Sleep Paralysis: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment By Nicoletta Lanese Sleep paralysis can be a confusing, frightening and occasionally pleasant experience — and it's more common than you might think!
Raynaud's Disease: Types, Symptoms and Treatment By Rachel Ross Do your fingers turn white and blue when you are cold or stressed out? It might indicate Raynaud's disease.
What Are Centrifugal & Centripetal Forces? By Jim Lucas These two closely related forces describe circular motion, but the meanings are often mixed up.
Fight or Flight: The Sympathetic Nervous System By Nicoletta Lanese The sympathetic nervous system activates the "fight-or-flight" response, quickly readying the body to handle dangerous or stressful situations.
Who Inherits the British Throne? By Live Science Staff Since days of yore, the royal line of succession to the British throne — like most monarchies — was based on primogeniture.
Cosmology: Uncovering the Story of the Universe By Charlie Wood Cosmologists ask the big questions. And sometimes, they find big answers.
Bacillus Cereus: The Bacterium That Causes 'Fried Rice Sydrome' By Rachel Ross Fried rice syndrome is a common type of food poisoning.
Bacillus Cereus: The Bacterium That Causes 'Fried Rice Sydrome' By Rachel Ross Fried rice syndrome is a type of food poisoning named for the food its most commonly associated with.
What Are PFAS? By Rachel Ross These synthetic chemicals have been included in numerous household products for more than eight decades, but are they safe?
Hay Fever & Seasonal Allergies: Symptoms, Causes & Treatment By Heather Whipps As pollen swirls through the air, how do your sinuses feel?
Mumps: A Highly Contagious, Easily Preventable Disease By Alina Bradford Mumps is an unpleasant and highly contagious disease, but a simple two-dose vaccine is 88% effective against the infection.
Smallpox: The World's First Eradicated Disease By Alina Bradford Prior its eradication in 1980, smallpox killed hundreds of millions of people globally.
What Are Stem Cells? By Jeanna Bryner Embryonic stem cells can morph into any cell in the human body.
Was King David Truly a Powerful King? By Owen Jarus The Hebrew Bible tells numerous stories about King David but there's very little archaeological evidence linked to his existence.
Kenya's Maasai Mara: Facts About the Wildlife, Climate and Culture By Rachel Ross Watching more than 2 million wildebeest and other migrating mammals travel hundreds of miles is one of the many spectacular natural events that occur in the Maasai Mara National Reserve.
Social Anxiety Disorder: Causes, Symptoms and Treatment By Kim Ann Zimmermann Social anxiety disorder isn't just being shy.
Hypernatremia and Hyponatremia: Causes and Risks of Sodium Imbalance By Cari Nierenberg Why is keeping the balance of sodium in our bodies so important?
Dragons: A Brief History of the Mythical, Fire-Breathing Beasts By Benjamin Radford We've known for a very long time that dragons aren't real, but we're still enamored by them.
