Too Hot Or Just Right?
If our body temperature is in the nineties why do similar air temperatures feel too hot instead of just right? Learn more on this Moment of Science.
View ArticleAnatomy Ignorance: How Few People Can Locate The Heart
Do you know where your heart is located? How about your bladder?
View ArticleThe Renaissance Organ
Usually we think of our organs as specialists with particular jobs to do, but there's one da Vinci of the body, a true Renaissance organ, which can perform functions of the lungs, liver, stomach and...
View ArticleTo Salt Or Not To Salt
Salt hasn't always had a bad reputation. In Roman times it was valued so highly that Roman soldiers were paid with salt, that's where the word salary comes from. Without salt, we wouldn't be able to...
View ArticleThe Mathematics Of Middle-Age Spread
Let's say you're an 18 year old male who runs every other day, logging 12 miles a week. Now fast-forward to your late 40's. Your eating habits are the same. To maintain your high school weight, how...
View ArticlePlant Self-defense
Plants may appear to be helpless in the face of hungry, but many plants have evolved interesting systems of self-defense. Learn more on this Moment of Science.
View ArticleLeg Cramps Like Clockwork
Heart disease is caused by the buildup of cholesterol-filled plaque inside arteries in the heart, decreasing blood flow to the heart muscle. However, arteries in the heart aren't the only ones that can...
View ArticleGoing Gray
Your teenage son wrecks the car. Your daughter shows up with her recently paroled boyfriend. These are the sorts of things that can make your hair turn gray overnight. Actually, it's impossible for...
View ArticlePaper Cuts, Why So Painful?
Few minor injuries are as painful as the dreaded paper cut. Just thinking about it probably makes you cringe. However, these cuts are usually small, hardly noticeable, and rarely bleed, so what makes...
View ArticleA Lump in Your Throat
Oftentimes when we cry, we feel a lump in the throat. Does a lump actually form, or is there some other explanation? Learn more on this Moment of Science.
View ArticleOw! Why Hot Feels Cold
Have you ever dipped your toe into a very hot bath and felt a flash of icy cold just before you realize that its really burning? After you pull your toe out, you might wonder what causes very hot water...
View ArticleEvolution In Your Mouth
Say the word "evolution"and some folks think of dusty archaeologists examining bone fragments. However, while evidence of previous life forms does play a central part in our understanding of evolution,...
View ArticleTrue Blue Inside of You?
We hear a lot of supposed facts in grade school that are completely false. For example, did you ever hear that blood is actually blue inside your body, but turns red instantly on contact with air?...
View ArticleRunaway Tail!
One common misconception people have regarding evolution is that the gradual changing of physical forms always benefits the species in question. A good counter-example to this can be found in a...
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