Myth: Missing Persons Reports
Reality: Contrary to what cinema will have you believe, you can, in fact, file a missing person’s report without having to…
Myth: Black Holes
Reality: Despite their incredibly misleading names, Black Holes aren’t actually ‘holes’. They’re actually massively dense objects with stupidly strong gravitational pulls. Still absolutely…
Myth: You Shouldn’t Wake Sleepwalkers
Reality: Rousing a sleepwalker will cause nothing more than a little confusion if anything, not waking somebody that’s sleeping walking is…
Myth: Male brains are biologically better suited for math and science, female brains for empathy
Reality: There are small anatomical differences between male and female brains. The hippocampus, involved in memory, is usually larger in…
Myth: Headaches are in the brain
Reality: Headaches are thought to be caused by the tension and swelling of blood vessels of the brain. But there…
Myth: Being in a coma is like being asleep: You wake up well rested
Reality: In the movies, coma looks harmless. In real life, those emerging from coma often suffer disabilities and need rehabilitation.…
Myth: Brain damage is permanent
Reality: The brain can repair or compensate for certain losses, and even generate new cells. Scientists believed that the brain…
Myth: Doing crossword puzzles improves memory
Reality: A study, led by researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, found that solving crossword puzzles…
Myth: You can make a candle out of Earwax
Reality: We kind of just wanted this myth to work because it’s so gross, but according to the busting team,…