Shark Week Lied to Scientists to Get Them to Appear in “Documentaries”
Discovery Channel’s “Shark Week” is misleading the public again this year with several documentaries. So why are scientists allowing themselves to be featured in these pseudoscience disasters? There’s a simple reason: Shark Week producers have been lying to them. Jonathan Davis, who now works for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, was studying the bull…
Why We Yawn (And Why It Really Is Contagious)
Babies, dogs, cats, birds, mice, rats and even snakes yawn, and some of us were even doing it in the womb. Although for thousands of years the reason has remained elusive, recent scholarship may have uncovered the truth as to why we yawn. Physiology of Yawning When a person yawns, the stretching of powerful jaw…
Why Snot Is Green and Yellow
Snot is an essential part of a healthy body (no, really), and its color and consistency can give you a lot of information about what’s going on in yours at any given time. What is mucus? Produced in the lining of the sinuses, nose, throat, mouth, lungs and even digestive tract, mucus provides a protective…