Does Turkey Make You Sleepy?
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Fact or Fiction87 articles archived since 1845
Sitting Too Close to the Computer Screen Can Make You Go Blind
Eyestrain is a common—and occasionally debilitating—effect of staring at screens
Fact or Fiction?: Stress Causes Gray Hair
Scientists have a hunch that the gray hairs we dread (or welcome) may arrive sooner with stress
Fact or Fiction?: Chewing Gum Takes Seven Years to Digest
A myth as durable as gum itself holds that the chewy confection sticks to your innards like it does to the bottom of a desk
Fact or Fiction?: Black Is Better than White for Energy-Efficient Screens
Black isn't the new green
Fact or Fiction?: Babies Exposed to Classical Music End Up Smarter
Is the so-called "Mozart effect" a scientifically supported, developmental leg up or a media-fueled "scientific legend"?
Fact or Fiction?: Pets Protect Children against Allergies
Pets may or may not help fend off developing allergies but they will help keep the house from being antiseptically clean.
Fact or Fiction?: An Opera Singer's Piercing Voice Can Shatter Glass
Can the high C of a trained soprano quiver glass into dissolution?
Fact or Fiction?: Antiperspirants Do More Than Block Sweat
Do antiperspirants cause dementia or breast cancer?
Fact or Fiction?: Birds (and Other Critters) Abandon Their Young at the Slightest Human Touch
Does nature's proclivity to nurture override its flight mechanism?
