If there’s one thing science has taught us, it’s that scientists love doing stuff with fruit flies. Want to study personal space boundaries? Get some fruit flies. Want to study how animals choose between sleep or sex? Get some fruit flies. Want to figure out how to...
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 causes that mind-piercing agony after having your trouser eggs scrambled; find out why a thump in the gonads makes you feel like you’re...
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 motivates different kinds of jerks to be the biggest jerky jerks they can be; find out why being a jerk can sometimes be...
Got stuck? No problem. Here are the answers to this month’s puzzles: ROMPECABEZA UNO: 1. Zodiac 2. Radish 3. Buffet 4. Differ 5. Fierce 6. Cherub 7. Agency 8. Scenic 9. Recent 10. Biceps Mystery Keyword: Difference ROMPECABEZA DOS:
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s weekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, learn why people used to wash themselves with mutton fat; find out why syphilis helped end centuries of regular bathing in the 1500s; and discover...
“MOTHERF*****!” That’s my curse word of choice every time I drop something, or bang my motherf***ing knee into my motherf***ing desk a-motherf***ing-gain. But then, perhaps I shouldn’t call it my word of choice, because it feels completely involuntary: I can’t help myself from blasting out this phrase every single...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s weekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, learn why your bladder doesn’t want you to sleep off that bender; find out why sleep is the only true way to beat a cold;...
Remember when you were a kid, and a savings account — and more importantly, the idea that you could get more money just by leaving your money in there — sounded awesome? Welp, those days are done, my friend. Rates on savings accounts these days are 0.01 to 0.05 percent. That’s...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s weekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, learn how much more exercise cavemen did than you; find out why our bodies look so different to those of our ancestors; and discover the...
Got stuck? No problem. Here are the answers to this month’s puzzles: ROMPECABEZA UNO: Boris & Moira; Aidan & Carla; Buddy & Nancy; Jimmy & Irene; Allan & Carol; Jerry & Dolly; Lloyd & Linda; Tommy & Erica; Alwin & Donna; Frank & Fleur. ROMPECABEZA DOS: F=9,...
When it comes to packing, there’s the internet expert’s standard — which includes folding some clothes, rolling others and placing the most wrinkle-prone garments closest to the top of the bag — and then there’s my father’s standard, which is militant, measured and masterful. First, though, a bit of background on...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s weekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, learn why you’ll feel terrible when you give up carbs; find out why you should stop trying to give up fat this year; and discover...
