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Fake Tans Came About Due to an Incidental Finding

20 Feb 2020

Glycogen storage disease is a rare genetic condition characterized by deficiencies of particular enzymes. These enzymes are involved in converting glucose into glycogen, the form in which sugars...

The Word "Quarantine" Comes from the Italian Word "Forty Days"

6 Feb 2020

The term derives from 鈥渜uaranta giorni,鈥 meaning 40 days, and traces back to the 14th century when the city of Dubrovnik, now in Croatia, was under Venetian rule. The Great Pestilence, or the Great...

Filtered Coffee is Healthier than French Press or Espresso

5 Dec 2019

Filtered coffee may be better for you than French press coffee or the espresso version. This is due to cafestol, one of the chemicals present in coffee which is known to raise levels of LDL (or ...

The Real Connection Between Carrots and Vision

29 Nov 2019

During World War II, the British Royal Air Force started a rumour that carrots gave their fighter pilots sharp vision and accuracy. This was not true. Radar was responsible for their success...

There鈥檚 a condition that can cause human blood to turn green

22 Nov 2019

If you have clear blood you may be a brachiopod, if you have blue blood you may be an octopus (or just a rich human), but if you have green blood you may have sulfhemoglobinemia.

Juul's Harmful Side Effects

31 Oct 2019

On September 25, 2019, CNN news announced, 鈥渢he CEO of Juul is out, as a growing number of vaping-related death and threats of federal regulation present a monumental challenge for the e-cigarette...

You Inherit Part of Your Fingerprint from Your Parents

19 Jul 2019

Our fingerprints are a one-of-a-kind pattern, so unique to an individual that even identical twins don鈥檛 share them. And yet I鈥檓 here to tell you that you inherit part of your fingerprint from your...

Koalas have fingerprints just like humans

19 Jul 2019

In 1975聽police took fingerprints from six chimpanzees and two orangutans housed at zoos in England. They weren鈥檛 just looking for a unique souvenir; they were testing to see if any unsolved crimes...

You鈥檙e probably storing leftovers wrong (especially if it's rice)

11 Jul 2019

If, like me, you aim to cook dinners that provide both your next day鈥檚 lunch as well as聽a freezer portion to be thawed at some future date, you may want to stop. At least with rice.

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