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...
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;...
We all know someone who snores like a low-flying jet, and we all know someone who sleeps silently. But the fact is, almost half the adult population snores at least occasionally, raising the question: Why do only some people snore? According to Terry Cralle, certified clinical sleep...
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 we associate insects with everything bad in life; find out why empathy (or lack of it) plays such a big part in our...
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...
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 a vending machine could murder you; find out why champagne can be deadly; and discover how constipation can cause you to experience something...
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...
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 real life Snakes On a Plane incident; find out what you’re really breathing in on your flight; and discover why scientists can’t...
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’d want to put a stranger’s feces inside you; find out why slug slime is the new frontier of surgical technology; and discover...
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 it’s important to understand the basics of alligator wrestling; find out the difference between being attacked by a black bear and a brown...
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 not getting your beauty sleep puts you in such a bad mood; find out why being tired is, medically speaking, not so different...
