Les Baugh lost both of his arms at the shoulder level to an electrical accident 40 years ago. It’s a long time to adjust to life without them, to forget
Amputee Controls Two Prosthetic Limbs With His Thoughts Read More »
One might have expected NASA’s Voyager 1, the first man-made object to leave the solar system, would have nothing but quiet, peaceful sojourning ahead of it. But it’s actually been
Voyager Spacecraft Riding Out Interstellar ‘Tsunamis’ Read More »
The Osedax family of bone-eating worms is already pretty strange. The females attach to whale and other bones through snot like structures and devour them. And the males? The males
Bizarre Bone-Eating Worm Stretches Body 10X its Length to Mate Read More »
Just look at that little guy. Doesn’t he look like he’d give Bill Murray a hard time in a prehistoric Caddyshack prequel? A well-preserved Mesozoic fossil from Madagascar and detailed
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Scientists from the University of South Alabama studied several unique burials from 17 and 18th century Poland, showing that when villagers suspected their deceased neighbors would rise from their grave,
Toddlers. So innocent, so loving, so sweet. Until you fall down and hurt yourself in front of one. Then the little bastards laugh their butts off. Scientists have recently finished
One UK man’s own personal horror movie might be a boon to scientists, as they’ve removed a rare tapeworm from his brain and sequenced its genetic information. Tapeworms are usually
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Are you amazed at how things went in yesterday’s U.S. midterm election? Can you not believe your fellow citizens would vote that way (whichever way it is you disagree with)?
Research Shows Political Leanings Can Be Predicted by Reaction to Gross Images Read More »
When Stan Lee needed something to threaten his Fantastic Four‘s mission to beat the Commies into space, he picked cosmic rays. And although he probably picked that just because it
Cosmic Rays May Make Future Deep Space Missions Shorter and More Dangerous Read More »
Professor Suchitra Sumitran-Holgersson, had an easy-to-understand motivation when she started investigating a better way to grow replacement blood vessels. She wanted to save sick children some pain. Sumitran-Holgersson, Professor of
New Blood Vessels Grown From Stem Cells in Just Seven Days Read More »
