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September 23, 2016

What’s Inside Blue Ballpoint Ink? Fatty Acids and Alcohol

Patents for ballpoint pens go back to the late 1800s, but it took half a century to develop good, fast-drying inks. The post What's Inside Blue Ballpoint Ink? Fatty Acids and Alcohol appeared first on WIRED.

September 22, 2016

Carrots Won’t Help You Read This Headline

Eat them anyway . The post Carrots Won't Help You Read This Headline appeared first on WIRED.

September 22, 2016

The Muddled Link Between Booze and Cancer

Alcohol’s potential health benefits may have been grossly oversold by industry-funded research—distracting consumers from the realities of cancer risk. The post The Muddled Link Between Booze and Cancer appeared first on WIRED.

September 9, 2016

Here’s How Many Apple Cores It Would Take to Poison You

Fact checking an old wives' tale. The post Here’s How Many Apple Cores It Would Take to Poison You appeared first on WIRED.

September 6, 2016

Starbucks’ Pumpkin Spice Latte Is Back to Mess With Your Brain

And we don't mean that in a good way . The post Starbucks’ Pumpkin Spice Latte Is Back to Mess With Your Brain appeared first on WIRED.

September 3, 2016

Stop Putting Raw Ginger in Your Marinade, and Other Cookout Pro Tips

Let science save you from these classic Labor Day cookout faux pas The post Stop Putting Raw Ginger in Your Marinade, and Other Cookout Pro Tips appeared first on WIRED.

May 24, 2016

Why People Confess to Crimes They Didn’t Commit

Police interrogations are built on the assumption that innocent people never confess to crimes they didn’t commit. But false confessions are fairly common. The post Why People Confess to Crimes They Didn't Commit appeared first on WIRED.

April 12, 2016

When Your Job Is Researching (Animal) Sex on the Beach

Marah Hardt is on a quest to investigate the elaborate mating rituals of life in the deep. The post When Your Job Is Researching (Animal) Sex on the Beach appeared first on WIRED.

October 3, 2015

Guns Kill More Americans Than Terrorists Do

The President told us to compare the number of Americans killed by gun violence to those killed by terrorism. We did. It's not even close.

The post Guns Kill More Americans Than Terrorists Do appeared first on WIRED.