Space travel exhibits harmful effects on the human body, and life in anti-gravity is tough on the bones. What would happen to your body if you lived on Mars?
Taken at face value, humans and giraffes don't seem to have much in common. Both are mammals, of course, but come to find out, there are other similarities.
In solitary confinement, the mind and body unravel more quickly than one might think, as it tries to survive an environment that is bereft of stimulation.
Artists have often chosen to depict martyrs carrying odd items -- their own body parts. This is saints depicted carrying dismembered body parts explained.
Kids might dream of a land where the meals consisted of various forms of processed sugar. But as an adult? What if that's what you really relied on, food-wise?
It's kind of an ironic way to die, and it's definitely horrible. Imagine being part of a massive crowd yet no one knows you are suffocating, nor can they help.
Pineapples, interestingly, are one of the very few foods that will try to eat you right back. The unique-looking fruit is very acidic, and high in bromelain.
Whether severed from your body as the result of an execution or a tragic accident, your body goes through rapid changes when your head has been removed.
In their terrible ability to potentially harm many at once, explosions are largely unlike any other force or weapon on Earth - and one doctors rarely see.
According to Savor Japan, poison blowfish (also known as fugu), is a delicacy that has been eaten in Japan for hundreds of years — despite its very real danger.
Microwaves heat and cook foods in a quick and timely manner. If a microwave can heat and cook the flesh of animals, surely it can cook that of a human, right?
Problems with lethal injection range from prolonged death, to needles shooting out of a condemned man's veins, to violent reactions to the drugs utilized.
The chances of an average American dying in a plane crash are 1 in 11 million. In comparison, it's much more common to die in a car crash, or by drowning.
The risk of dying from extreme cold typically happens in temperatures between minus 40 and minus 50 degrees Fahrenheit. Here's what happens to your body.
Believe it or not, the electric chair was first invented as a more humane way to kill than hanging, and so far, more than 4,300 people have died in it.
It's a distinction likely no one would want. Both terrible and fascinating, Roy Cleveland Sullivan holds the world record for "Most lightning strikes survived."