Trypophobia Is A Fear Of Holes & You Probably Have It
Echo Grid/Unsplash How the internet turned a natural instinct into a sweat-inducing terror. I’ve been an internet junkie for years; I’ve seen some weird things in its lesser-known corners. But…
If You Want To Look Younger In Photos, Stop Smiling
Switch up your selfie game STAT. ? It only takes a few seconds of scrolling through Instagram to see that the go-to expression for most young “influencers” is a no-nonsense deadpan….
The Surprising Ways Rosemary Can Help Your Brain
Getty Images/ TommasoT Level up your studying regimen. Got a big test coming up? Sniffing some common garnish may be all you need to lift that grade point average. Researchers at Northumbria University…
Hot People Are The Worst At Relationships, Says Science
Getty Pretty hurts. From the time we’re kids, we learn that hot people reign supreme—they’re popular in high school, make loads of money when they enter the real world and…
People Read This Book And Died
Read at your own risk. When wielded correctly, literature is a powerful weapon. Harriet Beecher Stowe’s masterpiece, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” contributed to the outbreak of the Civil War. Upton Sinclair’s “The…
This Is Your Brain On Recreational Adderall
Imageshape.com Read this if you’ve ever taken Addy without a prescription. Addy and I had a nice run back in the college. As a freshman, my roommate — a fresh-out-of-private-school anorexic — suggested I…
That ‘Guilty’ Look On Your Dog’s Face Isn’t Guilt At All
YouTube What it REALLY is will make you feel worse. My dog tells on himself. I know he’s done something wrong when I find him sitting at the end of the…
Life Really Does Flash Before Your Eyes In A Near-Death Experience
‘There is lack of time limits…it was like being there for centuries.’ “I had always heard your entire life flashes before your eyes the second before you die,” Kevin Spacey’s…
Why Men Are More Likely To Be Left-Handed
Atikh Bana/Unsplash It has something to do with winter births. Eighty-five percent of all humans identify as right-handed — and the world is built to accommodate this supermajority. Lefties suffer the indignities of…
Can Tinfoil Hats Keep The Government From Reading Your Mind?
photo: ‘Signs’/design: Antonio Manaligod for Dose In ‘Signs,’ they prevented alien telepathy. But what about the NSA? Our Movie Mythbusters series answers the age-old question, “Okay, but could that actually happen in…