The Pentagon's long-awaited declassified report on Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon Sightings (UAPs) was recently released, and despite the enthusiasm its announcement sparked, the responses in the document will disappoint many. Indee…
In the hours after we die, certain cells in the human brain are still active. Some cells even increase their activity and grow to gargantuan proportions, according to new research from the University of Illinois Chicago. In a ne…
The water scavenger beetle Regimbartia attenuata isn't known for much. The family of beetles they're part of can be pests in fish hatcheries, and they're well suited to the humid tropics. But now, R. attenuata is giving this b…
A new analysis of ancient genomes suggests that different branches of the human family tree interbred multiple times, and that some humans carry DNA from an archaic, unknown ancestor. Melissa Hubisz and Amy Williams of Cornell University and Adam S…
Caltech microbiologists have discovered bacteria that feed on manganese and use the metal as their source of calories. Such microbes were predicted to exist over a century ago, but none had been found or described until now. "These are…
Surgeons in the United Kingdom have reattached a man's penis nearly a day after it was cut off, the longest documented time the organ has been without a blood supply and still successfully replanted. Six weeks after the operation, the y…
Caecilians are limbless amphibians that, to the untrained eye, can be easily mistaken for snakes. Though caecilians are only distantly related to their reptilian cousins, researchers in a study appearing July 3 in the journal iScience describe spec…
Eighteen years ago, a young woman was born without part of her brain (the entire left hemisphere) but still has above average reading skills. Note that the left hemisphere is generally the part of the brain used in the field of language. She also …
The human body is a very complex machine ... Sometimes strange things can happen and we discover it by accident. This is particularly the case here: a 63-year-old man went to a New York emergency department for left knee pain after falling ill. Lea…
The manager of a Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant died after being exposed to toxic fumes generated by blending two common cleaning products. Other employees (more than a dozen) were also affected by the toxic releases. On Thursday, November 7th, an…
An employee of a laboratory accidentally injected the vaccinia virus into her finger. | Whitehouse ER / MMWR 2019 / CDC An employee at a laboratory in San Diego, USA, accidentally injected the vaccinia virus (a virus associated with smallpox) int…
