For millennia we've had written records of ancient doctors prescribing medicine with poop in it, but until very recently, we've never had the proof.
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Back in the '90s, researchers discovered a fragmented million-year-old human skull in China. Reconstructing it changed our evolutionary assumptions.
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You've probably seen kids eat their boogers, and the reason why is both quite simple and, perhaps surprisingly, rather harmless -- albeit a bit gross.
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Space travel has been shown to have strange long-term effects on the human body, but more mundane, physical stressors can also cause damage in their own way.
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There's no denying that Gen Alpha has had it rough, what with COVID and everything else, but scientists are still wondering about this epidemic.
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When it comes to daily life, vision is the most important sense, so if you see something strange going on with your eye, you should check it out.
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Biological warfare has been an unfortunate part of conflict throughout recent history, with the U.S. military sometimes even testing techniques on the public.
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Poop can be a rather surprising gold mine when it comes to undiscovered life. Such is the case with this fungus, which may have some important medical uses.
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If you've ever looked at an electrical outlet and seen a surprised face, you've experienced pareidolia, and scientists don't fully understand it.
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It's a struggle for everyone lately, not least the kids; but it's not just depression or anxiety that Gen Alpha has to worry about, there's more ...
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If you're trying to track your health or weight, there are dozens of metrics out there for your to follow, but there's one you may have overlooked.
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Humans are smart, but we're still vulnerable to cognitive biases, like believing that just because something looks pretty, it must be high-quality
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If you've cruised blogs or social media looking for health advice, you've undoubtedly come across a few detoxes, but you might want to reconsider.
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Health is rather holistic, so taking care of the mind can also take care of the body, though it may come as a surprise that this skill is so consequential.
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Scientists have been studying farts for years, but their research into this smelly topic has been incomplete. This research, however, plans to change that.
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To continue creating music after death seems like an impossible task, but there's one deceased composer that's found an interesting workaround.
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Bugs are a surprising source of high amounts of protein, but humans are often unwilling to eat them. The reason might be found in ancient DNA samples.
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Neither farting nor pooping are especially glamorous, but the body needs to know how to differentiate between them, using some specific processes to do so.
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When it comes to health, weight and BMI get all of the attention, but there's one metric you're overlooking that has a bigger effect than you think.
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We're living in an age of online trends, and the latest one to drop promises to maximize the quality of your sleep, but what does the science say?
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Just because you don't know beforehand whether or not your fart will clear a room doesn't mean that science can't explain why it was so potent.
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Nowadays, we know how eclipses work, but in the past, they were rather mysterious events that became associated with some especially bad omens.
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Colon health is a delicate subject, so many people rely on folk wisdom instead of medical science, meaning they probably believe this common myth.
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If you've spent any time traveling in airplanes, you may have noticed that you're letting it rip more often, and there's a valid reason it happens.
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Whoever denied it, supplied it. Whoever smelt it, dealt it. Not all fart myths are factual, but there is one flatulent trope that's mostly true.
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When people try to improve their mental health, they tend to focus on exercise or meditation, but there be a tool that they've been overlooking.
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In its quest to better understand the effects of nuclear weaponry, the US military conducted a lot of tests, sometimes on its own soldiers.
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