The gasses released when you fart are like apples: All it takes is a single bad one to spoil the whole bunch. Most of the gas that comes tooting out of your hind end, including carbon dioxide and methane, is odorless. But when even just a little...
George R. R. Martin once wrote, “Give me a good sharp knife and a good sharp cheese, and I’m a happy man.” And ol’ George wouldn’t be alone in thinking that cheese is happiness. Whether it’s baked, broiled or fried, the vast majority of the cheese we...
In this month’s rompecabeza we’re setting a date. Well, setting a date and then adding a secret number to get another number. Can you figure out the pattern below? Check back next week for the answer. ANSWER TO LAST WEEK’S PUZZLE Last week we challenged you to draw one...
For city dwellers, it often can seem that the best way to escape the summer heat is to hit the road. And, according to Climate Central, an organization of scientists studying climate change, they’d be right. The phenomenon known as the “urban heat island effect” is the...
Getting enough sleep is no easy feat. Balancing work, play and the 11 p.m. bark-a-thon next door can make it downright impossible to get your recommended eight hours. Which is a real shame, because sleep happens to be a miracle drug: It can keep your weight in...
Ear hair is both mysterious and polarizing. Some people are genuinely repulsed by it, whereas others find it to be the cutest thing ever. Whatever your feelings are, like it or not, ear hair is a standard fact of life for many guys—74% of them, according to...
Listening to music at the gym with your smartphone flopping around your pocket is the worst. But not the worst. That distinction belongs to needing to remove your phone from your arm band’s plastic prison to skip to the next track. Which is why Mark Kinsley created...
Burning bridges is scary, and for some people, so is crossing them. The fear of bridges, also known as gephyrophobia, is no joke. In fact, the New York Thruway Authority helps drivers across the Tappan Zee Bridge all the time–if they call ahead of time, that is. Hopefully you’re not a gephyrophobiac, because...
Playing in the warm summer sand is all fun and games, that is, until you start sinking Lawrence of Arabia style. But don’t worry: despite what it may look like in the hilarious stock image above, quicksand won’t actually kill you. A study published in the Nature...
A windy day at the beach can mean collecting sand in interesting places—your shoes, your ears and in your, ahem, crevices. But in locations where the wind doesn’t stop, all that swirling sand tends to collect in another interesting place—sand dunes. Most of these sandy hills grow...
Sulfuric compounds are like the Adam Sandler of bad smells—the source of so many offensive releases. Rotten eggs. Room-clearing farts. And, you guessed it, the smell of asparagus in pee. We’ve discussed the implications of the color of your urine, but its aroma also provides clues to...
Biking, swimming and running. For even the fittest of the fit, an Ironman is no walk in the park. Apparently, a 14-year-old named Rodkey Faust finished the Ironman Triathalon World Championship back in 1982. 14 years old! Shouldn’t he be climbing trees and playing handball or something? Anyway, put on...
