Lena FischerTardigrades Survive Almost Everything. Here Is What Actually Kills Them
Water bears have a near-mythical reputation. The real biology is more interesting than the myth, and it has clear limits.
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Henrik AasWhat Actually Happens Inside Your Lungs When You Breathe Air at Minus 20
Your airways are remarkably good at warming cold air, until you ask them to do it at race pace.
Henrik AasThe Ski Wax Room Is Secretly a Chemistry Lab
Why skis glide at all, why some days they do not, and why the old miracle waxes were banned.
Henrik AasLactic Acid Is Not What Makes Your Legs Burn
The molecule coaches blamed for a century is actually fuel, and the real story of muscle fatigue is messier.
Lena FischerFive Things Years in a Lab Taught Me About Reading Science Headlines
Behind every 'breakthrough' headline is a study with a size, a design and limits. Here is how I read past the excitement.
Henrik AasWhy Your Fingers Turn White in the Cold, and When It Is Not Normal
A physiotherapist's guide to blood flow, cold hands and the condition called Raynaud's phenomenon.
