Ear candles are regularly promoted by alternative health suppliers and have been getting quite the hype from the media even though there is no evidence to suggest they have any real benefit. The...
The greenhouse effect is caused by gases in the atmosphere that let sunlight through, but prevent some of the heat it generates from being re-emitted, acting as a blanket around the earth. If we...
Polar bears can run as fast as聽40 kilometers per hour鈥攂ut only for short distances. Younger, leaner bears are the best runners and are able to聽cover two kilometers without stopping. Older and...
Woodrow Wilson鈥檚 secretary of state, William Jennings Bryan, was ridiculed in 1913 for serving Welch鈥檚 grape juice instead of wine at a dinner honoring the British ambassador. This proved to be...
Babies who are delivered by C-section don鈥檛 go through the birth canal, and as a result they don鈥檛 get the beneficial microbes that babies born via the birth canal receive. This might help explain...
I鈥檓 sure you鈥檝e heard the myth that oxygen is pumped into casinos to give people more energy and keep them awake. This is, in fact, the enduring Vegas myth of all time. There鈥檚 no doubt that the...
Even though identical (monozygotic)聽twins may have the exact same genetic make-up, it is possible that they can have different features聽from one another. This is thanks to differences in the womb ...
In August 1961, in Capitola and Santa Cruz, California there was an invasion of what people described as 鈥渃haotic seabirds.鈥 These birds were believed to be under the influence of domoic acid, a...