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After Seven Years, Scientists Have Finally Cataloged The 3,000 Compounds In...
It took seven years and 20 researchers, but a team at the University of Alberta have finally, using all available state-of-the-art equipment, figured out the chemical composition of human urine. This...
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There's A New Happiest Country In The World
The happiest people in the world may live in Scandinavia, a new study suggests.That's according to the United Nations General Assembly's second World Happiness Report, which ranks countries based on...
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Scientists Are Making New Breakthroughs In The Treatment Of Depression
LONDON (Reuters)- As Susan sits chatting to a nurse in a London clinic, a light tapping sound by her head signals that parts of her brain are being zapped by thousands of tiny electro-magnetic pulses...
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After Decades In An Attic, Landscape Painting Unveiled As A Van Gogh
A major new painting by Vincent van Gogh has been discovered after it spent decades locked away in an attic, suspected to be a fake.The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam unveiled the long-lost landscape...
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These Are The Five Exercises You Need To Know To Tighten Your Belly Fat
Most of us want to lose belly fat and build sexy abs, but sadly, most people go about it the wrong way. By that I mean, most people crank out thousands of crunches, sit-ups and other ab exercises that...
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What It's Like To Have An Exceptional Memory
This post by Andy Manoske has been republished from Quora with his permission.I have an exceptional memory. I have the ability to recall things like patterns (patterns of numbers, words, etc.), images,...
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Here Are The Sounds That Foxes Make
A Norwegian dance-pop song called "The Fox" asks the question: the cow goes moo, the duck goes quack, but what sound does the fox make? We have the answer!A music video from a Norwegian duo called...
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Here's An Effective Full-Body Workout You Can Do Pretty Much Anywhere
Some days, you just can't get to the gym. Maybe you're eyeball-deep in schoolwork or, if you attend a university located smack dab in the middle of the South, like I do, maybe you can't bear the march...
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8 Foods That Cause Bloating
One second, your stomach is flat. The next, it’s too swollen to squeeze into your jeans, and you’re burpy and gassy to boot.If bloating sounds like the opposite of fun, well, an army of voices have...
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100 Dead Elk In New Mexico Puzzle Authorities
Officials with the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish are puzzling over the mysterious deaths of more than 100 elk, apparently all within a 24-hour period, in rural New Mexico.The elk were found...
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The 'Truman Show' Syndrome Actually Exists
What do you do when delusions and paranoia look an awful lot like the real world?That's at least one question raised by a New Yorker article out this week on the "Truman Show" syndrome (pay-walled...
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Why That Dinner Out Made You Sick
Anyone who dines out with any regularity has likely experienced a restaurant meal gone bad. Most people assume that when a meal out ends in serious digestive upset, they must have gotten food...
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Squid Skin Is Inspiring Better Camouflage For Soldiers
If there's one thing squid are good at, it's hiding. The mysterious giant squid is one of the most elusive creatures on Earth, and even the common calamari squid can alter its appearance to blend into...
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How The International Community Would Dispose Of Syria's Chemical Weapons
As the international community debates what should be done with Syria's chemical weapons program, here is a look at what chemical weapons are, and what it takes to safely dispose of them.In the midst...
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NASA Is Using Decommissioned Air Force Drones To Study Tropical Storms
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA is using of a pair of decommissioned military drones to study how tropical storms develop over the Atlantic Ocean.The campaign, known as the Hurricane and...
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Milk Is Not A Magic Food Essential For Bone Strength
It's a refrain heard in kitchens and dining rooms across North America: "Finish your milk." But is it sound advice? Opinions on the benefits and risks of milk tend to boil over, so here is what I hope...
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14 Reasons You're Not Dead Yet
Lifespan has doubled in the United States in the past 150 years. This ridiculously wonderful change in the nature of life and death is something we tend to take for granted. When we do think about why...
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Brain Surgery Made A Woman Feel The Emotions Of Everyone Around Her
In a strange case, a woman developed "hyper empathy" after having a part of her brain called the amygdala removed in an effort to treat her severe epilepsy, according to a report of her case. Empathy...
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Scientists Just Found The First Ever Example Of Mechanical Gears In Nature
Gears are ubiquitous in the man-made world, found in items ranging from wristwatches to car engines, but it seems that nature invented them first.A species of plant-hopping insect, Issus coleoptratus,...
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5 Mental Shortcuts That Make You Bad At Gambling
When we solve problems and make decisions and judgments, we very often use mental shortcuts (so-called heuristics). We use these heuristics if we have neither resources nor time to compare all...
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