More from Sara Chodosh

Here’s how much exercise you should get—and why it’s okay if you fall short
Fitness & Exercise

Here’s how much exercise you should get—and why it’s okay if you fall short

By Sara Chodosh

Charles Minard is known for the ‘best graphic ever,’ but he may have topped it with these maps
Science

Charles Minard is known for the ‘best graphic ever,’ but he may have topped it with these maps

By Sara Chodosh

This vaccine could help people with celiac eat gluten again, but it’s not for everyone
Health

This vaccine could help people with celiac eat gluten again, but it’s not for everyone

By Sara Chodosh

A ‘male’ octopus surprised its keepers with a cloud of 10,000 babies
Animals

A ‘male’ octopus surprised its keepers with a cloud of 10,000 babies

By Sara Chodosh

Scientists keep finding new ways energy drinks are terrible for you
Health

Scientists keep finding new ways energy drinks are terrible for you

By Sara Chodosh

Llamas could save us all from the flu
Animals

Llamas could save us all from the flu

By Sara Chodosh

Instant soup sends a shocking number of kids to the hospital
Food Safety

Instant soup sends a shocking number of kids to the hospital

By Sara Chodosh

Even short dressers can crush kids, so anchor them to the wall
Health

Even short dressers can crush kids, so anchor them to the wall

By Sara Chodosh

Behold the mighty elephant bird, blindly crashing through the Madagascan forest
Animals

Behold the mighty elephant bird, blindly crashing through the Madagascan forest

By Sara Chodosh

dumbo octopus
Animals

The ocean floor is littered with adorable octopuses (and actual garbage)

By Sara Chodosh

The FDA’s updated nutrition labels could improve your health—if you know how to read them
Health

The FDA’s updated nutrition labels could improve your health—if you know how to read them

By Sara Chodosh

Fewer people got the flu shot last season—and that may be why it was one of the deadliest
Health

Fewer people got the flu shot last season—and that may be why it was one of the deadliest

By Sara Chodosh

The FDA just approved the first new flu drug in 20 years. Here’s what you need to know.
Health

The FDA just approved the first new flu drug in 20 years. Here’s what you need to know.

By Sara Chodosh

The truth about organic food and cancer
Cancer

The truth about organic food and cancer

By Sara Chodosh

There’s plastic in your poop, but we have no idea how dangerous that is
Climate Change

There’s plastic in your poop, but we have no idea how dangerous that is

By Sara Chodosh

This headless chicken is the deep-sea ‘monster’ of our dreams
Animals

This headless chicken is the deep-sea ‘monster’ of our dreams

By Sara Chodosh

A mysterious polio-like illness in children has the CDC baffled
Diseases

A mysterious polio-like illness in children has the CDC baffled

By Sara Chodosh

Now’s the time to get your kids the flu vaccine
Health

Now’s the time to get your kids the flu vaccine

By Sara Chodosh

Brain-eating amoebas are spreading—and that’s just as bad as it sounds
Diseases

Brain-eating amoebas are spreading—and that’s just as bad as it sounds

By Sara Chodosh

hurricane florence flooding
Climate Change

Why rivers rise long after a hurricane is gone

By Sara Chodosh

plane oxygen masks
Aviation

When a plane loses pressure, here’s what happens to your body

By Sara Chodosh

You should check how much sugar your ‘healthy’ yogurt really has
Health

You should check how much sugar your ‘healthy’ yogurt really has

By Sara Chodosh

a baby in a saucer
Health

Baby walkers have never been safe. Why are companies still selling them?

By Sara Chodosh

Human spit is actually a great cleaning solution (and other award-winning scientific finds)
Science

Human spit is actually a great cleaning solution (and other award-winning scientific finds)

By Sara Chodosh

noaa hurricane florence
Environment

Hurricane category ratings can be misleading. Check out these deadly ‘minor’ storms.

By Sara Chodosh

decade of hurricanes
Climate Change

Charted: How hurricanes are becoming more extreme

By Sara Chodosh

Of course semi-automatic guns are deadlier. Here’s why scientists took so long to say so.
Health

Of course semi-automatic guns are deadlier. Here’s why scientists took so long to say so.

By Sara Chodosh

alcohol wine
Diseases

Remember when a glass of wine a day was good for you? Here’s why that changed.

By Sara Chodosh

The CDC just released new concussion guidelines for kids. Here’s what you need to know.
Health

The CDC just released new concussion guidelines for kids. Here’s what you need to know.

