Myths Undone

Health & Wellness

The '8 Glasses a Day' Rule Was Never Real Science — Here's the Actual Story

Almost everyone has heard that you need to drink eight glasses of water a day, but almost no one knows where that number actually came from. The truth is surprisingly murky — and a little embarrassing for how confidently we've all repeated it. Your body is probably doing just fine without the countdown.

Mar 13, 2026

Tech & Culture

The Rise, Fall, and Zombie Resurrection of Digg: The Social News Site That Almost Broke the Internet

Before Reddit became the front page of the internet, there was Digg — a scrappy social news site that dominated the mid-2000s web and then spectacularly imploded. Here's the wild, messy, surprisingly fascinating story of how Digg rose to glory, lost everything in one catastrophic update, and kept trying to claw its way back.

Mar 12, 2026