Pregnancy Just Got Awesome: Study Okays Drinking ‘A Little’ During Pregnancy

May 24, 2013 // 1:09 pm

Let’s be honest — pregnancy is pretty much a constellation of things that suck. There’s the nausea, the weight gain, the swelling that makes your feet look like overstuffed sausage casings, and to top it all off you can’t even have a drink or your baby will…

Today I Learned Beer and Vaginas Have the Same Level of Acidity – Coincidence? I Think Not

May 2, 2013 // 8:00 am

I mean, think about it, both taste kind of funny, smell kind of funny and everyone loves (or pretends to love) sucking them down. But did you know that most people’s favorite beverage and everyone’s favorite birth canal actually have a lot more in common than their ability to…

Science Says Chocolate Causes Acne, Cockblocks Our Love Affair With Truffles

May 1, 2013 // 6:00 am

Seems like every time we turn around, another scientist in a lab coat is wagging a finger in our face and telling us things we don’t want to hear. Soda gives us cavities. Alcohol gives us hangovers. And now that a new study from the Netherlands suggests…

Why Your Brain Craves the Taste of Beer Even if You Don’t

April 19, 2013 // 6:00 am

Foodbeasts, I have a confession: I like drinking as much as the next guy (or girl), but if my only options are dark beer and grape-flavored cough medicine, I’ll take the cough medicine. Sure, the flavor is awful, but at least it’s not beer! And it’ll get you drunk…

Ever Gotten Drunk Off a Whisky Tornado? Yippee Ki-Yay, Muthaf*ckas!

March 22, 2013 // 7:00 am

We’ve seen vaporized alcohol before, but this is something else entirely.

Using an encasement of whisky vapor, powerful humidifiers and SCIENCE!, a design group from the UK has created the “world’s first whisky tornado” that gets you drunk just by breathing.

By entering the body through the lungs, the…

The World’s Shiniest Fruit Looks Absolutely Unreal

March 12, 2013 // 12:19 pm

Quick, word association: Shiny. Go.

Gold? Easily distracted birds? Firefly-era slang? Fruit?

If you said that last one, you’re either confused about what the word “shiny” means, or you’ve seen pictures of Pollia condensata. This remarkable specimen is not only the world’s shiniest fruit but also the world’s shiniest living…

This Video Settles the Margarine vs. Butter Debate with Science

March 6, 2013 // 12:25 pm

The science-savvy people over at AsapScience have taken the differences between butter and margarine and broken them down on a molecular level. Turns out that butter’s excessive hydrogen bonds are responsible for its high levels of saturated fat, and thus the corresponding risk of cardiovascular…

Science, You Are Drunk: UCLA Developing Instant-Sobriety Pill

February 20, 2013 // 9:00 am

A research team at UCLA is working on a drug that could take you from drunk to completely sober in the time it takes to metabolize a pill — and it’s all thanks to some alcohol-soaked lab mice. Scientists found that by injecting intoxicated mice with a nanocapsule…