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...
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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...
The majority of people have come across a bizarre spongy substance in their garden. Although it’s quite satisfying to poke with a stick, it turns out the substance is actually called slime mold and is surprisingly beneficial to your garden. Surprisingly Beneficial Substance Slime mold, a white spore sponge-like substance, is commonly found in gardens...
A bar in Bolivia run by a clever group of people has become well known as the cocaine bar, where the notorious elicit white powder is found in the plenty. The only thing that is not well known is the bar’s location. To keep their business on the down low and out of reach of...
Safe drinking water is a basic human right – or, at least, it should be. Unfortunately, more than two billion people around the world don’t have access to it. (1) This is why finding sustainable solutions that can be easily implemented anywhere regardless of their access to an electrical grid are key. Back in 2020,...
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...
Per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS), also known as “forever chemicals” are a family of over 4,700 chemicals not found in nature. They do not break down and can be found not only in the environment, but also in the blood and breast milk of people and animals around the world. They are dangerous to...
Have you ever wondered where exactly humans came from? After all, we all had to originate from one group, did we not? This question of human origins has been posed many times. A group of Oxford researchers may have possibly figured out where our ancestors’ ancestors came from. The answer is one African country. Human...
Humanity has been through a lot since the dawn of civilization. So many things went wrong, and necessary actions were not taken. It is interesting to look back and see the moments when people made huge mistakes that changed the course of history, no matter how mundane it seemed at the time. We have made...
A site predating Jesus himself, the Pool of Siloam is open to the public for the first time in 2,000 years. Around 2,700 years ago, this biblically significant site formed part of Jerusalem’s water system. The pool was used as a reservoir for the Gihon Spring, diverted via underground tunnels. For such an ancient site,...
One of the quietest places on earth was created by the multinational giant Microsoft. However, it took the company close to two years to properly design it. This place is currently located at the headquarters of the company in Redmond, Washington. While the anechoic chamber could sound like paradise in the beginning, it soon turns...
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...