Feb
25
The Best Cure for Hiccups: Remind Your Brain You're Not a Fish
One of the most perplexing and vexing of mild human afflictions is the hiccup, or as it is medically known, the singultus. Through the years, many (ineffective) remedies have been suggested, from holding your breath to scaring yourself. But a larger question remained unresolved: why do humans have these involuntary spasms of the diaphragm, which produce uncontrollable funny noises at irregular and inconvenient times?
Now, University of Chicago anatomist, Neil Shubin, has…
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