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How the Calorie Content of Food is Determined
Ken J. asks: How is the calorie content in food determined? First, let’s make sure everybody here understands what a calorie is. A calorie is just a measurement of energy- the amount of energy
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The People Who Can’t “See” Faces
The condition is known as “prosopagnosia” / “facial agnosia”, or in less medical terms: “face blindness”. (“Prosopagnosia” actually literally means: “face ignorance”. “prosopon” = “face”, “agnosia” = “not knowing” or “ignorance”). Once thought to
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Why Some People are Right Handed And Some Left Handed
Tristan asks: Why are some people right handed and some left handed? Tristan it appears that there is no single mechanism that will definitively determine which hand you will prefer. Technology and further studies
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Why Does Chemotherapy Make Your Hair Fall Out?
Maya asks: Why does Chemotherapy make your hair fall out? Maya I love the question. It seems like once or twice a year I’m shaving my head to help raise money for cancer research
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Does Sex Before An Athletic Event Really Hinder Performance?
Frank asks: Does having sex before an athletic event really hurt performance in the event? Good question! There are two schools of thought on this particular issue, but the short answer is that it
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Why Do People Seem To Get More Colds In The Winter?
Jennifer asks: Why do people seem to get more colds in the winter? Well Jennifer, this does seem to be the societal perception, no doubt promoted by every overprotective mom telling their kids to
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What Do the Numbers in a Blood Pressure Test Mean and What Does This Test Tell the Doctor?
Carmen asks: What do the numbers in a blood pressure test mean? Also, what types of things do these numbers tell doctors? Well Carmen, blood pressure is really just that- the pressure at which
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Why Do Mentos and Diet Coke React?
Steph B. asks: Why do Diet Coke and Mentos react with each other? Great question and only something that relatively recently has been given a satisfactory answer not based on conjecture, thanks to one
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The Woman Who is the “Mother” of Us All
Today I found out that all humans can be traced back to a single female known as Mitochondrial Eve. This woman is thought to be the “mother” of all humans alive today. Seems like
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Alcohol Does Not Help Prevent Hypothermia, It Actually Makes It More Likely
Myth: drinking alcohol warms your body and can be used to prevent hypothermia. In fact, drinking alcohol helps lower the core temperature of your body. This myth likely got its start thanks to the
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