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Reward For Gluttony: Here’s What Happens Inside Your Body When You Overeat

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Overeating effects are serious and can cause major debilitating results on one’s body. Some effects include bone deterioration and depression – and coping with stomach pain or bloating. Why does overeating cause those symptoms? And what’s the chemistry behind dyspepsia? For answers, check out the video above. It’s one of the installments of the American

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The Biggest Flower in The World

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COME with me, Sir, come, a flower, very large, beautiful, wonderful, said Joseph Arnold’s excited guide during a plant-collecting expedition on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. On following his guide, Arnold, a British botanist, saw something he termed “truly astonishing.” He had discovered what would be the world’s largest flower. There are many species of Rafflesia

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Secret to good grades? Study claims teens addicted to video games do BETTER at school

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Teens who spend a lot of time playing video games do better at school, an international study has suggested. The Paris-based Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development said there was strong evidence that playing computer games on handheld consoles like Nintendo DSs and Sony PSPs had ‘positive effects on learning’. It said many games ‘incorporate

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Are we becoming smarter? Research suggests Humans’ IQ scores are getting steadily higher

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Contrary to an earlier report that said humans’ IQ scores are decreasing due to advancement in technology, scientists have now claimed that the average intelligence of the human race has actually been steadily increasing. In research looking back over IQ tests from the past few decades, they found that the tests were becoming harder –

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Remarkable People, Places & Events – Robert Hooke

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Hello there, Happy New Month. We trust 2015 is going just fine for everyone. To flag off this new month, PassNowNow is bringing your way a new weekly series, Remarkable People, Places & Events (RPPE). This weekly series aims to intimate you with the life and times of individuals you’re probably not familiar with beyond the classroom.

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