More from Sara Chodosh

IQ is a really stupid concept
Health

IQ is a really stupid concept

By Sara Chodosh

Scientists have identified a gene that’s killing purebred dogs. Does that even matter?
Animals

Scientists have identified a gene that’s killing purebred dogs. Does that even matter?

By Sara Chodosh

New Zealand just took care of a $3.6 million mouse infestation
Animals

New Zealand just took care of a $3.6 million mouse infestation

By Sara Chodosh

One-fifth of Americans are responsible for half the country’s food-based emissions
Environment

One-fifth of Americans are responsible for half the country’s food-based emissions

By Sara Chodosh

Planes might not be disgusting germ factories after all
Health

Planes might not be disgusting germ factories after all

By Sara Chodosh

Platypus milk might save us from bacterial infections, and that’s not even the best thing about them
Animals

Platypus milk might save us from bacterial infections, and that’s not even the best thing about them

By Sara Chodosh

hispaniola solenodon
Animals

These animals have nipples on their butts and that is not the most fascinating thing about them

By Sara Chodosh

winter landscape trees
Environment

It’s not your imagination, we really are getting more blizzards

By Sara Chodosh

smoke night alone
Health

National data says substance abuse is on the decline. These charts tell a different story.

By Sara Chodosh

Humans flourished through a supervolcano eruption 74,000 years ago (so you can make it through Tuesday)
Archaeology

Humans flourished through a supervolcano eruption 74,000 years ago (so you can make it through Tuesday)

By Sara Chodosh

Whatever the latest infectious disease outbreak is, explained. (This time, it’s mumps.)
Health

Whatever the latest infectious disease outbreak is, explained. (This time, it’s mumps.)

By Sara Chodosh

Winter storm Grayson in January 2018
Environment

You can thank the Madden-Julian Oscillation for this wild winter

By Sara Chodosh

Influenza B is trying to escape our vaccine
Health

Influenza B is trying to escape our vaccine

By Sara Chodosh

If the Earth is spinning, why can’t I feel it?
Science

If the Earth is spinning, why can’t I feel it?

By Sara Chodosh

The flu season isn’t over yet, but the FDA is already working on next year’s vaccine
Health

The flu season isn’t over yet, but the FDA is already working on next year’s vaccine

By Sara Chodosh

snow roman forum
Environment

Cyclones in the Pacific made it snow in Rome, and soon that weather will hit the U.S.

By Sara Chodosh

baboon
Animals

On swollen butts, mouth sacs, and other sexual preferences in the animal kingdom

By Sara Chodosh

The Grim Reaper does not care about the latest longevity study you saw on Facebook
Health

The Grim Reaper does not care about the latest longevity study you saw on Facebook

By Sara Chodosh

Everything Americans know about science in seven graphs
Science

Everything Americans know about science in seven graphs

By Sara Chodosh

Thanks, anti-vaxxers: Measles is on the rise in Europe
Health

Thanks, anti-vaxxers: Measles is on the rise in Europe

By Sara Chodosh

This year’s flu vaccine is only 36 percent effective—and that’s great news
Health

This year’s flu vaccine is only 36 percent effective—and that’s great news

By Sara Chodosh

There’s no such thing as naturally orange cheese
Science

There’s no such thing as naturally orange cheese

By Sara Chodosh

Still need a flu shot? Here’s how to find one near you.
Health

Still need a flu shot? Here’s how to find one near you.

By Sara Chodosh

Millions of Americans can’t stay home with the flu, so it spreads
Diseases

Millions of Americans can’t stay home with the flu, so it spreads

By Sara Chodosh

winter olympics biathlon
Science

Olympic biathletes learn to shoot between heartbeats

By Sara Chodosh

The strange history of the Olympic Torch—and why it has to stay lit
Engineering

The strange history of the Olympic Torch—and why it has to stay lit

By Sara Chodosh

How people die from the flu
Diseases

How people die from the flu

By Sara Chodosh

Climate scientists are working on a way to predict snow eight months in advance
Climate Change

Climate scientists are working on a way to predict snow eight months in advance

By Sara Chodosh

kid on fence
Health

This flu season has killed 53 kids so far. Here’s what worried parents should do.

By Sara Chodosh

We consume a lot of food and beer on Super Bowl Sunday, but not a lot of electricity
Energy

We consume a lot of food and beer on Super Bowl Sunday, but not a lot of electricity

By Sara Chodosh

Hookworms: the most common travel health risk no one warns Americans about
Health

Hookworms: the most common travel health risk no one warns Americans about

By Sara Chodosh

orca
Animals

Listen to this orca saying ‘hello’—for science!

