January 9, 2019

Why do I upchuck when I get sick?

If you catch stomach flu (usually a virus in your guts), swallow food spoiled by bacteria, or simply pig out until your body rebels, your stomach […]
January 15, 2019

How can I beat brain freeze?

You can do this a lot different ways. One is to touch your tongue to the roof of your mouth. If you have the ability to […]
January 15, 2019

Why does junk food taste better than healthy food?

Salt isn’t the only substance your body craves. The human tongue prefers sweet, salty, and fatty flavors to the more subtle tastes of veggies, whole grains, […]
January 15, 2019

Why does chopping onions make me cry?

The chemical at the heart of our discomfort is called propanethial S-oxide, which is also known as lachrymatory factor (LF). The technical term for our tear […]