Think of your favorite song of all time. Play it, even. Take a moment to get lost in the rhythm, the melody, the lyrics, and whatever they make you feel.
Nicolas Cage (domestic terrorist Castor Troy) lies on a hospital bed, in a medically induced coma. John Travolta (FBI agent Sean Archer) stands nearby, contemplating something few people have: Should I put Nicolas Cage’s face… on my face?
Microbiologist Lance Price keeps a collection of stuffed animals in his office.
For years, scientists and healthcare providers have believed there has to be a better way than needles to deliver routine medicine like the annual flu vaccine. Flu shots are uncomfortable and require a trip to a pharmacy or doctor’s office, which is enough to deter some people from getting them. But now, there’s a patch that can do the same job at home, without any pain.
Of all the tasks we try to schedule into our days, physical activity is the one most likely to get pushed indefinitely to tomorrow.
Life for newborn sea turtles is a brutal fight for survival.
You can’t just call a beet a beet if you want people to actually eat it. You’ve got to say it’s “dynamite” or “twisted.”
Even if you get the recommended seven or more hours of sleep on the weekends, you may ruin your week if you pass out at 3am and wake up at 11. Researchers call this social jet lag: even if you get the same number of hours of sleep you’d get on a weeknight, your inconsistent bedtimes may still reduce the quality of your sleep.
Every now and then, a haircut is so much more than routine grooming.
Washing your hands is one of the oldest staples of hygiene, and yet scientists are still debating exactly how we should do it.
Usually, astronomers hunt for exoplanets—planets that exist outside of our own solar system—in search of those that have the conditions to host extraterrestrial life. But sometimes, they just want to see what else is out there.
Neil deGrasse Tyson just wants to get back to his lab at the American Museum of Natural History’s Hayden Planetarium in New York. “My possibly delusional goal is to one day give all this up and go back to the lab in a way that no one notices,” he says.
You probably haven’t heard of Sandra Lee, a board certified dermatologist in California. But you might know her by her alias, Dr. Pimple Popper.
It might seem like when the warm weather and long days of summer arrive, people start ignoring their work responsibilities. In part, that’s true. But managers need not fear: because it’s easier to come by fun in the summer, people are actually better at getting things done.
Toyota thinks we shouldn’t have to choose between flying and driving.
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It’s convenient when Facebook can tag your friends in photos for you, and it’s fun when Snapchat can apply a filter to your face. Both are examples of algorithms that have been trained to recognize eyes, noses, and mouths with consistent accuracy.
Runners decked out in compression gear may seem intimidating when they speed by you in the park, but their attire may be more for show than performance.
Young blood actually does have health benefits for older adults, if you’re willing to take the word of a startup CEO who led the trial.
Voles, an adorable cousin of mice and capybaras, are important to scientists because they share a rare behavioral trait with humans: like us, they tend to mate monogamously for life.
A lot of folks think summer is the perfect time to head outside and soak up all the vitamin D from the sun they couldn’t get during the winter. It’s an essential nutrient that helps our bodies use other substances key to good health, like calcium and phosphorous.
Doctors who treat Dravet syndrome can’t stop their patients’ seizures—but a chemical in weed may help.
People who have xenomelia usually don’t disclose their symptoms—even to their doctors.
Americans are getting more active.
