We are pumped to share one of our fave stories from espnW here on FitSugar! By Risa Isard On June 23, 1972, Title IX was signed into law, leveling the playing field for female athletes. To mark the 40th anniversary, espnW explore the impact of this landmark legislation. You might not know me, but chances are you know someone like me. I'm that girl who grew up playing hoops in the driveway with Read more

We are pumped to share one of our fave stories from Prevention here on FitSugar! By Jenna Bergen, Prevention With so many people offering advice on weight loss, it can be hard to separate fact from fiction. All too often I’ve overheard a hardworking gym-goer sharing a well-meaning but ill-informed tip with another exerciser. And I’m not the only one who’s heard fitness folklore being Read more

If you're not using your dishwasher efficiently, you're wasting money, energy, and water. Business Insider shares the right ways for you to use the dishwasher. In leaner times, plenty of households boycotted energy-sucking appliances like dishwashers and went back to basics: manual scrubbers, a bottle of detergent, and a lot of elbow grease. But is all that extra effort really helping us save in Read more

This month the American Library Association updated its list of frequently challenged books for the 2011 year, and one wildly popular novel is making its way up the rankings of this infamous list. The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins, which first appeared at number five of Top 10 Most Frequently Challenged Books in 2010, is now third on the list for attempts to remove its contents from Read more

She's trained the bods of some seriously hot mamas — Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Hudson, Nicole Richie, Molly Sims, and herself included. Now trainer-to-the-stars Tracy Anderson, who's expecting her second child in May (her son is 13), is adapting her famous workout system for soon-to-be mamas, introducing pregnancy DVDs next month. Tracy sat down with us to preview the project, which she says will Read more

Sending a picture to a friend is now as easy as a beam between iPhones, no email or Facebook login required. First step in getting the WiFi wavelengths to work their magic is to have both Apple devices, whether it's an iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch upgradde to iOS 5.1. Once the latest operating system is in gear, download the new iPhoto app for iOS ($5) to both gadgets. If you're transferring Read more

In grade school, studies of space are often limited to the eight (that was nine in my day, Pluto fans) planets of the solar system. Discover the mysteries that lie beyond our own planetary backyard on the iPad app Journey to the Exoplanets ($10), which examines the outer planets that continue to be discovered. Created by Scientific American magazine, the app includes audio, video, illustrated, Read more

Get an underwater glimpse of the Great Barrier Reef this Fall — GeekoSystem Say hello to Generation C — Newser The very best tethering apps for your Android devices — Geek.com A full frontal image of Mark Ruffalo as The Hulk — Slashfilm Famous space missions that almost ended in disaster — Cracked Twitter's Biz Stone says quit tweeting and go outside — Tecca Virgin Galactic and Read more

A team of astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics discovered a new earth-sized planet just 40 light-years from earth that is completely covered in water. Though I immediately imagine a web-toed Kevin Costner wandering around looking for dirt to trade, Zachory Berta, who was part of the team that made the discovery, says that the planet isn't just covered by an ocean, but Read more