Biology

Also, why are most plants green anyway?

These corn-chip-smelling paw pads serve a helpful purpose.

Hint: You’re not actually hitting the bone.

Take a deep breath and then dive into the biochemistry that keeps you trucking along.

“My humps, my humps, my lovely, fatty lumps.”

It’s an instinct that prepares us for sleep. But you might want to think twice before doing it.

This is the cold, hard truth.

Lizards do push-ups to show off, display dominance, and regulate heat. So we have more in common with lizards than we think!

“Woooooowwwwwwooohhhhhh wwonnnkkkkkwoaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooawooooo” - Whales

Survival of the fittest? Sloths have taken a different approach.

We don’t know for sure, but crying and laughing are both ways that your brain soothes you and reduces stress. Crying while laughing could also just be because your tear ducts are getting stimulated by your face muscles.

They’re there to help you, I promise.

It turns out that palm trees are not technically trees.

They are (probably) not trying to open a bakery.

It turns out that insects are prolific hitchhikers.

Or as one researcher described it, “skin sucking behaviour.”

A wag doesn’t necessarily mean the dog is happy.

Bees are miracle workers.

If you sneeze when you look at the Sun, you probably have ACHOO syndrome (yes, this is the real name).

And learn why NASA tried to replicate purring to help fight against bone density loss in its astronauts.

Our brain is making it hard on purpose, so it can focus on other activities.

Goosebumps would be a lot more useful if we still had fur.

Your mouth gets cold and then your brain goes “Ow!”

Get ready to scratch the itch of wanting to know why we itch.