A Thai sea turtle found itself in the soup on Monday, when its expensive taste landed it on a surgeon's table. Veterinarians in Bangkok operated on the female green turtle -- nicknamed "Bank" -- after she had snaffled almost 1,000 coins, thrown into her pool over many years by luck-seeking tourists.
Earlier this week, Ars reported that an investigation by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's Marketplace revealed that Subway chicken may only contain 50 percent chicken , with the rest being mostly soy. But, in the fallout from the news, food scientists are scratching their heads at the CBC's testing methods and interpretation.
In February of 1967, German biologist Hannes Laven hiked to a village 16 miles north of Yangon, Myanmar. He carried with him 100 mosquitoes from Fresno, California - 50 males that had been infected with a bacteria called Wolbachia , and 50 females that had not.
In February of 1967, German biologist Hannes Laven hiked to a village 16 miles north of Yangon, Myanmar. He carried with him 100 mosquitoes from Fresno, California - 50 males that had been infected with a bacteria called Wolbachia , and 50 females that had not.
A politician in northern Sweden wants to list sex as an officially approved activity for civil servants during their daily paid lunchbreak. Per-Erik Muskos of the city council of Overtornea on the Arctic Circle says he made "a serious and formal" proposal Monday to add sex to the list of acceptable activities, which also include going to the gym or getting a massage, as well as eating.
The makers have campaigned it as a "carefree security" option but women across the globe are furious with this "disgusting" option. Agreed that menstruation or periods, as we usually call it can be annoying and quite painful.
A dose of sunshine could boost the strength of muscles in the elderly and the obese, a new study found. Vitamin D made from sunshine or found in oily fish, red meats and eggs, regulate the amount of calcium and phosphate in the body and these nutrients keep bones, teeth and muscles healthy.
Doctors are using a new procedure to treat early-stage knee arthritis which involves extending a metal nail in the shin bone using a remote-controlled magnet. Doctors are using a new procedure to treat early-stage knee arthritis which involves extending a metal nail in the shin bone using a remote-controlled magnet.
Lord of the stunning self-portrait! Photographer dresses up as Gandalf for amazing shots at New Zealand's beautiful Lord Of The Rings filming locations Nervous fliers look away! With runways on cliff edges and snow covered peaks, these really are the world's most TERRIFYING airport landings Don't let your valuables fly away! How hand luggage put in the hold on jam-packed flights might not be covered by your travel insurance Pea plant pilgrims: Tracing the strange history of the 19th Century Czech friar who founded modern genetics in his garden Cycle from Bangkok to Saigon? Let's give it a Thai! Crossing three countries in a fortnight on two wheels Sea ice around Antarctica hits record low as NASA captures the moment massive iceberg the size of Manhattan breaks away from giant glacier Heartbreaking moment a grieving widow meets her hero Army vet husband's coffin on the airport tarmac - ... (more)
Lord of the stunning self-portrait! Photographer dresses up as Gandalf for amazing shots at New Zealand's beautiful Lord Of The Rings filming locations Nervous fliers look away! With runways on cliff edges and snow covered peaks, these really are the world's most TERRIFYING airport landings Don't let your valuables fly away! How hand luggage put in the hold on jam-packed flights might not be covered by your travel insurance Pea plant pilgrims: Tracing the strange history of the 19th Century Czech friar who founded modern genetics in his garden Cycle from Bangkok to Saigon? Let's give it a Thai! Crossing three countries in a fortnight on two wheels Sea ice around Antarctica hits record low as NASA captures the moment massive iceberg the size of Manhattan breaks away from giant glacier Heartbreaking moment a grieving widow meets her hero Army vet husband's coffin on the airport tarmac - ... (more)
There has been a great deal of speculation in recent weeks about Pres. Donald Trump's mental health and a debate has sprung up among psychiatric professionals as to the ethics of discussing the chief executives wellness.
Beware of your pillows. There are tiny dust mites hiding in them, and they could be having an impact on your health.
In this Feb. 2, 2017, photo, Roger Logan holds up a smartphone that shows a photo of him with a 130-pound tumor before a surgery to remove it at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital in Bakersfield, Calif. Logan, a Mississippi man who was told he was simply fat, has had the 130-pound tumor removed during an operation in Bakersfield.
Of the five Super Bowl rings Robert Kraft has earned as owner of the New England Patriots, one of them has an unlikely owner: Russian President Vladimir Putin. Kraft took part in a recent NFL Network series of interviews about Super Bowl rings and retold a story about his ring from 2005's Super Bowl 39. He says he was on a business trip to Russia later that year when he showed the ring to Putin.
