Monster Robert Maudsley who is serving a life sentence for murdering four people has been locked away in a glass box in Wakefield Prison for more than 40 years. Maudsley, from Toxteth, Liverpool, was just 21 when he committed his first murder in 1974. The serial killer, who had been working as a rent boy
New research claims that fish can become addicted to methamphetamine after ingesting it through contaminated water. The study, led by Pavel Horky, a behavioral ecologist from the Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague, involved 40 brown trout being placed in a tank of water containing a level of methamphetamine that was previously found in
In the wee hours of June 18, 2020, a steady thunderclap of gunfire reverberated through Miami Shores, a sleepy incorporated village just north of this city’s Little Haiti neighborhood. Amanda Caldwell remembers chatting on FaceTime with a friend who lives about four blocks away from the shooting. “We were talking and then all we heard
TikTokers have tried some pretty dangerous trends, from chugging Everclear to shaving their teeth down with nail files. The app’s latest cautionary tale comes from a flowery photo shoot gone wrong. In a video first posted on Instagram, singer-songwriter Raffaela Weyman and a friend deeply inhaled the scent of a giant yellow bloom. “I hope you
The body of a woman has been pulled from a retention pond in Florida following a suspected alligator attack. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office (HSCO) attended the pond behind the Landing Bar and Grill at 4351 Lynx Paw Trail in Valrico just after 8:40 p.m. on July 4, following reports of a body. Deputies found
During the long arc of the pandemic, Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the British government have loved to deploy snappy slogans. The latest is “Hands, Face, Space.” Before that, “Stay alert, control the virus, save lives.” And quite a few more prior to that. Now the emphasis is clearly turning away from government mandate to
There is a cultural shift underway affecting all aspects of American life. Though hard to define, it usually takes the form of an emphasis on what is known variously as diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), critical race theory, wokeness, anti-racism, and the like. Several scholars and writers have been raising the alarm about its anti-intellectual
A toddler found dead in Oregon in the 1960s went decades without a name on his grave, becoming the oldest case of unidentified human remains in the state. Now, thanks to genetic genealogy, his name and story are finally known. The decomposed body was found by a fisherman on July 11, 1963, in the water
Veterinarian Igor Holanda was working at his clinic in Brazil when an unexpected visitor strolled inside. It was a dog, all by himself. “He walked in very calmly and stopped,” Holanda told The Dodo. “At first we didn’t understand. We looked around to see if he had someone with him, but there was no one.”
A highly invasive species of hammerhead flatworms known for their toxic threat to humans has been discovered in Texas. Director of Research and Education/Outreach at the Texas Invasive Species Institute Ashley Morgan-Olvera confirmed that the invasive hammerhead flatworm has been found throughout the state. Although she noted the species, known scientifically as Bipalium kewense, is
