Recent college graduate Caitlin Jensen suffered four severed arteries in her neck after visiting a chiropractor. Initially, Jensen went to the appointment to treat her back pain. However, after the neck adjustment, she fell ill. The ambulance picked her up from the chiropractor’s office and rushed her to the ER. There, doctors discovered four dissected...
In horror movies, crows flock around dangerously or perch on villains’ shoulders. In Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds” they are both the danger and the villains. But in real life, crows are actually intelligent, adaptable creatures, and live in suburban neighborhoods all over North America. [1] So they are nearby and available to anyone who’d like...
An unsuspecting family in New Zealand bought suitcases at an auction at a storage facility. Then they found human remains inside them. After a forensic investigation, experts said the remains were from two children between the ages of five and ten; they had decomposed in storage for about three to four years. This week, the...
A new case report documents the cancer journey of a 49-year-old woman. After the diagnosis of advanced metastatic breast cancer, she received chemotherapy while additionally taking cannabis oil and magic mushrooms, which contains psilocybin. This, fortunately, stopped the disease from spreading. After stopping chemo, she continued to take cannabis and psilocybin for 18 months. But...
When you think of internet legends, you might think of creepy tales like Slenderman and the clown statue. But there is also a league of feel-good stories where obnoxious people are put in their place. They tend to circulate around Tumblr and Facebook, often ending with “and everyone clapped”. Today, that phrase is another way...
Artificial wombs sound like something out of a science fiction novel, but they may become a reality. Research groups around the globe are exploring the concept of artificial gestation. Some groups are already testing their technology on animals like lambs and sharks. In fact, one team successfully grew a premature lamb in an artificial womb...
There’s an unusually round island in Argentina called “El Ojo” or “The Eye,” and many theorists believe the place is supernatural. After all, it’s a geometrically-perfect island that floats in a patch of swampland, so naturally, alien theories surround it. A team called the El Ojo project has conducted limited research on the area and...
Your ability to balance on one foot may indicate your life expectancy, according to a new peer-reviewed study. In a nutshell, if you can balance on one foot for 10 seconds, you are more likely to live longer. Balance ability tends to naturally continue to age 70, so the 10-second test may seem more of...
“For a while, I rolled my eyes at the movement to stop using social media,” wrote Bethany Halland in her post on Thrive Global. [1] However, she began to notice how social media affected her life. She wasn’t reading or spending time on hobbies, and she felt isolated from her friends despite staying updated on...
Two metal detectorists were arrested for theft after failing to report the hoard of treasure they’d uncovered. George Powell and Layton Davies unearthed gold jewelry, silver ingots, and coins hidden over a thousand years ago by a Viking warrior. Detectorists are legally obligated to declare any findings, but Powell and Davis began to sell the...
Researchers at the University of Tokyo have built a robotic finger covered in live human skin. This is a major step in the eventual goal of creating robots that resemble real people. According to biohybrid engineer Shoji Takeuchi, human-like robots can work more seamlessly in medical care and service industries than in inhuman-looking versions. Still,...
A young girl found a tooth from the extinct megalodon. Her mother, Alicia Sampson, took her daughters to the beach on Christmas after they begged to “go shark tooth hunting like professionals.” To her surprise, they succeeded. Nine-year-old Molly had even declared she would be “looking for a Meg” in the car ride over. Several...
