Popping Pimples On Your Face’s Danger Triangle Can Kill You
Bursting blackheads is more satisfying when you do it safely. Popping pimples is satisfying: It gives us a sense of control in our often chaotic lives. It’s also really popular. One…
Experts Think Tattoos May Cause Cancer
Aamir Mohd Khan/Pixabay Certain colors are more dangerous than others. Tattoos are more mainstream than ever: three out of ten people in the US have one. But the longterm effects of…
Can You Never Eat Vegetables & Still Be Healthy?
Flickr/Calgary Reviews Don’t like salads? Get used to being constipated. All the time. When I was in my early 20s, my diet was… problematic. I worked the night shift at a…
Here’s Why You Should Save Your Kid’s Baby Teeth
It could save their life. When you were a kid, hitting milestones felt magical. Even the less enjoyable aspects — enduring the weirdness of wiggly, bloody baby teeth — came with a visit from the…
People Used To Think Vaginas Had Teeth, So That’s Cool
Antonio Manaligod/Dose Fear the p*ssy that bites back. Have you ever seen the movie “Teeth?” The 2007 black comedy horror film centers around a girl who discovers that her genitals contain…
H. H. Holmes’ Body Is Being Exhumed
Left: Holmes. Right: Digging at Holmes’s grave near Philadelphia began last week. | public domain/NBC 10 Philadelphia Did the ‘Devil in the White City’ fake his own death? Before DNA forensics,…
Can You Get Pregnant When You’re Already Pregnant?
CNN/YouTube Yep! Our Middle School Mysteries series investigates childhood rumors you never bothered to fact-check yourself. Bodies are insane. Pregnancy is even crazier. The idea of a microscopic tailed cell morphing…
This Hospital Uses Beyoncé & Hanson To Time CPR
Stayin’ alive (literally). For many people, music provides a safe space for them to express themselves. In this way, music saves lives. But at New York Presbyterian Hospital, music’s lifesaving…
The Terrifying History of Breast Implants
image: MessyNessyChic | design: Ines Vuckovic for Dose Before there were implants, there were bad ideas. In the 1950s, everything about America got bigger: The population increased, the economy swelled and for…
America’s First Female Tattoo Artist Inked People From Coast To Coast
Ines Vuckovic/Dose Maud Wagner was one of the last tattoo artists to work by hand. Our Unsung Heroes series brings history’s unknown badasses out of the footnotes and into the spotlight….