Your information is everywhere. Here's how to stop data brokers from buying and selling it. Online security is a major issue, but when we ask the hard questions about cybercrimes, we need to go beyond how to tell if our computers have been hacked or what someone can do with our phone numbers. A growing concern is the matter of digital privacy. We know without question that Google is watching our online activity, but perhaps less publicized is the fact that a ton of our personal information i ...read more

What kind of commonsense gun laws would help stem the tide of gun violence while also respecting the rights of law-abiding gun owners? Here are some answers. The Reader’s Digest Version: Polls show that a majority of Americans want Congress to pass commonsense gun laws. These laws would not ban gun ownership or repeal the Second Amendment. Proposals include raising the minimum age to buy semiautomatic weapons, banning high-capacity magazines, passing safe storage laws, and strengthening b ...read more

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It is a scene which has played out in countless medical dramas. A patient flatlines, the long, piercing tone of the heart monitor announcing to the audience that they have shuffled off this mortal coil. But our team of intrepid medical heroes isn’t ready to give up just yet. As one doctor pounds on the patient’s chest and applies the kiss of life, another reaches for the twin metal paddles of a defibrillator. After a long, tense wait for the device to charge, the doctor places the paddl ...read more

Every editorial product is independently selected, though we may be compensated or receive an affiliate commission if you buy something through our links. Ratings and prices are accurate and items are in stock as of time of publication. If you’re wondering if motion sickness glasses are a must-have travel accessory or a dud, we tested them so you don’t have to.   Whether you’re prone to getting sick when traveling or find that it’s difficult to read without getting nauseous, you u ...read more

It is one of the best-selling drugs in history. Since its introduction in 1998, it has swiftly become the flagship product for pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, ringing in sales of up to $2 billion every year. The United States, Mexico, and Canada spend more than $1.4 billion on it every year, while the U.S. military alone shells out an astonishing $41.6 million annually to help its troops make GI Joe stand at attention. This blockbuster drug is, of course, Viagra. Yet despite its enormous succe ...read more

Here are this week’s interesting historical photos. For part 339, click here. 1. An Atlanta Boy’s High School basketball player shooting a free throw against Tech High School in 1921. 2. Homosexual prisoners at the concentration camp at Sachsenhausen, Germany, wearing pink triangles on their uniforms on 19 December 1938. 3. The Ethiopian Negus Menelik II defeated the Italians in the battle of Adwa and thus saving his nation from colonization, 1913. 4. Sumo wrestling, Yokohama, ...read more

On April 9, 1959, the newly-formed National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or NASA, introduced the world to a new breed of heroes: the Mercury Seven, America’s first astronauts. Selected from a pool of over 500 military test pilots, these men represented the best the nation had to offer, and its best hope in the intensifying Space Race against the Soviets. Almost immediately, the Mercury Seven became national heroes: on May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard would became the first American in s ...read more

RD.com, Via merchant (4) Massages are meant to release tension in your muscles and make you feel good. You might typically think of neck and body massages, but the head should not be neglected. Going to the salon to get your hair done is always a great feeling, but the best part about the salon experience is always the scalp massage. Now, you can get that same euphoric experience at home with a scalp massager. Why use a scalp massager? Not only can scalp massagers release tension in ...read more

On November 11, 1918, representatives from Imperial Germany and the Entente Powers gathered in a railway carriage near the French forest of Compiègne [“Kom-pee-enne”] to sign a historic document. This document, signed at 5AM, declared an armistice or cease-fire between the two powers, to take effect at 11AM that morning. And so at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, the guns of the Western Front – which had been firing since August 1914 and claimed more than ...read more