This Startup Fights Climate Change By Growing Bricks
PBS News Hour Building a cleaner environment — literally. Although bricks may be beautiful, durable, long lasting, and totally trendy at the moment — think upscale urban lofts and startup offices complete with visible ventilation…
Could ‘The Secret Of NIMH’ Happen In Real Life?
image: ‘The Secret of NIMH’ | design: Antonio Manaligod/Dose One scientist’s rat ‘utopia’ became a hell. Our Movie Mythbusters series answers the age-old question, “Okay, but could that actually happen in…
There’s A Scientific Reason Why Some People Need Less Sleep
Kevin Frayer/Getty So this is where some people get the energy for their side hustle. A study published in Science found that a certain gene allows a select percentage of the…
How Police Use Glitter To Solve Crimes
The glitter trail that leads straight to an arrest. The comedian Demetri Martin often jokes that glitter is the herpes of craft supplies. The line always gets a big laugh, because…
Your Blue Eyes Aren’t Actually Blue
Getty It’s time to see the light. What determines your eye color? Any high school biology class would tell you “genetics,” but that’s only scratching the surface. As a quick refresher, the…
Humans Have Big, Powerful Brains Thanks To Fruit, Science Says
Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty An apple a day keeps the stupid away. Today, the human brain is a powerhouse of logical thought — but it wasn’t always this way. Our primate ancestors spent nearly 65…
Does Gum Really Take Seven Years to Digest?
Ines Vuckovic/Dose Chew on this. Our Middle School Mysteries series investigates childhood rumors you never bothered to fact-check yourself. The worst part about chewing gum is getting rid of it. Rarely…
Why Do We Feel A Lump In Our Throats When We’re Upset?
Antonio Manaligod/Dose You can’t swallow your sorrow. The cinematic masterpiece “My Girl” ruined my childhood. When Vada tearfully exclaims, “Where are his glasses? He can’t see without his glasses,” during Thomas…
Budweiser Is Developing Space Beer
image: Warner Bros./design: Antonio Manaligod for Dose To infinity and beer-yond. Humans may live on Mars sometime in the not-too-distant future. And when people finally figure out how to colonize and…
Adult Swaddling Is A Legit Way To Reduce Stress
Feel like you’re back in the womb. ?? Being alive takes its toll on the body, and lately people are turning to unconventional methods to cure life’s aches and pains. In…
