everyday science
yes, but, what’s really going on in your brain when we die?
From folktales to pop culture to science — we’ve heard that when a person dies, ...
everyday science
it’s not just a ‘trip’— magic mushrooms vs. depression
Once considered something like a druids’ potion or some kind of a hippy mind-blower, psychedelics, ...
debunk
so that hangover *cure*? yeah… it doesn’t work
It is what it is — alcohol has been our recreational drug of choice for, ...
popular science
baby, you’re a firework – a story of when a sperm meets an egg
Sparks literally fly when a sperm and an egg hit it off. Light is very ...
debunk
myth debunk: only men were hunters, women stayed at home
According to ethnographic records gathered from around the world and spanning the past century, women ...
everyday science
curly hair kept us cool and may have made our brains bigger
We may have found something new, something truly amazing about the evolution of curly hair. ...
everyday science
what happens in your brain during sex
Sex *could* kill you. Do you know what the human body goes through when you ...
everyday science
to all mosquitos: why are you the way you are
Why do mosquitoes suck the blood out of some of you alive but, somehow, spare ...
debunk
i mean, do collagen supplements even work? science says… meh
I’m sure you have heard about the collagen supplements craze. Collagen drinks, pills, powder, you ...
everyday science
bicycle face: 19th century’s scary medical condition
Riding a bicycle, as late-19th-century doctors warned women, could lead to a terrifying medical condition: ...
everyday science
how grief rewires your brain and body – neuroscience of the grieving brain
For quite some time, the experience of traumatic loss counts as a type of brain ...
popular science
why time “flies” as we age
I know you feel me. We’ve just blinked and somehow it’s the middle of May? ...
everyday science
why you’d be better off when things are worse – the region beta paradox
It won’t get better until it gets worse. Most of us have made it that ...
