While we tend to think words are just sounds we make to express ideas, science is finding language is more like a fun house mirror, warping what we see in mind-blowing ways.
Statistics say about 80 percent of you out there have at least one brother or sister. That's turning out to be hugely important, as science says whether or not you have siblings, and what order you were born in, has massive effects on who you are. Often not so great ones to boot.
much of what dogs do is so bizarre and unfathomable that you can't help but wonder what the hell they're thinking. Turns out they have their reasons. Weird, disgusting reasons.