The funny bone doesn’t seem to be all that funny when you smack it just right, and shots of pain go through your arm. You’ve probably recoiled after doing so, ...

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It’s known as the miracle fruit or miracle berry, but this berry is properly known as Synsepalum dulcificum. It has an interesting trait. When someone eats the berry, foods that ...

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An organ is defined as a self-contained group of tissues that perform a specific function in the human body. Some examples of organs are, of course, the heart, lungs, stomach, ...

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You’ve awakened from a blissful night of slumber and feel like your eyes have been wrapped in two Triscuits. They’re crusty and look like a dish drain in the back ...

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Penicillin is considered one of the greatest achievements in medicine. This antibiotic allowed doctors to successfully treat and cure patients with deadly infectious diseases. Its discovery came by accident, its ...

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Moms everywhere have been known to tell their children to keep their heads covered in the cold because that is where most of the heat loss occurs in the body. ...

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What would you do if you couldn’t go for a swim or walk out in the rain? For a handful of people, that is a reality. They suffer from an ...

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We’re told that we need to take our vitamins, which are the micronutrients that are required by the body to complete many essential functions. They come from the food we ...

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Rigor in Latin means “stiffness,” and mortis means “of death.” But why does the body of a person or an animal get stiff after death, and what causes it? Interestingly, ...

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The poor, poor calorie, it gets a bad rap everywhere. They get ridiculed constantly, and everyone is trying to get rid of them. Maybe if they were better understood, things ...

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A fascinating natural phenomenon occurs each night we go to sleep. We all get a little taller. And as the day goes on, we all get a little shorter. Even ...

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