It turns out that one out of every ten people on earth is color blind, and most of them do not even know it! How is that possible? It is actually quite simply: we cannot even imagine how people with eye disorders experience life. So today we will try to understand how a color blind person sees the world and to explain the causes of color blindness.

The science behind the stereogram craze of the 1990s.

When a team of archeologists recently came across some 15,000-year-old human remains, they made an interesting discovery: the teeth of those ancient humans were riddled with holes. So what causes cavities, and how can we avoid them? Mel Rosenberg takes us inside our teeth to find out.

Research suggests that more diverse ecosystems are better for the bottom line.

So, a mantis shrimp's claws are pretty strong... so strong that they can produce a bubble that's about as hot as the sun and collapses with a flash of light when they snap... and scientists aren't quite sure how they do it!

Humans should urinate at least four to six times a day, but occasionally, the pressures of modern life force us to clench and hold it in. How bad is this habit, and how long can our bodies withstand it? Heba Shaheed takes us inside the bladder to find out.

If you get sick a few days after a flight, you might want to blame it on the recycled air in the plane- but planes aren't actually giant germ incubators.

Airbus made an enormous plane, Boeing made an efficient plane. They both had different ideas on how the airline industry would work in the future, and only one was right.

Published on Oct 10, 2016 Do you think animals can be divided into two biological sexes: female and male? Well, it’s way more complicated that that!　

President Santos won the Nobel Peace Prize – but Colombia rejected his peace deal.

Among the top prestigious awards in the world, the Nobel Peace Prize has honored some of the most celebrated and revered international figures and organizations in history. But how does the nomination process work? And who exactly is eligible? Adeline Cuvelier and Toril Rokseth detail the specifics of the Nobel Peace Prize.

Today, it's iconic. But for a long time, the Lincoln Memorial was incredibly controversial. Vox's Phil Edwards looked into the full story.

Amnesia is a really handy/cliché literary device and the inciting incident for countless Hanna-Barbera cartoons, but it's also a real, serious affliction caused by major head trauma. Learn how scrambled neurons can permanently alter your memory on this week's QQ.

Picking common and scientific names is a puzzle of taxonomy, and sometimes we end up naming huge frogs "Mountain Chickens". So, let's figure out this puzzle.

At some point, you’ve probably learned about the five senses: sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch. However, the classic list doesn't account for all the sensations we experience and use to navigate the world around us!