Crime

Father and Son Accused of Killing Elvis Impersonator

A father and son were arrested and accused of killing a local Elvis impersonator after he was found shot multiple times. The Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office released a statement announcing an investigation into a homicide that occurred on the 25000 block of Homestead Drive in Denham Springs. Deputies responded to a shots fired call at

Health

Man Locks His Head In Cage To Stop Smoking

Ibrahim Yücel from Kütahya, Turkey was a heavy smoker for over two decades until he decided to put a locked cage over his head that prevented him from physically putting a cigarette in his mouth. He was reportedly inspired by motorbike riders wearing helmets. He used 130 feet of copper wire to make his own.

Tick On Person's Finger
Nature

Man Gets Three Different Diseases from One Tick Bite

One very unlucky 70-year-old man contracted not one, not two, but three separate illnesses as a result of a single tick bite. His situation is so rare that researchers wrote a study about his case. The paper, titled “One Man, Three Tick-Borne Illnesses” was published in April by BMJ Case Reports. The paper begins with

Nature

273 Million-Year-Old “Live” Fossil Discovered in Pacific Ocean

Paleontologists have rediscovered a symbiotic relationship between two deep-sea animals that were previously thought to have disappeared from fossil records hundreds of millions of years ago. The ancient pair identified in a new report — published in the journal Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology — are two types of non-skeletal coral and crinoid, or sea lilies, an