More from Sara Chodosh

body fat measuring waist
Health

There are better ways to measure body fat than BMI

By Sara Chodosh

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Fitness & Exercise

Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about muscles

By Claire Maldarelli, Sara Chodosh

Soccer player injured after getting too many concussions
Health

When to worry about a concussion

By Sara Chodosh

pfizer covid vaccine vials
COVID-19

The CDC recommends booster shots for healthcare workers and other at-risk groups

By Claire Maldarelli, Sara Chodosh

Queer couple with cropped hair thinking of the Kinsey Scale Test
Health

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
Climate Change

Greenland is racking up historic climate events

By Sara Chodosh

What are calories?
Health

What are calories?

By Sara Chodosh

satellite view of what remains of hurricane ida
Environment

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

By Sara Chodosh

covid-19 vaccines
COVID-19

All your COVID booster shot questions, answered

By Sara Chodosh

squat barbell muscle
Fitness & Exercise

What muscles do squats work?

By Sara Chodosh

hagfish slime
Animals

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-19

COVID booster shots will be available to all Americans this fall

By Rachel Feltman, Sara Chodosh

person preparing mRNA vaccine to be injected
Health

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

By Sara Chodosh

Green snake on a log
Animals

A guide to all the places with no snakes

By Sara Chodosh

person wearing mask
COVID-19

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

By Sara Chodosh

man drinking sports drink sweating sitting on bench
Health

Is Gatorade actually better than water?

By Sara Chodosh

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

The world’s most powerful animals, ranked

By Sara Chodosh

artificial sweeteners
Health

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

By Sara Chodosh

man taking basketball shot
Health

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

By Sara Chodosh

non medical exemptions vaccines counties
Diseases

Scientists predicted the current measles outbreaks a year ago

By Sara Chodosh

inside of walnut
Health

4 ways plant protein is healthier than animal protein

By Sara Chodosh

stack of pancakes
Health

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

By Sara Chodosh

cereal bowl
Health

Find the real breakfast of champions with this helpful chart

By Sara Chodosh

flood water under park bench
Climate Change

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

By Sara Chodosh

muscle man workout
Health

There are only two supplements proven to help you build muscle

By Sara Chodosh

corn cob blue background
Biology

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
Cancer

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

By Sara Chodosh

What the heck is a species anyway?
Animals

What the heck is a species anyway?

By Sara Chodosh

close up of person sweating
Climate Change

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
Health

How a Nobel Prize winner spread the vitamin C myth

By Sara Chodosh

red cross volunteers with masks on
COVID-19

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

By Sara Chodosh

allergens
Health

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
Animals

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

By Sara Chodosh

Curiosity Rover takes a self portrait
Mars

Most Missions To Mars Don’t Survive

By Sara Chodosh

Giant crack in Antarctic ice
Climate Change

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
Diseases

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)
Aviation

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

By Sara Chodosh

woman drinking red wine
Health

Can I be allergic to alcohol?

By Sara Chodosh

child parent field
Health

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

By Sara Chodosh

a cat in a box
Animals

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

By Sara Chodosh

Person touching flowers to face
Health

Does taking allergy medication make my allergies worse?

By Sara Chodosh

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

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

By Sara Chodosh

The Birth of Venus painting
Health

The sexy secrets of body fat storage

By Sara Chodosh

a belly hanging over a waistband
Health

Why is it more dangerous to have belly fat?

By Sara Chodosh

Estimated temperatures for the year 2090
Climate Change

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

By Sara Chodosh

pumpkin toadlet brachycelphalus rotenbergae with mouth open
Animals

This adorable new toadlet has glowing bones

By Sara Chodosh

Peanut butter on toast on a white speckled plate
Food Safety

How to check for and possibly prevent allergies in children

By Sara Chodosh

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

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

By Sara Chodosh

friends-eating-outdoors-without-masks
COVID-19

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
Animals

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

By Sara Chodosh

allergens
Health

These are the most common allergies (and the deadliest)

By Sara Chodosh

drakaea livida orchid being pollinated by a thynnine wasp
Animals

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

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
Health

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

By Sara Chodosh

desk with mug and kleenex
Health

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.
Cancer

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

By Sara Chodosh

ant on stilts illustration
Animals

I glue stilts to ants

By Sara Chodosh

Munchausen syndrome by proxy isn’t a recognized psychiatric illness. But is it real?
Health

Munchausen syndrome by proxy isn’t a recognized psychiatric illness. But is it real?

By Sara Chodosh

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

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
Cancer

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

By Sara Chodosh

solar eclipse 2017
Science

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

By Sara Chodosh

Smallpox could be way younger than we thought
Health

Smallpox could be way younger than we thought

By Sara Chodosh