhaustion
A good productivity system should give you direction — not exhaustion. COD helps you create a simple, sustainable approach to managing work and life with greater clarity and confidence. Free course. Practical framework. Real results. Human beings love making life unnecessarily complicated, so...
New Study Debunks NAD+ Supplement Anti‑Aging Claims
As a medical school professor, I have watched the NAD+ supplement market explode on the promise that boosting your blood NAD+ slows aging. A new Nature Metabolism paper just punched a hole in the premise. (1/4)
Persistence Beats One Rejection: Keep Following Up
So many of us think one ignored message or one rejection means it's final. It rarely is. If you want it enough you need to follow up, follow up. Then follow up again.
Mubi Secures North American Rights to Dhont’s “Coward”
Mubi Scoops Up North American Rights to Lukas Dhont’s ‘Coward’ at Cannes (EXCLUSIVE) https://t.co/KDGv34nxkk via @variety
ILoveBoosters Spends $1.5M Friday, $3.5M Weekend.
#ILoveBoosters is swiping little cash with $1.5M Friday, weekend at roughly $3.5M or just $2,000 per https://t.co/Reova1Xkzy
Radical Open-Mindedness: Embrace Being Wrong, Value Others' Reasoning
Open-mindedness doesn't mean going along with what you don't believe in; it means considering the reasoning of others instead of stubbornly and illogically holding on to your own point of view. To be radically open-minded, you need to be so...
Cochrane Finds Antioxidants Don’t Delay Aging
As a medical school professor, I have watched the antioxidant supplement aisle balloon into a multi-billion-dollar industry on a simple story: oxidative stress causes aging, so swallow antioxidants to slow it down. The Cochrane verdict says the opposite. (1/4)
Eating More Can Still Lead to Fat Loss
⚠️Trigger warning: “I ate more calories and lost fat” is not a claim that I broke thermodynamics. It’s a factual statement: one supported by controlled human studies, advancements basic science, and a more nuanced perspective on fuel partitioning, thermogenesis, and...
Experts Are Just Early Starters; Imposter Syndrome Fades
The moment you realize every "expert" is just someone who started before you, imposter syndrome disappears. They're not special or chosen or unique or lucky. They just have more reps
New US Dietary Guidelines Flawed, Protein Section Unsubstantiated
On the things wrong in them new US dietary guidelines (DGAs) in today's @NEJM, the "most significant reset of federal nutrition policy". Section on protein below, elsewhere gets ino beef tallow and other changes w/o evidence https://t.co/uepeVk2a38 https://t.co/q6QV9r27rP
Aging Athletes: Key Adjustments to Preserve Peak Performance
I turned 45 this week, and it was a good reminder that older athletes need specific adjustments to stay the course with training goals. As such, in the latest podcast, I share insights for aging athletes who want to preserve...
Quad Weakness, Not Glutes, Drives Knee Pain Rehab
Knee pain rehab got hijacked by glute bands. Weak glutes don't cause most knee pain. Quad weakness is far more consistently associated with knee pain, function, and long-term outcomes. But instead of building the knee, we spent a decade doing side steps around...
Better Defaults, Not More Info, Drive Smarter Decisions
Most people think better decisions come from more information. They don't. They come from better defaults. Every day you make thousands of choices. What to eat. When to check your phone. Whether to open the tab you said you wouldn't. If each...
Moderate Exercise Lowers Cortisol, Boosts Metabolic Health
This is important. He's almost entirely wrong, but not quite. Cortisol release is intensity-dependent. While work >~60% VO2max increases cortisol, work <50-60% VO2max decreases cortisol below baseline levels. That is, it's a de-stressor that stabilizes your metabolism. In other words, the metabolic health of...
Individual Training Gains Depend on Multiple Factors, Not Genetics Alone
For those who weren't able to make it to the Inter-Individual Variation in Resistance Training Response Conference in Finland last year, a summary of the conference proceedings has been published in JAP. The conference brought together some of the top...
Lactate Reveals Distinct Metabolic States and Balance
30 years ago I was working with elite athletes and drawing training zones on paper based on blood lactate curves. No substrate data. No indirect calorimetry. Just the conviction that something metabolically distinct was happening at each intensity — and that...
Corporate Profit Trumps Patient Safety, Clinicians Pay the Price
An ER physician in Missouri spent three years warning his private-equity employer that the staffing plan was unsafe. A patient died. He got louder. They fired him. He sued for wrongful termination and won. He won again on appeal. This...