It's no secret that China's economy is growing at a rapid pace. But it may surprise you to learn that some Chinese citizens are growing, too...taller, that is, thanks to the popularity of leg-lengthening surgery. That's right: we're talking about a t...
Don: I have the weirdest looking mole under my arm. Yael: Hold it. Put that arm back down. I don't want to see your weird mole. Why don't you just tell me what's weird about it? D: Well, it's not a round dot like my other moles, but more like a flesh...
Yael: Good news, Don, I think I've finally mastered schmoozing with strangers. Don: You have? Y: It all has to do with what scientists call trait transference, the process through which observers deduce facts about other people based on the things th...
In this Moment of Science Don gives Ya?l a neat trick to play on her brain. You might want to try it, too. D: Here's a simple demonstration you can do with cool implications. Find a large object that is brightly colored--let's make it a green door. S...
Welcome to another Moment of Science. Once again we're going to talk about some everyday scientific wisdom that may or may not be true. For example, here's a common belief about exercise. If you work out in the morning and want to lose more calories,...
You've told your kids to put away their toys, put on their pajamas, and brush their teeth, but when you check on them later, they still haven't done all of these things. When you ask them why, they tell you they forgot. In fact, they use this excuse...
Some men brag that they can handle alcohol better than women. Can there be some truth to that? Don and Ya?l talk about that on this Moment of Science. D: If I were you, Yael, if I were a woman that is, I would reconsider that fourth drink you just or...
Ya?l: My cousin is always falling for these obnoxious, awful men who are just like her father. You'd think she'd learn not to make the same mistake her mother made. Don: Well, you know what they say. A woman will marry the man who reminds her of her...
Computers are great tools, but they can also be mystifying. Sometimes a program will just stop working correctly for no apparent reason. It could just be a random glitch that can be solved by restarting the machine. But sometimes the solution is not...
Suspension bridges such as the Golden Gate Bridge and the Brooklyn Bridge are some of the most amazing structures on earth. These aesthetic and technological wonders span rivers, and other obstacles with enough strength to support endless streams of...
When you think of hair loss you probably think of men, unless that is, you are one of the twenty million women in the U.S. who suffer from hair loss. Though hair loss in men is a common subject for television commercials as well as fodder for televis...
Don: Say something, Yael. Say whatever you want, but talk directly into my right ear. Y: You're a nut. D: Okay. Now say the same thing in my left ear. Y: Sure thing. You're still a nut. Now what on earth is this about? D: Hold up. Now sing something...
When you hear the term, computer geek, what image immediately pops into mind? Is the geek in your mind's eye a woman? Probably not. There's a reason the stereotype of the computer geek is almost always depicted as male. Around the world, significantl...
People who think about language talk about how the sounds of words bear no relation to objects in the world. Indeed, this has been a leading assumption in much of modern literary criticism, philosophy, and even linguistics. Not necessarily so, says B...
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