The recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) is a touchstone in anatomy education and evolutionary biology research, known for its unnecessary U-turn in the neck. But can we learn something intelligent from...
In the third novel of the Harry Potter series, the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry encounters the 鈥淒ementors鈥� for the first time -- creatures that feed on hope and happiness. When he is left with a...
Summer is almost here! Tans will get darker and hair will get lighter. If you really want to get blonder this year, many brands sell hair lightening sprays 鈥� a way to heighten the sun鈥檚 natural...
What if your significant other gifted you baking powder instead of chocolates? What if they invented baking powder? In 1843, British chemist Alfred Bird did just that for his lucky, yeast-allergic,...
As strange as it sounds, being allergic to the cold is a real thing, and it鈥檚 called 鈥渃old urticaria.鈥� Compared with nut or pollen allergies, an allergy to cold temperatures is much less common,...
Red signifies danger in many cultures. From a distance, green is highly visible by day. At night, yellow is easier to see. That briefly explains the choice of colours on every traffic light. But...
If you鈥檝e ever lined up for a classic hot dog on a hot day on campus, you may have reached for the yellow-white sauerkraut perched on the toppings table. The fermented cabbage sure dresses up that...
The use of candles dates back as far as 3,000 B.C., when ancient Egyptians used papyrus reeds dipped in animal fat that they then lit to use as torches. Similarly, ancient Romans dipped wicks into...
Everybody experiences stress differently, from the circumstances that cause it, to the ways that we cope with it. What doesn鈥檛 differ is that we all experience it, one way or another. There are a...
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