By Sara Chodosh

Sweltering heat is exactly the right weather to get your flu shot
Health

Sweltering heat is exactly the right weather to get your flu shot

By Sara Chodosh

Charted: Here’s how much your food waste hurts the environment
Climate Change

Charted: Here’s how much your food waste hurts the environment

By Sara Chodosh

Could you qualify to be an astronaut?
NASA

Could you qualify to be an astronaut?

By Sara Chodosh

Guess which two countries account for a third of all gun deaths
Health

Guess which two countries account for a third of all gun deaths

By Sara Chodosh

Low-carb diets lose their benefits when you go hard on animal products
Health

Low-carb diets lose their benefits when you go hard on animal products

By Sara Chodosh

pit bull
Animals

Shelters often mislabel dog breeds. But should we be labeling them at all?

By Sara Chodosh

human body sweat
Animals

The weirdest things we learned this week: eating organs, celebrating sweat, and banning dogs

By Sara Chodosh

HPV tests can replace most Pap smears, according to new recommendations
Cancer

HPV tests can replace most Pap smears, according to new recommendations

By Sara Chodosh

Wasps, oak trees, and a creepy vine are involved in a parasitic Florida love triangle
Animals

Wasps, oak trees, and a creepy vine are involved in a parasitic Florida love triangle

By Sara Chodosh

Freaking out about heavy metals in your food? Here’s what you should know
Health

Freaking out about heavy metals in your food? Here’s what you should know

By Sara Chodosh

Measles cases aren’t spiking, despite talk of an outbreak
Diseases

Measles cases aren’t spiking, despite talk of an outbreak

By Sara Chodosh

Can an app replace your birth control? For most people, the answer is no.
Health

Can an app replace your birth control? For most people, the answer is no.

By Sara Chodosh

Most of your sodium isn’t coming from your salt shaker
Health

Most of your sodium isn’t coming from your salt shaker

By Sara Chodosh

A young woman doing a lunge stretch by the side of a river under a gray cliff.
Fitness & Exercise

How to stretch for any type of workout

By Sara Chodosh

a bottle of chocolate milk
Fitness & Exercise

Why chocolate milk is a great post-workout snack (but maybe not the best)

By Sara Chodosh

beef meat fresh carnivore
Diseases

Please do not try to survive on an all-meat diet

By Sara Chodosh

a hand holding a glass sphere
Animals

The weirdest things we learned this week: art made from human skin, solving a 17th-century thought experiment, and detachable sex organs

By Sara Chodosh

scutoid
Science

Did scientists discover a new shape? Well, first we have to define ‘shape.’ Also, ‘new.’

By Sara Chodosh

lungworm angiostrongylus cantonensis
Animals

Two people got rat lungworm from eating raw centipedes. Could you be next?

By Sara Chodosh

mars opposition hubble
Science

Forget the Blood Moon, the Red Planet is waiting for you tonight

By Sara Chodosh

ACRT sled drag
Army

Here’s what the U.S. Army’s new gender-neutral fitness test will look like

By Sara Chodosh

The truth behind 8 common misconceptions about drugs
Health

The truth behind 8 common misconceptions about drugs

By Sara Chodosh

Your first memory probably isn’t yours, no matter how real it seems
Health

Your first memory probably isn’t yours, no matter how real it seems

By Sara Chodosh

The case for full-fat yogurt
Diabetes

The case for full-fat yogurt

By Sara Chodosh

hunter gatherer bow arrow
Health

Ancient hunter-gatherers didn’t all eat paleo

By Sara Chodosh

Indigo, vermillion, and other ancient colors that have decorated the world for millennia
Science

Indigo, vermillion, and other ancient colors that have decorated the world for millennia

By Sara Chodosh

What to know about breastfeeding
Health

What to know about breastfeeding

By Sara Chodosh

Why you should think twice before getting in a pool
Health

Why you should think twice before getting in a pool

By Sara Chodosh

winter storm january 2018
Climate Change

2018 has been full of weird weather so far

By Sara Chodosh

Another giant study confirms that your coffee habit is probably good for you
Health

Another giant study confirms that your coffee habit is probably good for you

By Sara Chodosh

Is an artificial tan safer than the real thing?
Health

Is an artificial tan safer than the real thing?

By Sara Chodosh

These charts reveal America’s complicated relationship with exercise
Fitness & Exercise

These charts reveal America’s complicated relationship with exercise

By Sara Chodosh

Labeling GMOs might not actually make them seem scarier
Science

Labeling GMOs might not actually make them seem scarier

By Sara Chodosh

tired runner man
Fitness & Exercise

That beer after your workout probably isn’t helping you

By Sara Chodosh

bald eagle
Animals

Everything you think you know about bald eagles is wrong

By Sara Chodosh