3 Arguments Why Marijuana Should Stay Illegal Reviewed
AdultsBiologyHealthSocietyAddiction... We take a fair look at some of the best counter arguments for legalization and see how they hold up in review.
Why Don't Sled Dogs Ever Get Tired?
AdultsAnimalsHealthNature Sled dogs are the best endurance athletes in the world thanks to a weird quirk in their metabolism.
How one scientist averted a national health crisis - Andrea Tone
AdultsHealthHistoryWomen In 1960, Frances Kelsey was one of the Food and Drug Administration's newest recruits. Before the year was out, she would begin a fight that would save thousands of lives - though no one knew it at the time.
What If You Fell From Space to Earth?
AdultsHealthSpace If you fell from space, what would happen to your body?
What If You Only Drank Energy Drinks?
AdultsHealthScience What happens when you put too much caffeine in your body?
Why is it so hard to cure ALS?
AdultsHealthNeuroscience Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), also called motor neuron disease and Lou Gehrig's Disease affects about two out of every 100,000 people worldwide.
Why do we sweat? - John Murnan
AdultsBiologyHumanHealthScience... There are a number of scenarios that can make us sweat-including exercise, eating spicy foods, and nervousness.
How to stay calm under pressure
AdultsPsychologyScienceSportsHealth... Your favorite athlete closes in for a win; the crowd holds its breath, and at the crucial moment ... she misses the shot.
The Deadliest Being on Planet Earth - The Bacteriophage
AdultsBiologyGeneticsNatureScienceHealth... A war has been raging for billions of years, killing trillions every single day, while we don't even notice. This war involves the single deadliest being on our planet: The Bacteriophage.
Why Do We Itch?
AdultsHumanNeuroscienceHealthScience... It's one of the most annoying sensations our bodies can feel, but does anything feel better than when you scratch an itch? Ok, maybe *some* things. But itching and scratching are up there. How does this weird sensation work? And what is itching for?
What Makes Sleep Paralysis So Terrifying?
AdultsHealthScience What causes sleep paralysis, and do you need to be worried?
What causes headaches? - Dan Kwartler
AdultsHealthHistoryNeuroscience In ancient Greece, the best-known remedy for a long-standing headache was to drill a small hole in the skull to drain supposedly infected blood.
What If You Didn't Sleep For A Week?
AdultsHealthHuman We all know sleep is important, but what if you just.... stopped doing it?
Could You Be Immune To Everything?
AdultsBiologyHealth Do you remember having a cold in 5th grade? Or the flu a couple years ago? Your immune system does.
Is It Safe To Get Your DNA Tested?
AdultsFamilyGeneticsScienceHealthPrivacy... Once it's out of your body, your genetic information is valuable to a variety of people, but you can keep it safe(ish) with a few simple steps.
What it Feels Like to Slide Downhill at 90 M.P.H.
AdultsHumanSportsHealth John Daly is an American skeleton racer and a two-time Olympic athlete. Sliding face-down, head-first on a slick bobsled track at 90 mph might sound insane, but for Daly, it's the thrill that keeps him coming back.
What Is The Most Dangerous Sport In The World?
AdultsHealthSports With the Olympics wrapping up, we wondered: what is the most dangerous sport?!