More from Sara Chodosh (Page 10)

Dogs and wolves both get sad when you don’t treat them fairly
Animals

Dogs and wolves both get sad when you don’t treat them fairly

By Sara Chodosh

Sleeping in on the weekend won’t actually give you heart disease
Diseases

Sleeping in on the weekend won’t actually give you heart disease

By Sara Chodosh

An egg a day could help babies grow bigger and taller
Health

An egg a day could help babies grow bigger and taller

By Sara Chodosh

‘FDA approved’ medical devices don’t actually have to do what they promise
Health

‘FDA approved’ medical devices don’t actually have to do what they promise

By Sara Chodosh

Please don’t put ground-up wasp nests in your vagina
Health

Please don’t put ground-up wasp nests in your vagina

By Sara Chodosh

Faceless fish
Animals

Faceless fish aren’t the only absurd creatures emerging from Australia’s Eastern Abyss

By Sara Chodosh

Hyalinobatrachium yaku glassfrog from beneath
Animals

This tiny frog has transparent skin to show its organs off to the world

By Sara Chodosh

Going up stairs
Fitness & Exercise

‘Fat but fit’ is absolutely possible

By Sara Chodosh

The fastest way to chill your beer
DIY

The fastest way to chill your beer

By Sara Chodosh

Snakes can actually hunt in packs
Animals

Snakes can actually hunt in packs

By Sara Chodosh

Psychedelic mushroom bubble
Health

Study: Magic mushrooms are the safest drug

By Sara Chodosh

Chocolate is not a super food
Diseases

Chocolate is not a super food

By Sara Chodosh

What is botulism, anyway?
Health

What is botulism, anyway?

By Sara Chodosh

Jeremy the snail and baby
Animals

Jeremy the lefty snail has now been rejected by two other lefty snails

By Sara Chodosh

Human attraction is weird and confusing—and it’s about way more than looks
Science

Human attraction is weird and confusing—and it’s about way more than looks

By Sara Chodosh

See how much sugar is packed into ‘healthy’ food
Health

See how much sugar is packed into ‘healthy’ food

By Sara Chodosh

Caffeine and a good night’s rest could help treat chronic pain (at least in mice)
Health

Caffeine and a good night’s rest could help treat chronic pain (at least in mice)

By Sara Chodosh

Kids with books
Health

Reading with your baby will help her for the rest of her life

By Sara Chodosh

Yellow long-haired corgi mix at a dog park
Animals

Why corgi mixes look like adorable munchkin versions of other dogs

By Sara Chodosh

Female dragonflies feign death to avoid sex
Animals

Female dragonflies feign death to avoid sex

By Sara Chodosh

Pregnant women shouldn’t be afraid to take antibiotics
Health

Pregnant women shouldn’t be afraid to take antibiotics

By Sara Chodosh

Yorkshire terrier pooping
Animals

All mammals poop in 12 seconds and there’s an equation for the ‘duration of diarrheal defecation’

By Sara Chodosh

pills
Health

A placebo really can mend a broken heart

By Sara Chodosh

The incredible evolution of supercomputers’ powers, from 1946 to today
Technology

The incredible evolution of supercomputers’ powers, from 1946 to today

By Sara Chodosh

Cell phone coffee
Cancer

Do mobile phones cause cancer? Evidence still says ‘no’ despite what random people on an Italian jury think

By Sara Chodosh

Why are the measles coming back?
Health

Why are the measles coming back?

By Sara Chodosh

Move over, Pluto, DeeDee is the new (potential) dwarf planet in town
Science

Move over, Pluto, DeeDee is the new (potential) dwarf planet in town

By Sara Chodosh

This is why you should beat egg whites in a copper bowl
DIY

This is why you should beat egg whites in a copper bowl

By Sara Chodosh

VIIRS view of Europe
NASA

These new photos of Earth lit up at night are actually pretty useful

By Sara Chodosh

Hydrothermal vent
Conservation

There’s a treasure trove on the seafloor—and that could be a bad thing

By Sara Chodosh

Ants perfected farming 30 million years ago in the desert
Animals

Ants perfected farming 30 million years ago in the desert

By Sara Chodosh

Suck it, sponges: Marine jellies were the first animals to evolve
Animals

Suck it, sponges: Marine jellies were the first animals to evolve

By Sara Chodosh

Getting your genetic disease risks from 23andme is probably a terrible idea
Health

