Psychology is the study of the human mind and mental processes in relation to human behaviors - human nature. Due to its subject matter, psychology is not considered a 'hard' science, even though psychologists...
When we think of animals that will destroy us, rend us limb from limb, and leave us in a bloody mess, we usually thing of the huge and horrifying. Which means we forget about the real threats: the tiny, the cute, the gorgeous. The animals at which we ooh and aaah over, but are deadly, poisonous...
When you run experiments, there's inherently an element of the unknown. After all, we're trying to figure out things we don't know. And sometimes, things go wrong. FATALLY WRONG! Here are some of the most interesting, most intriguing, and sometimes most horrific, experimental deaths we've ever...
I'm a huge survivalist, well I used to be. Nowadays I just find it fascinating that people are out building some really awesome stuff. I remember back in 1999 I spent so much money preparing for Y2K and it never happened leaving me with enough food to eat for an entire year, lots of camping and...
15. LHC The chances of the Large Hadron Collider actually producing a miniature black hole—or anything life threatening for that matter—are so small as to be minute. Like, crazy minute. As in, will probably never happen so minute. And even if the LHC does start producing tiny little baby black...
Flesh Eating Bacteria is caused by a family of bacteria. Most prominent being Staphylococcus aureus, Vibrio vulnificus, Clostridium perfringens, and Bacteroides fragilis. It is one of the most painful and deadly forms of bacterial infection known to mankind. Every year more and more people die...
Email apnea is a new concept that was presented by Linda Stone, a researcher, to describe specific physiological reaction that people have to reading email. She coined the term in order to describe a particular relationship between people and technology. Stone is also famous for presenting another...
Mob mentality refers to the behavioral tendency of people (or other social animals) to act in unison with the group of which they are a part. This is an evolutionary adaptation that provides the mechanism for collective intelligence, but also explains how morally reprehensible consensus can form....
According to Google, Goiter is an abnormally enlarged thyroid gland; can result from underproduction or overproduction of hormone or from a deficiency of iodine in the diet. Symptoms of GoiterSwollen Frontside of NeckEyes That are Protruding Goiter ImagesGoiter TreatmentsGoiter treatment is...
For a brief period during the summer weeks the sea ice around arctic inlets melts, leaving the ocean waters dotted with floating icebergs. Great chunks of ice drift serenely through freezing waters, and arctic birds stand watch ready to pluck their...
