These striking images show how our hands are riddled with bacteria and viruses from everyday tasks such as picking up an old dishcloth to cleaning a kitchen surface.
They have been produced as the latest scare […]

I’m to the point where I’ve practically watched all the best TV shows on Netflix. Breaking Bad, Walking Dead, Dexter, Freaks and Geeks, Arrested Development, American Horror Story — all the best. After all […]

Hundreds of thousands of video gamers are right now plugged into one computer game.
But it’s not the latest Call of Duty or Fifa – it’s a science based game called EyeWire in which users map the neurons of a […]

For teens, life is not a playground, it’s a jungle. And, being the parent of a teenager isn’t any walk in the park, either. In his book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, author Sean Covey attempts to […]

The earliest theory of yawning, laid forth by Hippocrates, suggested that the action sucks in “good” air while pushing out bad air. That isn’t too far off from the theory that dominated the last century, which […]

(By  Stefan Etienne)
Perhaps it is the years of experience I’ve had, in front of a computer, a laptop or some sort of device with a screen. Talking about technology, attending press events in NYC and meeting […]

It is often said that music is a universal language. However, a new report in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on March 6 finds that music doesn’t speak to everyone. There are people who are perfectly able […]

How did everything begin? Yes, many of us know about the Big Bang, but do you know what happened at the tiniest levels, with quarks and particles?
A video posted on Youtube by user Kurzgesagt, a team of […]

We understand the benefits of mentoring when we hear the powerful stories of teens whose lives have been changed by a single, caring adult. All teenagers experience troubled times – some more serious than others. […]

When asked where I see myself in 10 years, I will say point blankly I don’t know; but, what I do know is that I want to be happy. I think a lot of young adults would say this. However, sometimes achieving […]

(By Katie Lepi)
Guys, there are haters out there. We all know it. Some of them are just negative people who hate everything. Others hate specific things. Today, I’m addressing the folks out there who are online e […]

Like most video-game settings, Super Mario Bros.’ Mushroom Kingdom bears little resemblance to real life. Where can you find grasslands, desert and snow all in one approximate geographic area? Is there any place […]

(By Amy, 17)
To me, the word “sex” means…. personal. There are people I know who have had sex with complete strangers, are engaged at seventeen and who have never had sex, like me.
On the topic of sexting, it h […]

Digital citizenship is one of the big things we talk about on Passnowow. It’s basically being a good person online. Being a good person involves a lot more than just not spamming or trolling, mind you. It i […]

Hi, my name is Elise, and I am an affirmation addict. Wow. That was hard. But, hey, they say the first step toward recovery is admitting you have a problem.
Okay, let’s be honest, an affirmation addict isn’t a […]

Regardless of whether one is just a little overweight, fat, or morbidly obese — losing weight is the one thing that really tops the list of priorities for most people. Every second person you know is on some k […]

 
On Tuesday Oct. 1st, Nigeria turned 53. Nigeria is home to about 170 million people of diverse cultural and ethnic origins. But how much do Nigerian Teens know about their mother country? Below are 13 im […]