What Makes Sleep Paralysis So Terrifying?
Adults Health
What causes sleep paralysis, and do you need to be worried?
What Happens When You Take Steroids?
Adults Health
How do steroids work? The pros and cons.
What If You Didn't Sleep For A Week?
Adults Health
We all know sleep is important, but what if you just.... stopped doing it?
Could You Be Immune To Everything?
Adults Health
Do you remember having a cold in 5th grade? Or the flu a couple years ago? Your immune system does.
Is Binge Watching Bad For You?
Adults Health
Are you watching too many screens?
What Is The Most Dangerous Sport In The World?
Adults Health
With the Olympics wrapping up, we wondered: what is the most dangerous sport?!
Debunking Anti-Vaxxers
Adults Health
Here's what to say to anti-vaxxers!
Why Electroshock Therapy Is Back
Adults Health
Shocking the brain has come and gone as a medical treatment, but it's currently resurging, as it often provides the best form of relief for severe depression and advanced Parkinson's disease.
How did teeth evolve? - Peter S. Ungar
Adults Health
You may take them for granted, but your teeth are a marvel. They break up all your food over the course of your life, while being strong enough to withstand breakage themselves. How do they do it?
The Girl Who's Allergic To Everything | Living Differently
Adults Health
British Championship disability gymnast, Natasha Coates, 22, is allergic to everything. She has won 19 British titles and placed first in the British Disability Championships.
It's not you. Commuting is bad for your health.
Adults Health
My commute is like a second job, and it might be killing me.
How does your immune system work? - Emma Bryce
Adults Health
The immune system is a vast network of cells, tissues, and organs that coordinate your body's defenses against any threats to your health. Without it, you'd be exposed to billions of bacteria, viruses, and toxins that could make something as minor as a paper cut or a seasonal cold fatal. So how does it work? Emma Bryce takes you inside the body to find out.
The Milk-Industrial Complex: Why You Don't Need to Drink Milk
Adults Health
Readers of Aaron's blog know of his beef with the milk industrial complex. Why does milk, of all beverages, get a pass in our efforts to reduce everyone's caloric intake? Why is it encouraged, when all others are shunned? Is it because you need the calcium? Is it because it makes your bones stronger? Watch, and learn why the milk emperor has no clothes.
Where does all the snot come from? - James May's Q&A (Ep 3) - Head Squeeze
Adults Health
James May tells us exactly where that green snot in our nostrils comes from. He also delves into how mucus helps prevent harmful foreign objects from entering our bodies.
Where Do Our Drugs Come From?
Adults Health
The incredible chemical weapon-making abilities of fungi, bacteria, and plants have created a diverse array of compounds that are useful to humans.
What Is It Like To Be Deaf?
Adults Health
Deafness is not a one size fits all, but what are some things Deaf people might experience?