Stifling a sneeze by clamping your nose and mouth shut can cause serious physical damage, doctors are warning. Medics in Leicester treated a 34-year-old man who ruptured his throat while trying to ...

Sneezing is gross, but it’s also normal. / Trevor Williams/GettyImages Few things are more annoying than the build-up of an incoming sneeze—especially when it disappears at the last second ...

You probably won’t realize you’re living with them unless you begin sneezing or itching. There are more than a dozen species ...

Like Yi, Scrugg’s ongoing series The Black Male Form sees her use the male body as the ideal prop for the perfect photograph. “I will usually give the model a random piece of direction like ...

Research has revealed that one of the best ways to protect yourself from allergy-inducing dust mites is to opt for cotton bed linen. The Yorkshire-based Sounder Sleep Company has developed a ...

Feel a sneeze coming on? Don’t hold it in! In this one-minute video, our Ask Smithsonian host, Eric Schulze, explains why we sneeze. (01:22) Explore Subscribe Newsletters Content Licensing Our P ...

However, a sneeze followed by an accidental bite caused the lump to become inflamed, prompting him to seek medical advice. The diagnosis was a shock: squamous cell carcinoma, an aggressive form of ...

They help your body clear out irritants like pollen, dust, and chemicals. But you can't sneeze during sleep – something you may have already realized for yourself if you've ever struggled to ...

A product of our environment? An expression of our personality? Or just the shape of our face? Stylist investigates why all sneezes are different, and what yours could say about you. Last month, a ...

Or billions of nanosensors distributed over forests and other areas with fire hazards to detect a fire at its very beginning. Or envision programmable smart dust that triggers an alarm signal when ...

The government’s response to the covid slowdown was yet more extraordinary, with a suite of fiscal stimulus packages that left other countries in the dust. Indeed, officials overdid it in their ...