Science

Almost everything about human beings and human nature can be explained in the context of evolution. The things we fear, the things that bring us comfort, the daily reactions to the world around us – it all makes sense when you consider where we’ve come from to get here as a species. Originally, the taste...

Once you become a person of a certain age, there’s no avoiding those gray hairs that start to come in alongside your natural colored ones. If you have dark hair they’re probably more noticeable, but we all deal with it – and the hair dye industry is worth billions of dollars because honestly, we’d rather...

I’m not saying I’m someone who is running perpetually late or anything, but let’s just say that I think we’ve all hopped in the car in a hurry at one point or another. When you’re facing those types of moments – or when you’re driving along and realizing your visibility is quickly deteriorating – you...

One of the cruel truth about life is that we’re all going to age. With aging comes some physical changes that not everyone loves – and some that are considered unhealthy for you, too. We all should try to take care of our skin while we’re young. Wear that sunscreen, invest in cute hats, and...

There’s been a lot of talk in recent years about how Daylight Savings Time is the worst, how no one really understands why we still do it, and couldn’t we just decide to stop it already?! Recently, Congress decided we’re going to stay on Daylight time permanently in the coming years and even that has caused...

If you’re a woman over the age of twenty-five, there’s a good chance you’ve had a semi-invasive and extremely painful medical procedure done without any pain management whatsoever. We’re not talking about childbirth here, when you have a choice – we’re talking about office procedures that should come with pain medication or anesthesia but it...

If you’re not a woman, you probably don’t realize everything that goes into regular female preventative care. Even if you are a woman, you might not realize how many of those checkups and procedures come without pain management – even if you experience pretty significant pain. Pain your doctor is going to downplay, by the way....

Since childhood, most of us have dealt with some degree of fear of the dark. It’s natural, and probably down to evolution, to fear not being able to see what might be coming for us – even though we know nothing is probably there. So, our natural inclination is to have some kind of light...