There are two practical explanations—and one sneaky one Now Trending You run to the supermarket for a gallon of milk … but have to trek to the way back of the store to grab it. It’s annoying, to say the least—even more so when you forget an item in that section and have to run back there again before checking out. You know your grocery store isn’t trying to help you hit your daily steps goal, so what’s going on? To find out, we went straight to grocery insiders. While it may seem random,...

If you don't handle and store it properly, leftover rice can make you sick. Here's why—and how to avoid so-called reheated rice syndrome. Now Trending Every year, a whopping 1 in 6 Americans gets sick from a foodborne illness. Some of the causes are familiar: salmonella from raw or undercooked meat or poultry, E. coli from contaminated produce and listeria from unpasteurized milk or cheese. But one source of food poisoning may surprise you. It comes from the bacteria Bacillus cereus, and it’s...

We tend to take the moon for granted—after all, it’s there night after night, just hanging out in the starry sky. But occasionally, it does something particularly cool or looks even more amazing than normal in its crescent or full states. And then sometimes it just goes completely off the rails, like when it turns a disturbing shade of red. It seems like a biblical omen or an atmospheric meltdown, but we promise you that there’s a (not-so-terrifying) scientific reason for this so-called blood...