Alejandro Tauber
The Horrible Anger You Feel at Hearing Someone Chewing Is Called Misophonia
A rarely diagnosed, potentially debilitating condition is moving toward widespread recognition within psychiatry.
Belgian Physicists Calculate that Everyone Is Lying About the Downed Russian Jet
Astrophysicists Tom van Doorsslaere and Giovanni Lapenta of the Belgian KU Leuven used some simple Newtonian mechanics.
Doctors Could Use Snot Instead of Blood for Diagnostics—Why Don’t They?
Nasal mucus carries many substances that are also used in blood and urine tests, sometimes in greater concentrations.
Why Don't Humans Hibernate? One Doctor Says There Is No Reason We Can't
Dr. Rob Henning and his team in the Netherlands are working on a way to induce hibernation, making surgery safer and slowing disease.
The Unbearable Awkwardness of Being (with a Dick-Sucking Robot)
I tried out the Autoblow 2, so you’ll never have to.
The Math Behind the Hipster Effect
Why everyone who wants to look different ends up looking the same, according to math.
The Horrible Anger You Feel at Hearing Someone Chewing Is Called Misophonia
A rarely diagnosed, potentially debilitating condition pushes toward widespread recognition within psychiatry.
You Probably Have Herpes
The Herpes simplex virus is one of the most successful viruses on the planet.
Science Is Finally Stepping Up to Keep You from Getting Squashed at Festivals
PhD candidate Dorine Duiven is researching crowd behavior to keep your summer disaster-free.
How Far Are You Flung When an Amusement Park Ride Goes Terribly Wrong?
Get ready for some #datajournalism.
Facebook Will Lose 80 Percent of Users by 2017, According to an Infectious Disease Model
The rise and fall of social media can be modeled after infectious diseases, which means that we'll probably be cured of Facebook soon.
How to Use Virtual Reality to Replicate Psychosis
Jennifer Kanary created a virtual experience to give people more insight into how it feels to suffer through psychosis.