The CDC Is Saying To Never Wear This Kind Of Mask, Here's Why
Everyone would greatly appreciate it if you would stop wearing masks with little valves on them, thank you very much.
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The Real Reason Birds Migrate
Why do birds always disappear every time winter's near? Just like trees, they long to leave in the fall. Obviously, those lines came from sublime songbird Karen Woodpecker, but they also speak to the common phenomenon of bird migration.
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The Truth About Using Hand Sanitizer Daily
Like many Americans, you may currently find yourself wrapped up in a steaming hot, antimicrobial love affair with hand sanitizer, the gelatinous goop keeping our meathooks unoccupied by the germs that hate our freedom. You might even be using the stuff on the daily. You'll probably want to stop.
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The Truth About The NASA Astronauts Flying On The Historic SpaceX Mission
Barring any setbacks or other extenuating circumstances, on May 27, 2020, two astronauts will boldly go where others have gone before ... but they'll do it inside a Dragon, so that's new. Specifically, they'll do it in the SpaceX Crew Dragon Demo-2.
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Here's When SpaceX Will Launch Its First Astronaut Mission
The first crewed mission of SpaceX and NASA's collaborative efforts, the Demo-2, is scheduled to lift off on May 27th, 2020. Weather permitting.
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The Major Decision Bill Gates Just Made Amid The Pandemic
Continuing their efforts to stop the spread of COVID-19, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced that they'll be contributing a further $125 million to the development and distribution of tests, treatments, and vaccines.
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Read This Before You Start Going Out In Public Again
As of the beginning of May 2020, you shouldn't. Go out in public, that is.
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What Life Will Be Like If A Vaccine For Coronavirus Is Never Made
Covid-19 is one of several forms of coronavirus, and no successful human vaccine has ever been developed against any of the coronaviruses -- so far. So what will life be like without one?
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The Real Reason You Should Own A Bidet
Amid the great toilet paper drought of 2020, the US has seen a flood of demand for bidets. Perhaps your hind parts feel thirsty for one right now. Should you quench your butt's thirst?
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What Does Hypnosis Really Feel Like?
Hypnosis, is "a mental state of highly focused concentration, diminished peripheral awareness, and heightened suggestibility." But what does it feel like?
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Foods You Should Never Feed Your Cat
Cats are fastidious. Famously discerning in culinary matters. Remember that really expensive dinner in a can, that it trained you to buy, because it wouldn't eat anything else you gave it, and you didn't want it to starve to death? The day will come when that doesn't cut the mustard, either.
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The Real Reason You Feel Exhausted After Video Calls
Many who have participated in a video conference finishes up, hangs up, and needs a nap. We're quickly learning that video conferencing is exhausting. Intuitively, it makes no sense. But you're not crazy for zooming straight to bed.
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The Untold Truth Of Apollo 13
Dying in orbital limbo would have been a depressing contradiction. But the astronauts aboard Apollo 13 had more important matters to consider, like surviving.
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Your Dreams Are More Vivid These Days. Here's Why
Odds are you're experiencing more dreams, and more vivid dreams, these days. There are a few reasons why.
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The Truth About The US Navy's 'UFO' Videos
The funny thing about the acronym 'UFO' is that so many people treat the 'U' like an 'I' by trying to identify flying objects as extraterrestrial vessels. Really, though, how would anyone know they were looking at one if they can't identify what it is?
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Can You Actually Get COVID-19 More Than Once?
Here's the thing: no one really knows if catching COVID-19 prevents infections in the future, and some evidence suggests that it doesn't.
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Foods You Should Never Feed Your Dog
Dogs will eat anything, up to and including, well, literally almost any food. Ay, there's the rub.
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The Real Reason Great White Sharks Could Go Extinct
Few creatures in nature can evoke the same fight-or-definitely-flight response as a great white, one of the most dangerous sharks to humans.
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Is 'Dolphin-Safe' Tuna Really Safe For Dolphins?
Spotted dolphins are almost always spotted with large tuna in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Does the chicken of the sea naturally make a great wing man? Somebody ought to ask dolphins about that. Unfortunately, fishermen have bigger fish to fry, namely, the large tuna.
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Why Are Teslas So Expensive?
Teslas remain the vegan diet of the transportation world: healthier, yes, and a great way of communicating your superiority to your fellow man, but just too expensive for most people to realistically go for.
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The Cat Breed With The Strongest Bite
It's probably no surprise larger predators in the wild can summon up really significant bites. Among cats, there's one feline more ferocious than any other.
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The Truth About The Pandemic's Effect On Air Quality
Billions around the world are staying home, and as a result, air quality is improving. Here's the truth about the pandemic's effect on air quality.
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The Truth About 5G's Impact On The Pandemic
Some say that the wavelength used by 5G networks was designed to incapacitate the human immune system, others that the towers themselves were being used to transmit the disease.
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How Mercury Being In Retrograde Can Really Affect You
"Mercury is in retrograde," comes the voice of every astrologer on social media, and just like that, it all makes sense: your computer didn't break because you went four years without cleaning the fans, it happened because Mercury was in retrograde. Is there any truth to this?
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The Truth About Rare White Giraffes
Across the wilds of Africa, it is estimated that some 15,000 reticulated giraffes remain, galloping majestically across the Serengeti and expecting none of us to notice that they're just guys in factory reject horse costumes with stilts taped to their arms.
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The Tarantula Species That's Named After Johnny Cash
If someone were to name an animal after Johnny Cash, you might expect it to be the ostrich that beat him in a fight. But Cash's animal is a tarantula, and as crazy as it sounds, it's even more fitting than the music legend's feathered nemesis.
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The Ingenious Way This Priest Is Fighting Climate Change
It's certainly not unusual for a Catholic church to display a cross in a prominent fashion. Father Guzialek's take, however, combined iconography with practicality and environmental responsibility.
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