Prepare to have your world turned upside down: For the longest time, scientists believed our appendages wrinkled underwater because of osmosis, but this may not be the case after all. The old theory was that water washed away the layer of sebum that coats the skin, before...
Ah yes, the male morning conundrum: You desperately need to pee, but your morning wood makes it impossible. There’s legitimate science as to why. “It’s difficult to urinate with an erection because the chambers within the penis that engorge with blood during an erection — the corpora cavernosa and...
Remember the good old days — aka, your teens — when you could go to bed at midnight and sleep until three in the afternoon? Now, remember the last time you went to sleep at 4 a.m. and still woke up three frickin’ hours later? Needless to say, sleep in adulthood blows....
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 we...
Grab a box of tissues: Researchers may have cracked the code behind why men must take to bed as if hit by the Ebola virus when they only have a minor case of the sniffles: Their immune cells are weaker, Time reports. The study, published in Brain,...
The urban legend goes like this: Stand too close to a microwave, and your body could be bombarded with secondhand radiation that gives you cancer. The FDA, however, claims that microwaves are perfectly safe. So who’s telling the truth? Surprise! It’s the FDA, since there’s currently no...
According to the marketing pitches, filters make for tastier, safer, healthier water. Which… sounds like it should make sense? Your anal-retentive roommate who keeps going on about his jug of filtered water certainly believes it, too. But is filtered water actually safer and healthier than the good ol’...
Not ecstatic about your current sex life? Don’t have hours every day attempting to decipher all the Sanskrit in the Kama Sutra? Unable to afford a suitcase full of sex toys? Here’s a sex help guide for you, fellow regular human who wants to be better in...
When you’re young and first starting to party, drinking and throwing up seem to go hand-in-hand. So you receive a classic tip from a buddy or parent — one you quickly disregard — that beer before liquor will make you sicker. But is knocking back a Bud before you do shots...
When life hits DEFCON 1, chances are, you’re sweating. Maybe you’re minutes away from a job interview at the tech startup you’ve always wanted to work for — the one where everyone rides mini-scooters and the fridge is always stocked with six different kinds of sparkling water. Or maybe...
The term boner is a misnomer: Despite the affectionate slang for an erection and the various ways in which the word “bone” factors into sex — e.g., boning and/or boned — the human penis contains zero bones. The same goes for the manhood of a few other notable mammals — horses, donkeys, rhinos,...
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...