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The Best Exercises To Tone Every Part Of Your Body | Betches

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Bikini szn is fast approaching, and you know what that means: Time to try on Abs For some people, having abs is way easier than others (doing Pilates is a killer way to get abs. If you’ve never tried it, it’s super hard but effective, since it incorporates a ton of ab-targeted exercises. The plank is another of the best workouts to tone your abs, but it can get boring. These exercises below are a little more complex than simple crunches or planks, yet still effective in toning your abs.…

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Facebook users are arguing over a Nazi flag hung in a high school classroom window

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A Maryland high school is investigating after a woman posted a photo online showing a Nazi flag hanging from a classroom window over the weekend, according to multiple reports. Facebook user Nicole Hopkins on Friday shared the photo showing the red flag with a Swastika hanging from the window at Governor Thomas Johnson High School. I just want to know what class at Governor Thomas Johnson High School has this hanging in the window, she wrote on Facebook.

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Heres What It Really Means If You Keep Seeing The Number 444

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Emily Heron Updated February 26, 2020 Makarios Tang Emily Heron Updated February 26, 2020 Makarios Tang Angels and spirits on the other side communicate with us through many mediums when we become open to it and as we spiritually awaken—one of those being through numerology. Since the universe is based upon mathematical principles, and we are part of that universe, made up of the same stuff, we can receive guidance through number combinations that activate codes within our own mind/body system. Sometimes, these codes are referred to as angel numbers—repeating…

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The Secret to Enjoying Nature Is Your Phone

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An essential part of having a smartphone is hating yourself for it. The self-awareness that smartphones are bad for us, and that tech companies are evil for addicting us to their apps, is proof of sanity. In recent years, the predictable masochism we feel while scrolling has found an equally predictable remedy: nature. Nature is the opposite of smartphones—it is as good for us as smartphones are bad. And the call of the wild has never been stronger. Going on an unplugged yoga retreat in Costa Rica, renting a cabin…

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Doctors Tell Musician to Play Violin During Brain Surgery So She Wont Forget

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A musician at King’s College Hospital in London played the violin while surgeons operated on her brain to remove a tumour. The medical team asked Dagmar Turner, 53, to play the instrument to ensure parts of the brain which control delicate hand movements and coordination were not damaged during the millimetre-precise surgery. Turner was diagnosed in 2013 with a brain tumour after suffering a seizure during a symphony Read more: https://twistedsifter.com/videos/woman-plays-violin-during-brain-surgery/

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The Next Generation of Batteries Could Be Built by Viruses

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In 2009, MIT bioengineering professor Angela Belcher traveled to the White House to demo a small battery for President Barack Obama, who was just two months into his first term in office. There aren’t many batteries that can get an audience with the leader of the free world, but this wasn’t your everyday power pouch. Belcher had used viruses to assemble a lithium-ion battery’s positive and negative electrodes, an engineering breakthrough that promised to reduce the toxicity of the battery manufacturing process and boost their performance. Obama was preparing to…

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Juvenile Striped Eel Catfish Moving as One for Protection While Feeding

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In this clip taken in Jemeluk Bay, Bali, by the Abyss Diving Center, we see a school of juvenile striped eel catfish demonstrating a fascinating defensive behaviour. As striped eel catfish at the bottom forage and eat, the ones up top keep a lookout for predators and other dangers. The Diving Center explains: “These little guys tend to form a school as juveniles, up to a hundred individuals, to protect themselves from predators, and go about their lives on their own when they reach their sexual maturity. Fun fact, if…

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What Each Zodiac Sign Always, Always Forgets

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By sheldon nand By sheldon nand Aries You forget you’re a strong person. A fighter. A warrior. You’ve been through a lot in this life and you should be proud of yourself for making it this far. Maybe you aren’t exactly where you want to be yet, but it’s pretty damn impressive how far you’ve come. Taurus You forget you aren’t going to die tomorrow. You don’t have to get everything done right this second. You don’t have to rush to finish all of the different projects that are on…

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Are Millennials Killing Beauty Treatments? | Betches

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thinjectables a month out and spending hours in a joyless doctor’s office are a thing of the past. Instead, it seems, the future lies in comfortable, millennial-friendly destinations, where getting a pinch of Dysport or a dash of Restylane is as seamless as ordering a coffee. Friends“I think part of the reason we’ve been so successful is that we’re really selling time,” says Rachel Liverman, the co-founder and CEO of Glowbar, a recently opened Tribeca skincare destination that offers 30-minute facials. “The traditional facial takes an hour and a half,…

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