At one point or another, your mother probably told you to put a hat on in the winter, since heat escapes through your head. You probably also believe that Mount Everest is the tallest mountain on Earth, and that if you touch a baby bird, its mother will abandon it forever. By a certain point, […]
Brains, animals, and whizzing on an electric fence. We asked the MythBusters for some help with your favorite myths. Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman have been co-hosts of MythBusters for 13 seasons. View this image › David J. Bertozzi / BuzzFeed They’ve filmed more than 200 episodes and tested 960 myths (with about just as […]
You may very well love science, but do you actually know anything about it? What are its favorite movies? How many slices of pizza it will eat when in a judgement-free zone? … No? I knew you didn’t really know science. You probably believe a lot of things that aren’t true. Many people accept these […]