Welcome to DSC Original Content’s weekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, learn what the heck a “voivode” is; find out what the Mummy gets up to when he’s not haunting pyramids; and discover why you’re most...
Got stuck? No problem. Here are the answers to this month’s puzzles: ROMPECABEZA UNO: 1 Frumps 2 Vacuum 3 Clothe 4 Kosher 5 Employ 6 Piping Mystery Keyword: MUESLI ROMPECABEZA DOS:
Potty Talk is a one-panel comic about the funny thoughts, observations and fears men have in the bathroom. This week’s is from illustrator Burton Durand. Check out his Instagram here.
In this installment of our “What Makes Me a…” column, we asked six people what makes them successful. Turns out, it has nothing to do with how much money you make. … Carmel Johnston, 28-year-old crew commander of HI-SEAS (Hawai’i Space Exploration Analog and Simulation): I believe...
You may be tempted to spruce up your Halloween costume this year with decorative contact lenses—say, you’re dressing up as some kind of dragon-slaying ice zombie, or the kind of monstrous clown that hangs out in storm drains. But be warned: While decorative lenses may add a...
Most of us work more than we live, which is to say we spend considerably more time at the office and with our coworkers than we do with the human beings we actually want in our lives. It also means that the stressors and anxieties of work...
Ah, Halloween: The perfect opportunity to exert your dominance over the other houses on your block with the most intricate jack-o’-lantern this side of Sleepy Hollow. Unfortunately, the tools of the pumpkin-carving trade usually start and end with a sad knife that couldn’t cut a straight line...
The human body: An inspiring biological work of art? Or a meaty sack of germs and fluids? Either way, there’s still a lot we don’t know about what goes on in there — and scientists are constantly attempting to find out more. Here are the most interesting things they’ve...
Let’s get one thing straight: Sweat doesn’t cause those gross yellow stains on your nice white shirt. The culprit behind those jaundiced splotches is aluminum, the active ingredient in most antiperspirants — and some deodorants — that chemically reacts with the protein in sweat to cause underarm yellowing. (It’s this same...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s weekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, learn about the vampire that’s just a floating, disembodied head; find out what happened to people accused of being a werewolf in the Middle Ages;...
In a world where one day coffee is said to cause cancer and the next to protect against it, sex is normally considered one of the few pleasurable acts we have left where we know where we stand. It might give you herpes, sure, but cancer, not...
When you’re a dad, parenting questions often come up that you struggle to find an answer to. Since other parents are the worst and Google will send you down a rabbit hole of paralyzing, paranoid terror, we’re here to help by putting those questions to the experts....
