Dave Bautista has gone from a wrestling star to an action cinema mainstay, bringing his instantly recognizable hulking physique roles in tentpole movies like Dune and Guardians of the Galaxy. But things very nearly turned out quite differently. In a recent conversation with Dan Solomon, head of the Olympia bodybuilding organization, Bautista recalled how getting…
By Alexa Federico, as told to Skylar HarrisonBefore I became an advocate for those with Crohn’s and IBD, my mom was mine.“Her nails are blue. She’s lost weight. She’s really cold,” she’d tell doctors again and again about her 12-year-old daughter’s alarming symptoms, but they never seemed to take us seriously.“She’s just a skinny girl,”…
Don’t refer to Nick Offerman as a “master” woodworker. The label slightly irks him as he knows woodworkers who devote every moment to the profession, hence masters of the craft. Skilled woodworker? Offerman will accept that. Skilled woodworker — and dynamite actor? Even better. He certainly is busy. As Offerman gears up to host the…
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Movement helps us to think creatively. This insight is over 2000 years old—and already known to the philosophers in ancient Greece. However, what is the connection between movement and cognition from a scientific point of view? What happens in the brain when we walk? Are people who rarely move less creative?…
