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What Is Multiple Sclerosis?

May 082013

This month is Multiple Sclerosis, or MS, awareness in many countries around the globe. But what exactly is MS?

AsapSCIENCE explains that millions of people suffer from the auto-immune disease where their own immune system attacks the myelin sheaths protecting neuron axons. This results with a build up of scar tissue, distorting neurological messages.

This is one reason why many MS patients suffer from neurological pain or even tremors.

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The Science Of Goosebumps

Mar 282013

Have you ever experienced a cold rushing feeling across your skin from a quick temperature change, being scared, or even from good music? We all know the phenomenon as ‘goose bumps,’ but why exactly does this changing feeling take over the body, asks AsapSCIENCE. What is the science behind good bumps?

Like so many artifact from our human heritage, goose bumps no longer serve a helpful purpose in contemporary human biology, but that doesn’t mean it didn’t at some point in our distant past…

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Does Hitting The Snooze Button Actually Help

Mar 202013

Popular educational channel Asap SCIENCE asks a question pertinent to millions of people on a tight schedule in the morning.

Should you use the snooze button when you wake up in the morning? It’s difficult to find anyone who doesn’t hit the snooze a few times to grab a couple more Z’s, but science shows it might actually be making you more groggy than simply waking up once without those few extra minutes of sleep.

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The Science Of Hair Loss And Balding

Mar 152013

For their latest educational video, Asap SCIENCE took on a very sensitive subject. Balding.

Most people have heard the old idea that your hairline as an adult is based on your mother’s father. But is that even true? And why is so? Finally, nerds Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown break it all down, and explain the Science of Hair Loss And Balding.

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Butter vs Margarine Which Is Healthier?

Feb 282013

It’s a question nearly all Westerners ask themselves while dieting. Which should they cook with, butter or margarine?

Ironically, margarine was invented and promoted as a healthier alternative to butter decades ago. Funny how life is, now butter is the creamy fat that is now touted as the more natural choice. Go figure.

Asap SCIENCE delves deep into the yellow fat world to decipher the pros and cons of each fat in this new video.