Myth: Drugs make “holes” in your brain.
Reality: That doesn’t mean drugs are good for your brain. Many drugs (illicit and otherwise) can significantly alter your brain’s structure…
Myth: Shaving makes your hair grow back thicker.
Reality: Shaving your hair doesn’t make it thicker, it just makes it feel coarser for a time. That’s because the ends…
Myth: Your microwave can give you cancer and disrupt your pacemaker.
Reality: Microwave radiation won’t cause cancer; it just heats food up. Only a few types of radiation cause cancer and…
Myth: The bigger your brain is, the smarter you are.
Reality: Sperm whales have the largest brain of all animals — significantly larger than a human’s — but they aren’t…
Myth: Left-brained” people are creative. “Right-brained” people are analytical.
Reality: It’s true that different hemispheres of your brain are more engaged in certain tasks (the left side is dominant in…
Myth: Humans can’t grow new brain cells.
Reality: You are not born with all of the brain cells you will ever have. There is plenty of evidence that the…
Myth: Hair and nails keep growing after death
Reality: Hair and fingernails do not keep growing once someone dies. Instead, the skin dries out and shrinks, giving the appearance…
Myth: Pregnancy gives you “baby brain” and makes you dumb.
Reality: There’s actually growing evidence that being pregnant makes women more organized and smarter, at least, according to a study on rats. It…
Myth: Blonde and red hair colors are going extinct.
Reality: Blondes and redheads are not “going extinct.” Genes rarely die out, and recessive genes, like those that lead to…