How to Slow Down Time?
When you dial up the intensity, minutes suddenly feel longer than usual. It’s not just a feeling—during physical exertion we commonly overestimate duration, as if…
What Is Dubai’s Dark Side?
For most people, Dubai is synonymous with luxury—skyscrapers in the desert, man-made palm-shaped islands, shopping malls where you can ski in the middle of summer,…
What happens to a cryonically frozen body if the company goes bankrupt?
The idea that after death you’ll “have yourself frozen” and wake up hundreds of years later in a new era sounds like sci-fi. But cryonics…
Paid leave for severe menstrual cramps
In 2023, Spain became the first country in Europe to introduce special paid leave for people with severe, so-called incapacitating menstruation. This is not “extra…
Are Breakfast Really the Most Important Meal of the Day—or Just an Advertising Myth?
“Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.” Most of us have heard that line since childhood—from parents, at school, in cereal ads, or…
A bra that only unhooks for the right person
The idea of a bra that unhooks itself only when a woman is standing in front of “the one” sounds like a joke from a…
How Many People Use Toilet Paper—and What Do People Use Instead Around the World?
You might feel like toilet paper is a complete given—it’s in every bathroom, you buy it in multi-packs when it’s on sale, and the only…
How Many Horsepower Does One Horse Have?
The idea seems simple: if engine output is measured in “horsepower,” then logically one horse should have one horsepower. In practice, it’s a bit more…
How Did Reels Come About?
Today, most people see Reels as an endless stream of short vertical videos that Instagram serves up one after another. From a social media perspective,…
AI Capsule in the Digestive Tract
Examinations of the digestive tract are among those patients fear the most—the idea of a tube down the throat, sedation, and an unpleasant sensation is…
