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Going for a spin and getting dizzy
When someone moves, fluid sloshes inside the ears’ semicircular canals. The fluid tugs at tiny strands of hair.
2 years, 8 months ago
The risk astronauts take with the Sun
The Apollo astronauts were at risk of something many people don't know about. The Sun.
2 years, 8 months ago
Are you a tick magnet?
We all know someone who goes for a walk in the woods, and comes back with many ticks crawling on them.
2 years, 8 months ago
What are contrails?
Why do airplanes sometimes leave contrails behind, and what are they exactly?
2 years, 8 months ago
How does carbon dioxide impact our ability to think?
At high levels, carbon dioxide can affect the brain to cause impaired thinking.
2 years, 8 months ago
Dinosaurs may have had malaria
Scientists discovered a type of malaria in a twenty-million-year-old mosquito fossil from the Dominican Republic preserved in amber.
2 years, 8 months ago
Murphy's breakfast never goes to plan
If you're eating toast, and you accidentally bump it to the floor, it seems more likely to land buttered side down.
2 years, 8 months ago
Bacteria feel full, too
We've been hearing a lot about the importance of gut bacteria. Now it seems that bacteria also have a say in how and when we eat.
2 years, 9 months ago
How the motor cortex treats words
The instant you decide to move your foot, the part of your brain's motor cortex responsible for sending commands to the foot goes into action. So wha…
2 years, 9 months ago
What a steel!
Have you ever prepared a meal that required lots of garlic and found that after all of that chopping your hands reek of garlic for the rest of the ni…
2 years, 9 months ago