Sarah Biren
Freelance Writer
A hybrid breed of “super pigs” are running around Canada and now it seems like they are migrating toward the United States. These pigs are a mix of domestic pigs and wild boars. They were originally crossbred to make farmed pigs larger and more resistant to Canada’s cold climate. But when the market demand dropped, […]
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A team of scientists is working to “reincarnate” the extinct woolly mammoth through genetic modifications. The Texas-based biotech company Colossal claims it will create a creature that closely resembles the prehistoric animal by 2027. They explained that their de-extinction goal is to make “a cold-resistant elephant with all of the core biological traits of the […]
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When people go deep sea fishing, they expect to spot some interesting marine creatures. What they do not expect is a rarely spotted eagle ray jumping into their boat and giving birth. But that’s what happened when April Jones, her husband, son, and father-in-law set out to catch a winner for the Alabama Deep Sea […]
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Thomas Beatie, “the pregnant man”, gave birth to a girl in 2008, garnering fame and controversy at the time. He was born a woman in 1974 and later legally switched to a male identity, having sex-reassignment surgery in 2002, including twice-weekly doses of testosterone and chest reconstruction surgery. However, he decided to forgo “bottom surgery” […]
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Have you ever wanted to reign in a castle on your own isolated island? Just off of North West England might be the answer to this dream. Right now, you can apply for a 10-year lease to “govern” Piel Island”. This will involve running the Ship Inn, campsite, and a 14th-century castle. Additionally, according to […]
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Ayumi Kubogi, 34, a former nurse in Japan, killed three elderly patients by adding detergent to their IV drips. Earlier this month, she admitted to the murders in her trial in the city of Yokohama. She stated that although treating sick patients was “rewarding,” she was “mentally and physically exhausted” and considered quitting. She faces […]
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A 20-year-old woman from Washington state went into a coma after jumping into a hot spring to save her puppy. She was visiting the Yellowstone Geyers with her father when her dog, Rusty, got loose. The pup got burned from the hot water, panicked, and ran into a geyser. Laiha Slayton jumped into the Maiden’s […]
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Ambergris is a waxy substance from the intestines of the sperm whale. It’s also commonly referred to as whale feces or whale vomit. It’s also worth a fortune. So much so, officials in the Indian state Tamil Nadu seized 8 kilograms of ambergris worth over a million dollars. During the sting operation, they also arrested […]
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It’s impossible to avoid ads these days. They pop up between posts on social media, in the sidebar of almost all websites, on bus station walls, and on billboards on busy streets. And in the age where human spaceflights are about to become a reality, you can’t avoid ads in space either. A Canadian startup […]
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A swimmer went missing off the coast of Ireland for 12 hours. He was finally spotted by volunteers at the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), surrounded by a pod of dolphins. In fact, the dolphins managed to alert the volunteers by swimming and jumping around the lost swimmer. The man was in his 30s from […]
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Maria Magdalena Andrejczyk won the silver medal in javelin throwing in the Tokyo Olympics. But a few weeks ago, the Polish Olympian announced on Facebook that she’s auctioning off her silver medal to raise money for an operation for Miloszek Malysa. The 8-month-old was under home hospice care and needed urgent heart surgery in the […]
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The midnight zone of the ocean is so deep no light can reach it. It’s so far in and dark researchers have yet to fully explore it. They’ve already found nightmarish fish like angler fish, viperfish, and bristlemouth fish. However, there are so many more terrors to uncover. And in 2016, a new monster appeared […]
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