“I saw angels, and they were singing the most beautiful music I have ever heard.” By Emma Betuel – Among those who have had a brush with death, the stories are often similar: Dark tunnels capped with bright lights, conversations with dead relatives, …
“A very small amount of stuff has a very big effect.” By Emma Betuel – When a pufferfish is filleted, one wrong slip of the knife can turn the seaborne delicacy deadly. Even in death, the pufferfish’s natural poison, called tetrodotoxin, is more …
The full fury of Mother Nature was captured on camera by the current crew of the ISS. By Scott Snowden – A towering mushroom cloud of ash and smoke rose from a volcano in the Pacific Ocean so high that an astronaut aboard …
“We wanted to test this widely stated but largely untested hypothesis.” By Peter Hess – Imagine picking up a half-empty soda on the sidewalk and taking a big sip. You have no idea what you’d be exposing yourself to. But this is basically …
Trust us on this one. By Gabriel Filippelli – You vacuum it, sweep it, and wipe it off your furniture. But do you know what it actually is — and how it may affect your health? Don’t feel bad if you’re clueless about …
“This could be a clue as to why they drew them in the first place.” By Sarah Sloat – If you drove six hours south of Lima on the Pan-American Highway, got out of the car, and walked onto the arid, coastal …
By Michael Irving – A red-eyed tree frog was one of the amphibian species observed during an expedition to the Lost City of the Monkey God in Honduras. (Credit: Trond Larsen). In 2012, centuries-old legends of a lost city in Honduras were …
“I wouldn’t take that risk.” By Sarah Sloat – Like a buzzing embodiment of Wagner’s “Ride of the Valkyries,” periodical cicadas emerge from the ground in swarms after spending more than a decade below ground. Some, however, encounter an attacker during their crawl …
As regulation grows, the truth emerges: Kratom could benefit consumers, if used safely. By Peter Hess – If you want to make a claim, you’d better be prepared to back it up. That’s the stance the US Food and Drug Administration took recently …
Sitting is the scourge of our time, but fighting back doesn’t have to be hard. By Emma Betuel – A lack of physical activity is projected to put nearly 1.4 billion people worldwide at risk for chronic diseases like diabetes or heart disease. …
