Being short and experiencing the world from an angle of reduced height can make a person feel vulnerable, inferior, and mistrustful and increase their paranoia, according to new research. » 1/29/14 11:20am 1/29/14 11:20am

Tall women are more at risk for all types of cancer, according to a new study. Speaking as a woman who stands 5'2'' on a good day pretty sure a doctor humored me this one time four years ago by marking that on my chart, I say: SCORE! Just kidding. Cancer isn't a joke, it's not a competition, and if it was a… » 7/30/13 5:10pm 7/30/13 5:10pm

Gene Kim started his NYU Tisch undergraduate thesis film Fighting Spirits before Black Swan came out, but it also plays with the classic image of dueling ballerinas in black and white. But when these ladies battle on stage, they fight with something heavier than toe shoes. » 5/26/13 12:18pm 5/26/13 12:18pm

As a tall-ish person, let me be the first to say "SERIOUSLY?" » 7/21/11 10:55pm 7/21/11 10:55pm

Researchers have found that there are some people who only need a few hours of sleep per night — but the vast majority of us really should be getting 7 or 8 hours per night. According to the Wall Street Journal, while one-third of U.S. adults are getting less sleep than they should, about 1% to 3% of the population… » 4/11/11 7:00pm 4/11/11 7:00pm