When you go to the grocery store you can almost guarantee that despite a number of cart return areas there are inevitably stray carts strewn about the entire. It may not even phase some, but we can’t imagine not returning our shopping cart. It, in fact, baffles us that someone people choose not to. As it turns out, there is a scientific explanation. Let’s get into [...]
Grief and How Your Brain Copes
In a perfect world, nobody would know what grief feels like, but as we know all too well, we don’t live in that world and a lot of us have probably suffered through losing someone close to us. In recent decades, researchers have discovered new and fascinating information about grief, how we cope, and what our brains do when we experience grief, particularly when the loss is [...]
Join Us As We Travel to the World’s Deadliest Garden
Who wouldn’t want to spend their day in the sunshine, perusing a beautiful garden full of fragrant roses, voluptuous topiaries, and flowing fountains? And now what if we told you those flowers were poisonous? Here’s the thing, not every botanical in the Alnwick Garden could send you to your doom, but within the boundaries, behind the iron gates, we don’t recommend stopping to [...]
Food Science: These Foods Are Common in the United States But Banned in Other Countries
We’re just going to cut right to the chase, there are a ton of foods you can only find in the United States but not because they’re some kind of delicacy, instead these foods are banned because of the toxins that can be found in the ingredient label. Let’s get into it. Mountain Dew Do you do the dew? If so, you may want to rethink it. Europe and Japan have banned [...]
Y2K Gadgets We, Admittedly, Forgot About
If you’re a millennial then you’re no stranger to technological advances. Think about it, we used to have to wait minutes to connect to the internet now we can do so with a mere tap, we’ve gone from walkmans to mp3 players to iPods to storing music on our phones, and now that we’re mentioning it, don't even bring up smartphones because we started from the bottom with a Nokia [...]
Gadgets to Make the Cold a Little Less Terrible This Winter
Let’s face it, cold weather is coming. Sure, right now we’re enjoying the light sweater we get to put on every morning, but soon, we’ll be cursing the day we ever complained about the heat. Luckily, as we’ve said many times, technology exists, which means that are gadgets out there that make just about every aspect of our lives easier, and battling the cold is no different. As [...]
This Eye Pun Couldn’t Be Cornea: Facts About Eyes
Though our eyes be little they are powerful, complex organs. A lot of us are probably guilty of taking our vision for granted but when you think about it, it’s kind of a miracle. Think about seeing all of your favorite things like sunsets, a great film, or a hot cup of coffee (it counts!) But most of us probably don’t know a whole lot about our eyeballs and that’s where we come [...]