The most common reason for heartburn is eating too much, so acid overflows into the esophagus. Lying down with a full stomach makes it worse because gravity cant help keep the acid in. And greasy foods, caffeine, alcohol, and chocolate all increase a...
But youre still smacking your foot directly on the ground, without any padding. Wouldnt this lead to more foot injuries? Possibly. And, of course, it takes time to develop calluses on your feet thick enough to make barefoot running comfortable. And I...
Running shoes are carefully designed to cushion your feet and provide arch support and padding and all that stuff. Run without shoes and youll tear up your foot on rocks and pebbles. But studies have shown that running shoes can do more harm than goo...
But the study, which followed 7th grade teens in Australia and Washington State for one year, found that those allowed to drink under adult supervision were more likely to have had a bad experience related to alcohol. Things like becoming violently d...
Teenagers experiment with alcohol. In many countries and societies, thats just a fact. And so many parents of teenagers may think that its a good idea to teach their kids to drink responsibly by having a few drinks with them. But according to at leas...
Following more than five-thousand people for ten years, the study observed how loneliness can spread through a group. Lonely people, it seems, transmit their sad, lonely feelings to people around them. What happens, according to the study, is that in...
Some diseases are contagious，like colds, flu, and chicken pox. But what about loneliness? Loneliness may not be a disease, at least not in the same way that chicken pox is. But loneliness can be contagious. How so? The same way that many emotions c...
If the uncooked meat is refrozen these new bacteria are put into suspended animation along with their living ancestors. This means that when the meat is rethawed there are not only the parents and their offspring, but the grandkids, great-grandkids,...
On the way home from the grocery, you get delayed so much that the frozen meat youve bought thaws out. The question for this Moment of Science is should you refreeze it? Weve been told by reliable authorities that its not good to refreeze uncooked me...
Y: What would you say your attitude towards celebrities, Don? D: Do you mean whether I like them? Y: I mean are you obsessed? Do you spend hours on the Internet trying to find out what their favorite nail polish color is and whether they believe in h...
