What Facial Features Are Inherited?
When you look at identical twins, the resemblance often hits you immediately. At the same time, expert estimates of “how much of the face is…
How to Last as Long as Possible in High Heels: Evidence-Based Tips and Tricks
Why do high heels hurt—and what can you do about it? In high heels, your body’s center of gravity shifts forward and the pressure on…
Why People Lie (and Why We Rarely Catch Them): Facts, Psychology, “White” Lies, and Technology
Introduction: We Think We Can Spot a Lie—Reality Is More Boring Most of us believe we have a “good nose” for liars. But scientific reviews…
History and Homosexuality: Tradition Is Older Than Your Prejudices
A different sexual orientation is not a 21st-century fad. The diversity of human sexuality appears in sources throughout history—only the labels and the lens have…
Nikola Tesla: A Visionary Among Lightning, Inventions, and Enduring Myths
When a lamp lights up in your living room tonight, a sound notification pings through wireless headphones, and an electric motor opens your garage door,…
Unexplained Disappearance on a Train: The Woman Who Survived a Fall onto the Tracks Describes Her Fight for Life
On the night of April 23, 2005, a train from Zhangjiajie to the city of Liuzhou in China gently swayed as it rolled through the…
Gloria Ramirez: the woman whose body killed six healthcare workers after her death
Riverside, California, February 19, 1994. An ambulance arrives at the emergency room with 31-year-old Gloria Ramirez—a mother of two, a perpetually smiling volunteer at the…
More Than 20 Bizarre Laws Around the World—Breaking Them Can Cost You Dearly
A vacation can turn into an unpleasant crash course in local law before you’ve even managed to pull your passport out of your bag. Countries…
American Horseshoe Crab: The Crab Whose Blood Is Worth Its Weight in Gold
Every spring, thousands of American horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus) appear along the Atlantic coast. These ancient arthropods—more closely related to scorpions than to true crabs—survived…
Fifteen Saucy Moments in History Most Textbooks Usually Skip
History isn’t just a sequence of years and battles—between the marginal notes of chroniclers lie saucy details, legends, and even scientifically documented curiosities that turn…
