When the U.S. Supreme Court issued its 1965 ruling in Griswold v. Connecticut and legalized the use of contraception by married women, the public response was muted. There is little evidence of an uproar on the pages of major newspapers or magazines. Even bringing the case was a challenge for reproductive-rights activists, who had tried … Read moreHow American Women Could Lose the Right to Birth Control
Asking which country is the richest is like asking what the best recipe for dinner is: it sounds like a sensible question, right up until you try to answer it – at which point you realize some pretty important context has been left out. Sure, we usually think we know what it means: which nation, … Read moreWhat Is The Richest Country In The World? 5 Answers To Make You Rethink The Question
We’re now in the midst of blueberry season and that means a glut of delicious blue-but-not-really fruit heading toward our tables. If you end up with more blueberries than you can freeze, bake, or blend, one option might be to turn it into wine – though according to a new study, maximizing the plonk’s potential … Read moreBlueberry Wine Could Be The Next Big Superfood
If you feel the world is breaking down into chaos, you’re right. You may or may not be correct if that feeling is in regard to politics and the state of society, but on the timescale of the universe there is no doubt, order is breaking down. That is what it always does. But why? … Read moreWhy Does Everything Eventually Become Disordered?
The origin of life on Earth is still enigmatic, but we are slowly unravelling the steps involved and the necessary ingredients. Scientists believe life arose in a primordial soup of organic chemicals and biomolecules on the early Earth, eventually leading to actual organisms. It’s long been suspected that some of these ingredients may have been … Read moreCrucial Building Blocks Of Life On Earth Can More Easily Form In Outer Space – New Research
If you’ve ever thought twice about wearing a dark shirt or jacket in case it ends up covered in a light dusting of flakes, you will know the annoyance that dandruff can cause. Lots of us will have to deal with this at some stage in our lives – and while it’s not dangerous, it … Read moreWhy Is My Scalp Flaky? Exploring The Causes Of Dandruff And How It’s Treated
Every year, the US Social Security Administration releases its list of the most popular baby names from the previous year, providing an interesting insight into the naming trends that have captured parents – and maybe even what the most popular TV show is at the time (know a baby Khaleesi, anyone?). So what came top … Read moreWhat Were The Most Popular Baby Names In 2023?
This article first appeared in Issue 19 of our digital magazine CURIOUS. Nobody on stage has ever been hypnotised in the history of the world. – The Amazing Kreskin, veteran mentalist and showman, 1994 It was midnight, in the Palace of Westminster, UK in December 1994, and hypnotism was in trouble. “Stage hypnotism has been a long-standing concern … Read moreIs Hypnosis Real? Here’s What Science Has To Say
This article first appeared in Issue 19 of our digital magazine CURIOUS. A photographic playground of a salt flat can be found sprawling across southwest Bolivia. Here, the remains of an ancient lake have created a salty crust that makes for great perspective games in the dry season – and turns into a massive mirror when wet. The world’s largest salt flat is transformed … Read moreThe World’s Largest Salt Flat Is Full Of Mysterious Patterns
This week, two new searches have identified 60 potential “alien megastructures” in our galaxy, something strange is happening to the Y chromosome, and warm-blooded dinosaurs may have evolved 180 million years ago. Finally, we meet the explorers who travelled to the most remote place on Earth in an IFLScience exclusive interview. Subscribe to the IFLScience newsletter … Read moreWhat’s Going On With The New COVID FLiRT Variants? This Lost River Could Explain How The Pyramids Were Built, And Much More This Week