Why the environment matters for your health and the health of future generations
Midway through the fifth game of the World Series it seemed like everyone in the Houston Astrodome - players, coaches and fans (more than 69,000 people) - held up signs for cancer awareness. On each one was written the name of someone who had or has cancer; many signs...
Learn, Nap, Repeat: How sleep consolidates learning
At the 2015 World Yo-Yo Contest in Tokyo, Yang Yuan-Ching from Taiwan won the "Long Sleeper" contest with a time of 29 minutes and 45 seconds; that's how long the yo-yo napped at the end of its fully extended string before being reawakened and rewound without trouble. And that's just...
Making sure your home pregnancy test is accurate
During Monica and Chandler's wedding on "Friends," Rachel reveals that she's pregnant. "Are you sure you peed on the stick right?" Monica asks. "How many ways are there to do that?" Rachel replies, before agreeing to take another test.
Well, there are more ways than you...