Nobody likes being lonely. As it turns out, loneliness can be unhealthy as well. The study was done by psychologist John Cacioppo at the University of Chicago. He had thirty three male college students and twenty one female students spend five nights...
In this Moment of Science Don tells Yael about another weight loss program. At least this one has some scientific validity, but don't count on losing a lot of weight this way. D: One thing you listeners don't know about me is that I used to weigh an...
William: There must have been some things which, you know, when you were living here, you thought Well this isn't quite as good as at home... Joe: Sure. The first and foremost is the weather. I lived here for about ten months and during that time the...
Amid the shocking events that occurred on September 11th, one of the most startling was the sight of the collapse of the Twin Towers soon after hijacked planes hit them. In this Moment of Science we explain how and why the collapse occurred. Designed...
If you're not already convinced that regular exercise is important to stay healthy, now there is yet another reason to break a sweat, especially if you're a woman: breast cancer. Several studies have linked exercise to lowering the risk of developing...
Tick-tock, tick-tock. Is that your biological clock? And if it is, are you female? Most people think biological clocks are strictly female phenomena, with infertility and the risk of certain diseases going up with a mother's age. But the biological c...
Yael: They're months away, and I'm already stressed out about the holidays. Two different relatives of mine have died of natural causes on Christmas Day. You think my family's cursed? Don: If your family's cursed, Yael, then a heck of a lot of other...
If you have a dog, you may have noticed that sometimes it seems to be smiling. But, of course, we know that dogs don't really smile. That's just how dog mouths appear sometimes, right? Perhaps, but according to neuroscientist Jaak Panksepp of Bowling...
Let's say you're an eighteen-year-old male who runs every other day, logging 12 miles a week. Now fast-forward to your late 40s. Your eating habits are the same. To maintain your high school weight, how many miles a week would you need to run? Believ...
One of the most amazing phases in childhood development is when infants go from making baby sounds to actually saying words. Before you know it, your infant becomes a toddler and starts stringing words together into sentences. Sometimes, however, suc...
Imagine if the only way for you to eat were to trek twenty-five miles on foot to a restaurant and then trek all the way back home afterwards. Imagine that this restaurant is a buffet, so you can't carry anything home in a doggie bag--you carry only w...
What should you do when a wild animal or bird needs help? First, be careful! Mammals can carry diseases transmissible to humans, including rabies. That's why you shouldn't handle skunks, bats, coyotes, foxes or raccoons, but call animal control for h...
Ever wonder how they determine how many calories are in food? Yael and Don explain it in this Moment of Science. Y: All right, Don. What are you doing? D: I'm using a bomb calorimeter to figure out how many calories are in my lunch. See, I put my san...
On this Moment of Science Don and Ya?l talk about something you might find hard to believe, but work it out on paper and you'll find it is true (we did). D: Today's Moment of Science is about lightning bugs. Lightning bugs are cool because if you squ...
Don: Yael, every day I grow closer to my goal of mind control. Yael: What do you mean, Don? D: Check out this study from Ohio State University that says nodding your head to signal approval and shaking your head to signal disapproval not only lets ot...
