AsapSCIENCE: Answers to the World's Weirdest Questions, Most Persistent Rumors, and Unexplained Phenomena

255 Pages·2016·22.77 MB·English

by  Mitchell Moffit

Illustrations by Greg Brown, Jessica Carroll, and Mitchell Moffit
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Contents
Resolving Persistent Questions,
Rumors, and Weird Phenomena
Does being cold make you sick? 3
Are silent farts more deadly? 9
Is cracking your joints bad for you? 15
Is the 5-second rule legitimate? 19
Which is worse: childbirth or getting kicked in the balls? 25
Does shaving make your hair grow thicker? 33
Can sneezing pop your eyeballs out? 39
Could you spontaneously combust? 45
Is binge TV watching bad for you? 51
Which came first: the chicken or the egg? 55
Body Talk
Brain farts 65
The science of bad breath 71
Can snot save us? 77
Is there a hiccup cure? 83
The scientific secret of muscle & strength 89
Why are men so hairy? 95
The science of aging 101
The science of brain freeze 107
Hypotheticals
Could a zombie apocalypse happen? 115
What if you stopped going outside? 121
Sensory Perception
Why do we get pins and needles? 129
Why do we itch? 135
Selfie science: Why do we hate photos of ourselves? 141
Where does all the light go when you turn off the lights? 145
Why does time feel faster as we age? 149
Hot Sex and
Other Amorous Pursuits
The science of sexy 159
The science of heartbreak 163
The science of love 169
The science of orgasms 175
Will dancing get you laid? 181
Getting to the Bottom
of Bad Behavior
The science of swearing 189
The science of lying 193
The science of procrastination 199
The scientific hangover cure 205
Dreaming, Waking, Napping,
Sleeping
The scientific power of naps 213
The science of morning wood 217
The science of lucid dreaming 223
What are eye boogers? 229
Should you use the snooze button? 235
What if you stopped sleeping? 241
Acknowledgments 248
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