Higher death rates are consistently observed in the winter, and many of these deaths are attributable to cardiovascular disease. But why is this the case?
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Why Don’t We Sneeze While We Sleep?
Ahchoo! From not sneezing in your sleep to suffering from a sneeze attack, here’s everything you’ve ever wondered about sneezing answered.
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Why Does Our Skin Get Pruney in Water?
When you spend an extended period of time in the water—your fingers, toes, and feet get wrinkly and puckered. So why does this happen?
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Why Do Mosquitos Always Bite Me?
Was it something you ate? The colors you’ve chosen to wear? Your blood type? Researchers seem to have finally found the answer as to why mosquitos pick you.
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What’s happening when limbs fall asleep?
We’ve all experienced the slightly unpleasant sensation of “pins and needles” when a hand or foot falls asleep, but what’s actually causing you to lose feeling?
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Why Do Paper Cuts Hurt So Much?
How is it that an organ with such amazing capabilities as the skin can let you feel so much pain when you sustain an injury as small as a paper cut?
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Why Do Some People Smell Better to You Than Others?
When it comes to attraction, your nose knows what’s best. What feels like random attraction to you is actually a series of chemical reactions that take place primarily in your nose.
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Why Do You Lose Your Appetite When You’re Sick?
Loss of appetite is a well-documented symptom of a number of illnesses and could leave you eating less while you are sick for a couple of reasons.
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Why Is Lip Balm So Addictive?
Never leave home without lip balm to soothe your chapped skin? If you find yourself compulsively applying the stuff, you may be addicted to your chapstick!
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Why Is Yawning So Contagious?
Why do we yawn? The center of many a scientific study, researchers have several theories about the science behind this contagious phenomenon.
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