More from Sara Chodosh (Page 2)

Queer couple with cropped hair thinking of the Kinsey Scale Test

The Kinsey Scale Test and 3 other ways to find where you fall on the sexuality spectrum

By Sara Chodosh

greenland seen from an airplane

Greenland is racking up historic climate events

By Sara Chodosh

What are calories?

What are calories?

By Sara Chodosh

satellite view of what remains of hurricane ida

Hurricane Ida’s remnants will bring record-breaking rain as it travels north

By Sara Chodosh

covid-19 vaccines

All your COVID booster shot questions, answered

By Sara Chodosh

squat barbell muscle

Fitness & Exercise

What muscles do squats work?

By Sara Chodosh

Here’s how hagfish slime gets 10,000 times bigger in 0.4 seconds

By Sara Chodosh

woman helping man build muscle

Fitness & Exercise

This protein may hold one of the secrets to predicting muscle growth

By Sara Chodosh

kettlebell weighted carry

Fitness & Exercise

The three strength exercises everyone should do

By Sara Chodosh

A woman gives a COVID-19 vaccine shot to a young person while both wear masks

COVID booster shots will be available to all Americans this fall

By Rachel Feltman, Sara Chodosh

person preparing mRNA vaccine to be injected

The first mRNA-based HIV vaccine is about to start human trials

By Sara Chodosh

Green snake on a log

A guide to all the places with no snakes

By Sara Chodosh

person wearing mask

The COVID-19 delta variant is almost as contagious as chickenpox

By Sara Chodosh

man drinking sports drink sweating sitting on bench

Is Gatorade actually better than water?

By Sara Chodosh

Elephant, tiger, kangaroo, ostrich, crocodile, mantis shrimp, and other most power animals

The world’s most powerful animals, ranked

By Sara Chodosh

artificial sweeteners

Sorry, but artificial sweeteners won’t help you lose weight

By Sara Chodosh

man taking basketball shot

Muscle memory is real, but it’s probably not what you think

By Sara Chodosh

non medical exemptions vaccines counties

Scientists predicted the current measles outbreaks a year ago

By Sara Chodosh

inside of walnut

4 ways plant protein is healthier than animal protein

By Sara Chodosh

stack of pancakes

These charts will help you visualize just how unhealthy diets are around the world

By Sara Chodosh

Find the real breakfast of champions with this helpful chart

By Sara Chodosh

flood water under park bench

Why we’re going to see a rapid rise in sunny day floods

By Sara Chodosh

muscle man workout

There are only two supplements proven to help you build muscle

By Sara Chodosh

corn cob blue background

The bizarre botany that makes corn a fruit, a grain, and also (kind of) a vegetable

By Sara Chodosh

Teenager dipping toes into a lake or ocean

Your summer guide to sunscreen, from SPF to not-so-magic pills

By Sara Chodosh

What the heck is a species anyway?

What the heck is a species anyway?

By Sara Chodosh

close up of person sweating

Wet bulb globe temperature is the vital weather stat you’ve never heard of

By Sara Chodosh

How a Nobel Prize winner spread the vitamin C myth

How a Nobel Prize winner spread the vitamin C myth

By Sara Chodosh

red cross volunteers with masks on

What the 1918 flu pandemic can teach us about COVID-19, in four charts

By Sara Chodosh

TEST DONT DELETE Clone of These are the most common—and deadliest—allergies

By Sara Chodosh

Humpback whales are organizing in huge numbers, and no one knows why

Humpback whales are organizing in huge numbers, and no one knows why

By Sara Chodosh

Curiosity Rover takes a self portrait

Most Missions To Mars Don’t Survive

By Sara Chodosh

Giant crack in Antarctic ice

A crack in Antarctica is forming an iceberg the size of Delaware

By Sara Chodosh

Google is using its deep learning tech to diagnose disease

Google is using its deep learning tech to diagnose disease

By Sara Chodosh

Surprising stuff you can bring on a plane (without ticking off the TSA)

Surprising stuff you can bring on a plane (without ticking off the TSA)

By Sara Chodosh

woman drinking red wine

Can I be allergic to alcohol?

By Sara Chodosh

child parent field

How long do allergies last—a few years or your whole life?

By Sara Chodosh

Cats love sitting in boxes so much they’ll even sit in fake ones

By Sara Chodosh

Person touching flowers to face

Does taking allergy medication make my allergies worse?

By Sara Chodosh

The flu disappeared this year. What will happen next winter?

The flu disappeared this year. What will happen next winter?

By Sara Chodosh

The Birth of Venus painting

The sexy secrets of body fat storage

By Sara Chodosh

a belly hanging over a waistband

Why is it more dangerous to have belly fat?

By Sara Chodosh

Estimated temperatures for the year 2090

These beautiful, terrifying maps show how hot we’ll get in 2090

By Sara Chodosh

pumpkin toadlet brachycelphalus rotenbergae with mouth open

This adorable new toadlet has glowing bones

By Sara Chodosh

Peanut butter on toast on a white speckled plate

How to check for and possibly prevent allergies in children

By Sara Chodosh

Which allergy medication works the best? It’s complicated.

Which allergy medication works the best? It’s complicated.

By Sara Chodosh

friends-eating-outdoors-without-masks

If you’re fully vaccinated, you (mostly) don’t need to wear a mask outdoors

By Sara Chodosh

Local honey might help your allergies—but only if you believe it will

Local honey might help your allergies—but only if you believe it will

By Sara Chodosh

These are the most common allergies (and the deadliest)

By Sara Chodosh

drakaea livida orchid being pollinated by a thynnine wasp

This incredibly rare orchid survives by making male beetles horny

By Sara Chodosh

Young person receiving vaccine from healthcare worker while wearing a mask.

COVID-19 vaccines are working in the real world

By Sara Chodosh

Testosterone might make you run faster, but that’s kind of beside the point

Testosterone might make you run faster, but that’s kind of beside the point

By Sara Chodosh

desk with mug and kleenex

It’s already time to get your flu shot (yes, really)

By Sara Chodosh

A bad diet really can raise your risk of cancer. Here’s how.

A bad diet really can raise your risk of cancer. Here’s how.

By Sara Chodosh

ant on stilts illustration

I glue stilts to ants

By Sara Chodosh

That baby food ‘study’ that found ‘dangerous chemicals’ is probably garbage

That baby food ‘study’ that found ‘dangerous chemicals’ is probably garbage

By Sara Chodosh

Here’s what the science says about talc and ovarian cancer

Here’s what the science says about talc and ovarian cancer

By Sara Chodosh

solar eclipse 2017

The best part of the Great American Eclipse wasn’t the eclipse

By Sara Chodosh

Smallpox could be way younger than we thought

Smallpox could be way younger than we thought

By Sara Chodosh

salmon healthy food

5 heart-healthy foods—and 2 to absolutely avoid

By Sara Chodosh

Salmon and asparagus on a cooking sheet

A low-carb diet doesn’t guarantee weight loss

By Sara Chodosh

4 benefits of eating mushrooms

4 benefits of eating mushrooms

By Sara Chodosh

White bowls of white sugar, brown sugar, cane sugar, and unrefined sugar

High-fructose corn syrup vs. sugar: Which is actually worse?

By Sara Chodosh

person walking in snowy street

Is this winter weather ‘normal’? And other questions about the historic storms in the US.

By Sara Chodosh

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