The average person breathes through their nose around 20,000 times a day, but most of us know very little about what’s actually going on in there. Here are all the things that call your nostrils home. Nose Hairs According to this very questionable source, the average person...
There’s been a trend in recent years for “natural insemination” — men who advertise themselves online as sperm donors but who will actually have sex with the recipients, like this guy from the Netherlands. All the while, the more conventional method of seed exchange, sperm banking, is more popular...
Yes, it’s annoying when someone asks you to take off your shoes before you’re allowed to step inside their home. But it’s also annoying (and painful and embarrassing) to contract some form of explosive diarrhea, which is something that can happen when germs from the street are...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, discover the insidious effect nicotine has on your memory; find out why you cough more after you quit smoking than you did before; and learn...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, discover the most expensive planet in the universe; find out how a planet can get as hot as 4,000 degrees Fahrenheit; and learn which planet...
We recently received a press release for a supplement claiming to be an all-natural alternative to Viagra. When listing the benefits, the press release mentioned something called “alcohol penis impairment syndrome.” Over Slack, we concluded that this must be the clinical definition of whiskey dick, though we...
Binge eating: It starts badly; it ends badly. Whether it’s because you’re drunk or you just ordered way too much of something that’s destined to never experience becoming leftovers, sometimes we just like to stuff ourselves. You can blame those devious food scientists who deliberately design junk...
When you’re hungry, you’re hungry, and sometimes that means tearing off the patch of green mold growing on a slice of bread in order to make yourself a sandwich. But is this really getting rid of the mold, or should you consider the entire slice a goner...
The Latest Smartphone App Will Count Your Sperm For You If anyone’s ever walked in on you with your phone in one hand and your, well, you-know-what in the other, now you’ve finally got a good excuse. This gadget—which was developed at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, discover what chicken behavior has to do with copulating dinosaurs; find out why the T-Rex was actually a sensitive lover; and learn about the strange...
We live in an age where just about any science-related question can be answered (mostly accurately) by the internet, and yet many of us still believe a bunch of old wives’ tales about our health: The number of people who still believe that cold weather causes sickness...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, discover why our hands aren’t completely covered in fingers; find out why we’re so puny compared to a gorilla; and learn the deeply unsexy reasons...