Getting your genetic disease risks from 23andme is probably a terrible idea

By Sara Chodosh

How an otherwise harmless virus can trigger celiac disease
Diseases

How an otherwise harmless virus can trigger celiac disease

By Sara Chodosh

Bottlenose dolphin
Animals

Dolphins beat up octopuses before eating them, and the reason is kind of horrifying

By Sara Chodosh

Bee hive
Animals

Watch these bees attack a baseball game—then learn why they did it

By Sara Chodosh

This building hanging from an asteroid is absurd—but let’s take it seriously for a second
Science

This building hanging from an asteroid is absurd—but let’s take it seriously for a second

By Sara Chodosh

Sauroprint giant footprint
Dinosaurs

To save their land, they unveiled the world’s biggest dinosaur footprint

By Sara Chodosh

Spinach leaves
Engineering

How to turn a spinach leaf into a human heart

By Sara Chodosh

No one knows what to do with the International Space Station
International Space Station

No one knows what to do with the International Space Station

By Sara Chodosh

A blue pipe that connects a bathroom, sewage separation tanks, a sewage mixing tank, a filtration machine, a natural body of water, and a water filtration plant, showing the cycle of making sewage drinkable.
Environment

How to make sewage drinkable

By Sara Chodosh

Volutes cloud on a lake
Environment

There’s a whole new species of cloud

By Sara Chodosh

fluorescent tree frog
Animals

This is the first fluorescent frog ever and he’s adorable

By Sara Chodosh

High-intensity interval training is great for you—but it won’t keep you from aging
Fitness & Exercise

High-intensity interval training is great for you—but it won’t keep you from aging

By Sara Chodosh

How to not die in a blizzard
DIY

How to not die in a blizzard

By Sara Chodosh

Gluten-free diets are not actually linked to diabetes
Diabetes

Gluten-free diets are not actually linked to diabetes

By Sara Chodosh

Yes, having sex makes you better at your job
Health

Yes, having sex makes you better at your job

By Sara Chodosh

Pandas have cute markings because their food supply sucks
Animals

Pandas have cute markings because their food supply sucks

By Sara Chodosh

Why hasn’t anyone invented electricity-generating rain gutters?
Environment

Why hasn’t anyone invented electricity-generating rain gutters?

By Sara Chodosh

Someone paid $15,000 for a chunk of mold and honestly what a steal
Health

Someone paid $15,000 for a chunk of mold and honestly what a steal

By Sara Chodosh

Fun facts about giraffe sex to keep you occupied while you wait for that giraffe baby
Animals

Fun facts about giraffe sex to keep you occupied while you wait for that giraffe baby

By Sara Chodosh

Colon and rectal cancer seem to be on the rise—in millennials
Cancer

Colon and rectal cancer seem to be on the rise—in millennials

By Sara Chodosh

Wikipedia bots spent years fighting silent, tiny battles with each other
Internet

Wikipedia bots spent years fighting silent, tiny battles with each other

By Sara Chodosh

Manatee waving
Animals

Taking manatees off the endangered species list doesn’t mean we should stop protecting them

By Sara Chodosh

Cat poop parasites don’t actually make you psychotic
Animals

Cat poop parasites don’t actually make you psychotic

By Sara Chodosh

Pluto New Horizons
Pluto

Pluto might be a planet again. Let’s talk about why this matters.

By Sara Chodosh

We might have an eighth continent. Here’s why that matters.
Animals

We might have an eighth continent. Here’s why that matters.

By Sara Chodosh

You can fake a healthy skin tone to look more attractive (without actually being healthier)
Health

You can fake a healthy skin tone to look more attractive (without actually being healthier)

By Sara Chodosh

Beef heart
Health

Celebrate Valentine’s Day by eating an actual heart (seriously)

By Sara Chodosh

Rhesus macaque
Animals

The test used to see if animals are self-aware might not actually work

By Sara Chodosh

How New Zealand is avoiding hundreds of exploding whale corpses
Animals

How New Zealand is avoiding hundreds of exploding whale corpses

By Sara Chodosh

This male birth control worked for over a year (in monkeys)
Health

This male birth control worked for over a year (in monkeys)

By Sara Chodosh

Pitcher plant
Biology

Carnivorous plants aren’t as cool as you think

By Sara Chodosh

Michigan meteor
Science

How do I find a meteorite?

By Sara Chodosh