Your digestive system impacts the rest of your body in all sorts of unexpected ways, from keeping your heart healthy to literally making you feel happier.

The satisfaction, relief, and even pleasure you feel after a good pooping session is due to the stimulation of two nerves: the pudendal nerve and the vagus nerve. Both have slightly different effects, but together, they contribute to...

The final chapter in the journey of food through our digestive system: how bacteria transforms undigested matter into waste. Biology - Human Body - Learning Points. The large intestine is around 1.5m long and 6-7cm wide. The large...

The satisfaction, relief, and even pleasure you feel after a good pooping session is due to the stimulation of two nerves: the pudendal nerve and the vagus nerve. Both have slightly different effects, but together, they contribute to...

This video unpacks a scene from Act 3 of Shakespeare's "Hamlet," where Hamlet comes upon Claudius praying just as he is on his way to meet his mother. The analysis explores the metaphor of physical and spiritual purging used in the play,...