Category - Body

What If You Drank From Lake Natron?

Lake Natron in northern Tanzania is notorious for killing and preserving dead animals. If you died in its waters, its high levels of sodium carbonate would mummify your...

What If You Always Ate Your Boogers?

Boogers. We all get them. Gooey or crusty. But it’s how you get rid of them that’s causing controversy. Why do we love picking our noses? How unhealthy would...

What If You Only Drank Gatorade?

You had a long, exhausting workout. And you’re thirsty. Why not grab a Gatorade? The perfect drink to pick you up when you need it. Or is it? How does it affect...

What If You Ate Nothing But Earwax?

It can be bright yellow, orange or reddish. It’s sticky, slimy and sometimes hard. And I’m not talking about honey. I mean earwax, the stuff that your body...

What If You Ate Plastic?

This is a cyborg baby. Nope, I am not joking. In December 2020, for the first time in human history, researchers reported finding microplastic particles in several...