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Bicycling Values: The Cost of Car vs. Bike Commutes
A new study finds that it’s six times more costly to travel by car than bicycle.
Just How Often Should You Shower?
Discover the impact of showering on your microbiome. Learn how often you should shower for optimal skin health and immune function.
Expert Answers: Safe Strength Training for Children
Is there a safe way for my kid to strength train?
Creativity: It’s Not Just Your Imagination
A new study is the first to link the cerebellum to the creative process.
5 Chemicals in Lawn Fertilizer You Want to Avoid
Tips to keep your lawn healthier this year.
Revolutionary Act 12: Go at Your Own Pace
A healthy life is more a marathon than a sprint. So start where you are. Choose sensible, sustainable shifts over instant cures and quick fixes.
How Your Phone Habit Is Impacting Your Body
Four ways that fiddling with our phones can have a negative effect on our bodies.
The Benefits of Solo Camping
Solo camping can stoke your appetite for adventure, bring you closer to nature, and put you in touch with your true self.
In Praise of Doing Nothing
Tips for getting more of the special somethings that come when the mind is allowed to idle.
Here Comes the Sun: The Benefits of Healthy Sun Exposure
A little bit of sunlight can do a lot of good for your health.
Behind the Scenes With Robin Emmons (Video)
Hear from Sow Much Good founder Robin Emmons about how she’s working to make fresh, affordable food available to everyone.
50 Tips for Taking Fitness Outside
Enjoy all the perks — and avoid the pitfalls — of exercising outdoors this summer.
27 Simple Ways to Embrace the Green Hour
A daily dose of nature can improve your health and well-being. Here are ways Experience Life readers and staff get more green time in their day.
Becoming Adventurous: A Conversation With Alastair Humphreys
Simple tips for getting out of your house — and your comfort zone — from adventurer Alastair Humphreys.
Seeds of Change: Robin Emmons
Robin Emmons is creating gardens from food deserts and empowering Charlotte’s impoverished communities to feed themselves.
5 Simple Ways to Boost Your Money Satisfaction
Learn how we spend our savings can increase our satisfaction in Happy Money: The Science of Happier Spending.
How to Ask for Help
How to get more comfortable requesting (and accepting) help.
The Do-Good Traveler
Roll up your sleeves and make a difference with voluntourism.
Expert Tips and Strategies to Stay Focused During Workouts
Zoning out on the treadmill? Daydreaming while you lift? That lack of focus could be undermining your workouts. Take some advice from the pros on how to tame your wandering mind.
The Upside of Downtime
The scientific case for doing nothing more often — and its surprising rewards.
How to Create Fearlessly
Resistance and doubt are just part of the creative experience. Here are 10 tips to help you get past them.