Isn't a coma basically just being asleep? How bad can a coma really be? Well, a coma is a horrific condition in so many ways that you've probably never imagined. That being said, a coma is far from a simple state of being. Here's what happens to your body when you're in a coma.
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Have you ever bought a tub of low-fat ice cream only to eat eight times more than you would of the fattier version? Vaping is basically high-tech low-fat ice cream for smokers.
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Might as well start with the basics: don't drink vape juice. Nothing that you're about to read will change the fact that drinking vape juice will cement your place as the weird (and unhealthy) dude who drinks vape juice. That sort of social branding doesn't go away.
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Liquid nitrogen should really be called "liquid frostbite." But it can be the stuff of medical nightmares when unsafely added to a drink.
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Antifreeze, or coolant, is the fluid you feed to your car to prevent the water from freezing or boiling over. Antifreeze tastes sweet, so people have unknowingly swallowed it and suffered tragically. Just how dangerous is it to drink this stuff? What happens to your body when you drink antifreeze?
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Sometimes, people accidentally swallow dish soap. Soap swallowers can suffer nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea which is probably lemon-fresh. But not everyone who drinks dish soap walks away with a clean bill of health after a fruity poop. Here's what happens to your body when you drink dish soap.
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You've probably seen some pretty rare eye colors at some point in your life, but what exactly are the rarest in the world? Let's take a look.
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Before you grab that Purell bottle and start pumping your way to chemical bliss, you should know that drinking hand sanitizer isn’t exactly a whole lot of fun, and yeah, it can really mess up your body.
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Hydrogen peroxide, or the stuff your parents used to pour on your knees any time you crashed your bike, is pretty ubiquitous. You can find it in just about any grocery store or pharmacy. Does it say that you shouldn't swallow it right there on the bottle? You bet it does. But accidents happen.
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So you, like the terrifying Nosferatu, the quietly noble chupacabra, and Nicolas Cage before you, have heard the seductive call of the night and decided to give in to your insatiable lust for blood. What's going to happen to your body?
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Humans need to consume water, and salt, to survive. But what happens to your body when you drink salt water?
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In a disturbingly literal instance of picking your poison, instead of swishing Listerine, some people swig it like booze. Here's what happens when you drink mouthwash.
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Losing a body part creates all sorts of obstacles, and that's especially true if you're a rock star.
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There are few things as universally disgusting as a whiff of rotten milk. Is it really unsafe, though, in addition to being gross? To figure this out, it's important to take a look at what spoiled milk actually does to your body, and assess whether it's ever worth the risk
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Here's what happens if you drink gasoline. But seriously, don't do it.
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As you might suspect, the human anatomy has very little in common with the u-bend of a bathroom sink. Here's why you should not drink Drano.
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Humans often cope with death by disguising it as life. Let's take a look at how your body might change after a year of eternal beauty sleep.
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What would happen to your body if you fell into a black hole? In the event this fate is on your horizon, here's what you might expect.
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People die 20 times more often from cold weather than hot weather. It's worth finding out how cold it can get before your goose is officially, uh, frozen.
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Humans are pretty weird organisms on their own, but we also play host to lots of other weird organisms.
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Space is a pretty cool place. But we haven't been able to explore much of space because of the limits of the human body. Here's what space does to your body.
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So you want to donate your body to science...
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What really happens to your body when you watch a scary movie?
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These bizarre things really can happen to your body after you die. You might not get to see it, but just so you know.
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Video games are awesome. But too much video games? That can be a bad thing (or a good thing!), depending on how it breaks out.
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We're aware of the thrills hitting us from all sides while riding a roller coaster, but there's a bunch of weird stuff happening on our insides as well.
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What's that cell phone doing to your body? It turns out we should join Fight Club, because with the damage they're doing, a beating might be a kinder way out.
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