About Quirk Lab
Quirk Lab explains the strange, harmless things human bodies and brains do — and traces each one back to the mechanism that causes it. The subject is everyday science trivia. It is not health advice, and we do not write about diagnosis, treatment or outcomes.
Who writes this
Giorgi Chubinidze
Founder & Science Editor
Driven by a fascination with human behaviour and biological quirks, I built this publication to make complex psychological phenomena and physiological reactions clear, engaging and accessible. Every article is grounded in published research and written to answer the everyday “why” behind how our minds and bodies work — including, where the evidence is weaker than its reputation, saying so.
How we choose sources
- Peer-reviewed primary research first. Where we describe an experiment, someone here has read the paper, not a summary of it.
- Replication is reported honestly. Several popular effects are smaller or more conditional than the headlines suggested, and our articles say so rather than repeating the tidy version.
- Where a mechanism is genuinely unsettled — yawning is a good example — we say it is unsettled and name the competing accounts.
- No invented statistics. If a number appears, it comes from a source we can point to.
What we don't publish
No symptom checkers, no supplement or treatment claims, no advice about whether something you are experiencing is serious. Some quirks we cover sit next to clinical topics; in those articles we explain the biology and stop there. Anything recurring or distressing is a conversation for a qualified professional, not a trivia site.
Corrections
If we have got something wrong, tell us and we will fix it and note the change on the page. Contact the editors.
How the site is funded
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This article is educational science trivia about everyday human biology and psychology. It is not medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment, and it is not a substitute for care from a qualified professional.