Long confined to middle school classrooms, competitive diorama making has taken its rightful place as an Internet phenom. Its pinnacle: First prize in The Open Notebook’s science-themed Peeps diorama contest, giving the sugary bunnies a higher purpose than empty calories.
April 12, 2019
Imagine wearing a shoe with straps so thin they could fit between your teeth. So-called “floss heels” are all the rage this spring, and podiatrists are panicking. To the High Heel Doctor, the naked-foot minimalism is a mere euphemism for dangerously unsupportive footwear.…
April 5, 2019
Great news for Skrillex fans: Dubstep music is a real buzzkill when it comes to the survival behaviors of mosquitoes.
March 29, 2019
Everything went fine for a while as well-wishers lined up in Loreto, Italy on Monday to say hi to Pope Francis.
March 22, 2019
For some, it’s Mother Nature’s gift to Instagram. But for residents of Lake Elsinore, California, a stunning carpet of poppies has turned into a bouquet of nightmares. A wet winter carpeted local hills with irresistible poppies drawing “unbearable,” selfie-hungry crowds to…
March 8, 2019
While American cheese was named one of GHN’s 100 Objects That Shaped Public Health, we never thought it would also shape the internet—at least for a moment. The Web has found a new use for the fluorescent-orange squares: throwing it on baby’s faces.
March 1, 2019
In June of 2015, John Snow suddenly hit Google pay dirt. The “Father of Epidemiology” is just one typo away from fictional Jon Snow, star of HBO's hit Game of Thrones, who had seemingly been killed off at the end of season 5. Fans eager to speculate about Snow’s…
February 22, 2019
Newsflash: The inventive minds at The Open Notebook, a resource for science, environmental and health journalists, are hosting what it believes to be the first science-themed peeps diorama contest
February 15, 2019
If Valentine’s Day passed you over yesterday, take heart—at least you didn’t get a Vinegar Valentine.
February 8, 2019
While for some the sounds may induce chill-mode, others feel like they're “being haunted by a very quiet ghost with no sense of personal space.” So what is ASMR—"autonomous sensory meridian response"? Think the opposite of nails on a chalkboard—repetitive, up-close sound…