In what can be called the most bizarre surgery, doctors in Chennai successfully removed a cockroach from a woman's skull and guess what, it was alive. According to a report published in The New Indian Express, 42-year-old Selvi felt a weird sensation around her nose and eyes at night when she asked her son-in-law to take her to the nearby clinic who then asked her to go to a government hospital where the cockroach was finally taken out.
Drug companies are profiteering from the NHS to the tune of 1 billion because they have unjustifiably hiked prices of cancer medicine, experts warn. Cancer patients are let down by greedy drug companies who delay availability of well-established treatments and raise the prices beyond what the NHS can afford, academics said.
Anna and Lucy DeCinque say they both plan to tie the knot with boyfriend Ben, saying: "He's twinning and he's winning" Anna and Lucy DeCinque, from Perth, Australia, told New Idea they are now working towards a "more natural and healthy" look. The 30-year-old sisters say they plan to both plan to tie the knot with boyfriend Ben Byrne in Tucson, Arizona having met him on Facebook five years ago.
A world record holding limbo dancer gave passengers waiting for a flight at the Philadelphia airport some free entertainment this week when she scooted under a bench at a terminal. Shemika Charles, who goes by "The Limbo Queen," had a layover in Philadelphia on her way to a scheduled performance at a basketball game in Wisconsin.
Raiza Contawi reviewed 'nose lifters', which promise to reshape your snout without surgery and for a fraction of the price Cosmetic surgery is an expensive business, so news that 20 nose jobs have gone on the market might seem too good to be true. The plastic hooks, sold three different sizes, in are designed to be inserted in your nostrils to change the appearance of your nose.
The average mum will fall ill 324 times over their youngster's childhood with colds and bugs passed on to them by their offspring, a study has found. An endless cycle of sore throats, runny noses, migraines and sickness bugs means mums are left feeling under the weather 18 times per year.
... says on its site . So if the disease progresses, it can compromise your body's ability to fight infection. "It sounds weird, but I was relieved," Douglas said of the diagnosis. "It was the stress of months and months of the unknown that was getting ...
Hushme is a neckband-style wireless headphone that changes your voice by overlaying it with sounds of a squirrel, Darth Vader and more when you speak into the built-in microphone. It was unveiled at the Consumer Electronics show in Las Vegas last week Hushme is a personal acoustic device that protect speech privacy in an open-environment by using passive voice suppression and active voice masking technology.
I have read all sorts of articles on the science of hangovers and the preventions thereof. This is the best I have seen and it includes some key action points that are somewhat easily implemented and can be life-changing, or at least, morning-after changing.
A journalist watches a screen showing a press release from the South Korean Ministry of the Interior about the birth map showing the number of women in childbearing age at his office in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Dec. 30, 2016. South Korea's government closed its website that drew fury for showing the number of women in childbearing age by each city district and region.
A man smokes marijuana from a pipe during the 4/20 Rally at the Civic Center in Denver, Colorado, April 20, 2014. Thousands of marijuana enthusiasts gathered in Colorado and Washington state over the weekend for an annual celebration of cannabis culture with rallies, concerts and trade shows in the first two states to legalize recreational marijuana.
Doctors attribute longevity to a combination of diet, genetics, and environment, but they are yet to discover any one single factor that guarantees a long life, or even, for that matter, an early death. Substantial evidence exists that certain vices like cigarettes, alcohol, and sugar-sweetened beverages are dangerous and have adverse health effects, but some of the world's oldest people consume them regularly and live into their 100s.
FOR USE AT 5 P.M. EST ON WEDNESDAY, DEC. 28, 2016 AND THEREAFTER - This March 2016 photo provided by the City of Hope hospital shows patient Richard Grady in Duarte, Calif.
Men in loincloths take part in the Hadaka Matsuri, or Naked Festival, at Saidaiji Temple in Japan - one of the most unique cultural festivals in the world. Picture: Trevor Williams/Getty Images From flying goats and gigantic pretend penises to punch a neighbour day, these are the world's oddest festivals according to The Sun - and their dates, if you dare.
Scientists at the Immunology Frontier Research Center at Osaka University, Japan, report a new group of monocytes they call SatM. Studies in mice show that SatM may be responsible for causing fibrosis and creates a new drug target for an ailment that has little effective therapies.