How Drinking Caffeine Could Save Your Life

An Australian study has shown that long distance drivers who drink caffeinated beverages, like coffee or energy drinks, are at a decreased risk of getting into vehicle accidents compared to those who don’t. And the difference isn’t small. Drivers hopped up on caffeine have a 63% reduced chance of crashing.

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A homemade Game of Thrones Risk board! (Incest not included)

In my experience, Risk is a board game that erodes friendships (only slightly more quickly than Settlers of Catan) and has the power to bring an wintry silence over the room (Settlers is the harbinger of yelling).

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Why being a cowardly workaholic can actually make you live longer

Feel good about yourself, don't work too hard, and don't worrying too much...it's all good advice, but they're not actually going to help you live any longer. That's the counterintuitive finding of a 20-year study examining how personality affects longevity.

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Plan Your Conquest of the Island with the Risk "Lost" Edition

There have been over a dozen editions of the popular strategy game Risk, covering franchises from Lord of the Rings to Star Wars to Transformers. There isn't a Lost version yet, so one fan went ahead and made his own.

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Lost: Ben and Widmore Play a Game of Risk

Lost returned last night after a five-week break at a new later time with an action-packed (maybe a little too much so) episode. In the words of my Lost-loving friend Karen, Ben and Widmore are playing a giant game of Risk, as they fight their own personal war around the world and throughout time. But more about that…

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