The flu season is sadly upon us. And whether we like it or not, if you haven’t caught the flu yet, most everyone comes close to getting it, from as little as a simple conversation or a misfortunate, casual step into the wrong environment.
Scientists, tell us that the best way to “broadcast” the flu is through that nose tickling, head jarring, your face just became a launch pad for infection kind of explosion, commonly known as a Sneeze (bless you).
Here is a definition: A sudden involuntary expulsion of air from the nose or mouth due to irritation of one’s nostrils.
Air? Any sneeze we ever sneezed catapulted not air, but snot, spit or phlegm (love that word) from deep inside our mortal coil. As if it was meant as some sort of personal projectile of our disgusting, inner body fluids, public and for everyone, within three to twenty feet away.
It’s snot cool. But shot in super slo mo and mixed with classical music, it’s almost a magical experience. (no it’s snot).
The science of a sneeze is actually interesting. Yes, people really get paid to analyze stuff like sneezes, but we hear it’s sticky work.
SciFri interviewed MIT’s Lydia Bourouiba, she makes a living studying the sneeze and you may be surprised to find out that it’s snot what it seems?
High speed photography always captures real life in an unusual sort of way.
Sneeze’s captured at 1200 frames per second make everyone look like their doing impersonations of Mick Jagger.
Kit Lynch-Robinson’s project shows us why.
Sneezes can be funny, we hear. And classified too, like in this short bit from Jennfulvlogs. She’s pretty good on camera too.
So how far does a sneeze actually travel? Science News believes it has the answer to that age old question and besides, how could we pass up a video that actually mentions boogers?
And now for the most gross sneeze of all. A cascade of nasal crap befitting this ridiculous blog post. Particularly when they play it backwards and all that gooey mess races back up the nose. (nice).
Slo Mo Lab’s 2014 classic blast from the past.
We hope you’ve gained a bit of insight on the ugly truth about the sneeze, next time remember to cover your nose and mouth. And for god's sake, wash your hands!
And so it goes.
