Hanging Wet Washing Up Inside Your Home Could Be a Health Risk
For many of us, drying clothes indoors is just another part of daily life—especially during cold or stormy months when…
Airports Have a Strange Effect on Human Behavior. Here’s Why.
Airports are strange places. They’re a crossroads of humanity, a place where people sleep on floors, do yoga in front…
Bonobos Know Something You Don’t Know, And Are Willing to Tell For a Price
What if I told you that bonobos—our primate cousins—are capable of something we once believed was uniquely human? New research…
‘Lost City’ Deep Under The Ocean Is Unlike Anything We’ve Ever Seen Before on Earth
Beneath the crushing depths of the Atlantic Ocean, something extraordinary has been quietly thriving for over 120,000 years. A jagged…
COVID-19 May Be Linked With Higher Alzheimer’s Risk, Study Finds
The long-term consequences of COVID-19 are still unfolding, but recent research has uncovered a startling link between the virus and…
Migraines Were Taken More Seriously in Medieval Times – So Where Did We Go Wrong?
Have you ever experienced a migraine? If so, you might recognize this description: "It feels as if there is hammering…
WATCH: Statistically Speaking, How Will You Die?
We all know it's coming eventually, but have you ever stopped to wonder how you're most likely to go? While…
Monkeys on Typewriters Are Writing Shakespeare, Thanks to New Brain-Sensing Technology
Imagine being able to type without using your hands. No keyboard, no voice commands—just pure thought translating into words on…
The Sugar Industry Has Been Distorting Dietary Guidelines For More Than 50 Years
For decades, Americans were told that fat was the enemy—public health campaigns, nutrition guidelines, and even food labels screamed the…
Humans Use Similar Sounds For Common Words in More Than 6,000 Languages
For decades, linguists have believed that the words we use are entirely arbitrary—mere sounds assigned to meanings by cultural convention.…
