Science

No doubt about it, this current health crisis is a nightmare. And while it may seem petty to complain about it if you’re still breathing, it has affected everyone differently and what one person finds annoying might seem like a walk in the park to someone else. And that’s why we’re about to get a...

I feel very fortunate that no one in my family or my immediate friend group has been sick with the coronavirus. I realize that I’ve been very lucky in that regard. But there are still plenty of things about this crisis and its ramifications that I find very annoying…and I’m sure that you probably do,...

When the world devolves into a squirming mass of horrible, biting snakes, you’ve gotta take care of yourself and, when you can, find the brighter side of life. That’s what some people are doing with the newest required accessory – the face mask. Why wear something on your body that doesn’t make you feel good, right?...

We like to get inside your head! No, not in a bad way! I’m talking about in a positive manner that makes you think. Because that’s what we like to do here. Make you think with our stupendous fact sets that cover all kinds of different topics. As they say, variety is the spice of...

It’s almost that time of year again – your flu shot is looming. Shots aren’t a fun thing for anyone, and convincing your kids to go with you and sit willingly to be stabbed is even less fun than undergoing the stick yourself. To add insult to injury, it’s not over and done with in...

No one likes to believe that we’re not fully aware of what and why we make choices in our lives, but the truth is, our minds are far more complicated and vast than we’re able to control – or understand – most of the time. Here are 7 ways our mind’s biases influence us, whether...

You’ve probably heard a lot recently about gender, biological sex, and how they’re not the same thing. Gender is fluid, biological sex is not. Sex is assigned at birth due to a person’s genitalia, but gender is more complicated. It’s so complicated, in fact, that many older people, who lived in a world that didn’t...

I don’t know about you, but I’ve started to use the term “climate change” all the time, eschewing “global warming” so I don’t have to listen to arguments about how we’re having the coldest winter ever, or something like that. Apparently, though, they’re not exactly interchangeable, and how I’ve been using them isn’t quite right,...