Word of advice: Don’t ask a question if you aren’t ready for the answer. On their Facebook page, IFL Science asked their followers to send them their most uncomfortable facts, saying, “What’s a face that makes you uncomfortable? We’ll start: Your bones are wet.” Their followers delivered, filling the comments section with the most awkward and skin-crawling ideas....
Potatoes are the most versatile vegetable. You could enjoy them mashed, boiled, roasted, fried, or smashed. But one researcher decided to have his “powered up.” Haim Rabinowitch, based at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and his team experimented with boiled potatoes to make off-the-grid energy. According to his research, hooking up the vegetable to metal...
We use palm oil almost every day. It’s in almost 50% of our packaged food, our cosmetics, and our biofuel. It grows in the tropics, with 86% produced in Malasia and Indonesia, and these plantations cause severe environmental damage. Clearing for these plantations destroys rainforests and homes of Indigenous people and animal species like tigers,...
Cockfighting is an illegal blood sport happening in many areas of the world. Two roosters raised to be aggressive are placed in a small ring to fight to the death. The birds’ natural fighting instincts are enhanced with steroids, supplements, training, and breeding. Before the fight, the roosters are plucked, and their wattles — the...
Telling the family that their loved one had died is highly stressful, even devastating, for the doctor bearing the bad news. Their choice of words could severely impact the grieving family, but they must be said in a timely fashion. That means that the doctor goes from trying to save the dying patient to soon...
We have never relied on technology more than during the pandemic. For school, work, and socializing, our webcams have been used more than ever. However, they also make us vulnerable. The cameras on our laptops, phones, tablets, and even smart TV could be hacked by cybercriminals looking for trouble. Hackers Can Look Through Your Smart...
Many strange and unsettling conspiracy theories surround Princess Diana’s death in 1997. While some conspiracies claim her death was no accident, only one alleges that Diana caught wind of the oncoming fatal accident. Former royal butler Paul Burrell claimed that Princess Diana gave him an alarming note. In it, she wrote that Prince Charles was...
Since the beginning of time, people have wondered what comes after death. It’s the ultimate unknown because those who have truly died can’t come back and tell us what it was like. So philosophers, religious groups, and conspiracy theories each have their own version of what the afterlife will be like. But one theory about the afterlife spooked...
Many ancient cultures believed the world was flat, and now many modern conspiracists do as well. Flat Earthers are people who disregard the evidence of a spherical planet, choosing instead to believe the world is flat. The most prominent theory states that the Earth is a disc with the Arctic Circle in the middle and...
Hang Mioku worked as a successful model and singer before her descent into plastic surgery addiction. She got her first procedure at age 28, then more as she became obsessed with getting softer and smoother skin. She even moved to Japan for multiple treatments. Eventually, doctors refused to work on her anymore. Her face had...
During this pandemic, we’re scrounging the back of our pantries. Some of us want to avoid going to the grocery stores as much as possible or are waiting for food deliveries to arrive. Whichever the case, don’t throw out the foods past their dates just yet; they may still be good to eat. It depends...
Urbanization has affected nature in many ways — mostly negative. Natural spaces are becoming smaller with limited food sources. However, modern areas block migration and grazing routes. Because of this, creatures are forced to interact with the modern world. At best, they slow traffic and cause jams. At worst, they become roadkill. To prevent this,...
