A Scientific Guide To Surviving Summer

The first twenty-four hours of summer is fast come near – will you be prepared for suntanning , swim , and swarm of bugs ? Here ’s our ready to hand guide to surviving the sultriest of seasons , with SCIENCE .

Why Do Mosquitos Bite Some People And Not Others?

Some people get ravaged by mosquitoes if they so much as take a walk of life at crepuscle . Others can walk through cloud of the insect and not get a unmarried bite . What ’s the difference ? A deal . Scientists have figured out many reasonswhy mosquitoes ca n’t seem to withstand some citizenry , but are repulse by others .

https://gizmodo.com/why-do-mosquitoes-bite-some-people-and-not-others-5959324

The Truth About How Suntanning Causes Cancer

You ’ve hear the myths . If you get a tan , you wo n’t get skin cancer . If you use SPF 50 sunblock , you ’re safe . Only people with light hide are prone to skin cancer . None of these are unfeigned . It ’s suntan time of year in the Earth ’s northerly hemisphere , so you ’d intimately get the facts . We ’ve got the lowdown on the real connection between going out in the sun and getting skin cancer — and some recommendations about how to protect yourself while also gazump up some healthy solar radiation .

A Map Of Where In The U.S. You Get The Most Sunlight

What are the sunniest ( and the glum ) place in the U.S. ? For an solvent , assure outthis map , which graphs the average sun each place has received day by day since 1990 .

Peeing In Pools Is GrossAND Hazardous

While some hoi polloi are disgust by the thought of human pee in their kitty water , others figure there ’s no harm in have slack a little urine while swim . It turns out , however , that when urine reacts with chlorinated H2O , it may be creating chemical by-product hazardous to everyone in the pool .

Why Condensation On Your Summer Drink Is A Bad Thing

We ’ve all seen a cold beer can sweat in the summer heat , but a late study revealsthe surprising effect that level of condensation has on the temperature of your potable .

Summertime Blues Could Be Reverse Seasonal Affective Disorder

Seasonal affectional upset , or SAD , is unremarkably something that bust up your climate during the dark , moth-eaten calendar month of wintertime . But for some citizenry , summer is the metre they feel the worst . It ’s called reverse SAD , and neuroscientists are just begin to understand how it works .

A version of this io9 Flashback appeared on the site in April 2014 .

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