By Sara Chodosh

hospital patient gown
Health

How bad this flu season really is—and what you should do about it

By Sara Chodosh

A woman doing acrobatics in tights
Engineering

How did Heist engineer such magical tights? They bothered to try.

By Sara Chodosh

headphones work office
Gaming

You should be listening to video game soundtracks at work

By Sara Chodosh

This is why cutting weight is so dangerous for professional fighters
Health

This is why cutting weight is so dangerous for professional fighters

By Sara Chodosh

We’re getting better at screening for cancer, and that could be a problem
Cancer

We’re getting better at screening for cancer, and that could be a problem

By Sara Chodosh

Courts use algorithms to help determine sentencing, but random people get the same results
Science

Courts use algorithms to help determine sentencing, but random people get the same results

By Sara Chodosh

diabetes blood finger prick
Diabetes

The strange side effect of gastric bypass that helps diabetics

By Sara Chodosh

No one knows if lobsters feel pain, which makes boiling them alive rather complicated
Animals

No one knows if lobsters feel pain, which makes boiling them alive rather complicated

By Sara Chodosh

fat cells
Health

When you lose weight, your fat cells don’t just let go of fat

By Sara Chodosh

Alaska is warming so quickly that weather algorithms can’t keep up
Climate Change

Alaska is warming so quickly that weather algorithms can’t keep up

By Sara Chodosh

nima sensor gluten
Health

I hardly ever use my Nima allergen sensor. I’m still glad I bought it.

By Sara Chodosh

We’re three million miles closer to the sun in January than we are in July. So why isn’t it hot?
Science

We’re three million miles closer to the sun in January than we are in July. So why isn’t it hot?

By Sara Chodosh

Everything you know about toxic shock syndrome is probably wrong
Health

Everything you know about toxic shock syndrome is probably wrong

By Sara Chodosh

Fruits and vegetables could save your life—but not from any one disease.
Diseases

Fruits and vegetables could save your life—but not from any one disease.

By Sara Chodosh

vaccine vials
Health

People with egg allergies don’t actually need a special flu shot

By Sara Chodosh

There’s no evidence that cell phones pose a public health risk, no matter what California says
Cancer

There’s no evidence that cell phones pose a public health risk, no matter what California says

By Sara Chodosh

science tools for the kitchen
Gear

Gear to make your kitchen more like a laboratory

By Sara Chodosh

Little kids think birthday parties actually make you get older
Science

Little kids think birthday parties actually make you get older

By Sara Chodosh

The world’s fastest shark is no match for a sack of flaccid hagfish skin
Animals

The world’s fastest shark is no match for a sack of flaccid hagfish skin

By Sara Chodosh

The myth of the man-flu: Do men really get sicker, or are they just whinier?
Diseases

The myth of the man-flu: Do men really get sicker, or are they just whinier?

By Sara Chodosh

woman blowing her nose
Health

We’re missing out on a better way to make flu vaccines

By Sara Chodosh

What you should know about birth control and breast cancer
Cancer

What you should know about birth control and breast cancer

By Sara Chodosh

sea star
Animals

These aquatic creatures eat in seriously strange ways

By Sara Chodosh

Scientists are trying to figure out which bacteria have colonized our space station
International Space Station

Scientists are trying to figure out which bacteria have colonized our space station

By Sara Chodosh

This year’s flu season looks like a bad one—and it could be coming early
Health

This year’s flu season looks like a bad one—and it could be coming early

By Sara Chodosh

We spend most of the year eating really, really old apples. Why do they taste so good?
Agriculture

We spend most of the year eating really, really old apples. Why do they taste so good?

By Sara Chodosh

Yetis are real, they just also happen to be Himalayan brown bears
Animals

Yetis are real, they just also happen to be Himalayan brown bears

By Sara Chodosh

satellites in orbit
NASA

You’d be surprised how often space junk falls out of the sky

By Sara Chodosh

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Health

Why you’re never really happy with the things you buy anymore

By Sara Chodosh

Stop pretending that all Americans could ever go vegan
Climate Change

Stop pretending that all Americans could ever go vegan

By Sara Chodosh

chimpanzee
Animals

Chimps can gesticulate with the best of them

By Sara Chodosh

a little girl with a bandaid on her arm
Health

Why does my arm hurt the day after I get my flu shot?

By Sara Chodosh