MythMechanismEvidence
Common beliefs.
Tested.
Anyone can tell you a thing is false. That never changes what you believe. So we do the harder part: why it felt true in the first place, what is actually happening underneath, and exactly where the evidence runs out.
Five things people are confidently wrong about
- 1.Human BodyHealth & PhysiologyStatusIn production
- Shaving and hair growth
- Cracking knuckles
- Detox and "toxins"
- 2.Food & NutritionDiet & HealthStatusIn production
- Sugar and hyperactivity
- Eight glasses of water
- Eating late at night
- 3.Sleep & BrainSleep & Mental HealthStatusIn production
- The ten per cent brain
- Waking a sleepwalker
- Left brain, right brain
- 4.Animals & NatureWildlife & BehaviourStatusIn production
- Ostriches and buried heads
- Goldfish memory
- Bats and blindness
- 5.History & CultureHistory & CultureStatusIn production
- Viking horned helmets
- Napoleon’s height
- Medieval life expectancy
✓ Evidence
Every verdict here shows its sources. At least two, at least one of them primary or high-authority — and if we cannot meet that bar, we do not publish.
The exception
Almost nothing is purely true or purely false. Every episode names the case that complicates it, because that is usually the interesting part.