The toxic waste left over from various tests and experiments was dumped at this fort, possibly leading to detrimental long-term effects on people in the area.
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If you're old enough, you remember the aggressive bubbling of hydrogen peroxide as it "cleaned" your cuts, but there's a better way to clean wounds.
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Nosebleeds are annoying, and a little frightening, but you may have heard a myth about the potential origin of nosebleeds that just isn't true.
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Our idea of the deep ocean is that it's a mostly empty. To test that idea, researchers sent dead alligators to the sea floor to see what showed up.
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Ancient samples of human waste isn't just gross; it actually says a lot about humanity's past. But it might also play a part in humanity's future.
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In the 1960s, the US Navy was experimenting with deep-water habitats, the body to its limits, but a tragic accident in 1969 shut the project down.
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The death penalty is a controversial subject which many consider to be a cruel and unusual punishment, especially since it simulates drowning.
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Few conflicts are as seemingly untenable as that between science and religion, but what many scientists have said about God may surprise you.
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The easiest way to get rid of old meds is to flush them down the toilet, but despite the ease of this method, it's definitely not recommended.
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For many, snoring is a sometimes thing that doesn't carry any significance, keep that in mind if you hear that snoring always implies something more.
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Keeping your body running smoothly after 40 is a full-time job, so when you find a simple appliance that helps your brain you want to know more.
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There's a lot we know about the human body and what it's constituent parts look like, despite that, there's still a lot we continue to discover.
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Even though our bodies are doing most of the work under the skin, your hair and skin can tell you a lot about your health, as can this body part.
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There's a specific little quirk to how we often mimic sound, as we typically account for this rule, which is actually relevant to multiple scientific fields.
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Psychological studies of the 1960s were on a different level, including one Harvard study that may have played a hand in something horrific.
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Life thrives in the open air and water where it has access to sunshine and a bounty of nutrients, but it also thrives where you wouldn't expect.
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Given that farts are taboo almost everywhere, they leave a lot of room for myths to spring up, but not all of these beliefs are backed by science.
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Though there are a number of tests to quantify health, this particular one is actually rather holistic, making it a decent measure of longevity.
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When it comes to external human anatomy, there's nothing you'll find on one side that's not on the other, but inside it's a different story.
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If you've been surprisingly gassy, this habit might be to blame, introducing more air and specific chemicals to your system than it's typically used to.
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Super El Niño is coming and there's nothing you can do to stop it! Big weather changes are coming and some scientists are sounding the alarm.
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There was a time when scientists tried to control hurricanes, and one of the first attempts got out of hand.
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When it comes to cats, looks can be deceiving, as was the case with this little feline, which flew under the radar for years before its species was identified.
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Across thousands of farters and hundreds of thousands of farts, scientists discovered that one time of day was gassier than the rest: the brown hour.
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The work of science is never finished. Scientists thought a reef discovered in the '60s was dead, but when they took a closer look, they found lots of life.
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Solar power has its share of pros and cons, and floating them in the water solves certain problems, though they're also changing their surrounding ecosystems.
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There are many different ways to measure health or track aging, but this little physical skill actually measures multiple abilities at once.
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