According to a new study, over a third of people are walking around with the symptoms of a concussion. However, the symptoms are not actually caused by a concussion. Researchers say the concussion-like state of confusion is caused by stress and lack of sleep. A survey of more than 31,000 people shows that insufficient sleep,
A Facebook video shared by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service went viral this week. The video showed what at first looked like a loose strand of hair, but then it quickly slithered away. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service identified the creature as a horsehair worm, noting that the species is just as unsettling
A leading scientist has just suggested that another deadly pandemic caused by “Disease X” could be just around the corner. Mark Woolhouse is a professor of infectious disease epidemiology at the University of Edinburgh. In 2017, he and some colleagues convinced the World Health Organization (WHO) to add what they called “Disease X” to its
Over 762,000 pounds of Hot Pockets were recalled this month due to “possible foreign matter contamination.” That “foreign matter” is apparently glass and hard plastic. Parent company Nestlé Prepared Foods recalled the Hot Pockets after determining they may have been contaminated with “extraneous materials, specifically pieces of glass and hard plastic,” the US Department of
A baby’s face ballooned and started growing hair after having a steroid cream applied to his skin. The youngster, who was reportedly suffering from dry skin, was given the cream by his parents. But they soon realised something was wrong as he shot up in size and his face started growing hair, including on his
“Follow the Science” has become a frequently heard rallying cry from the Left and their media in recent months. An even newer phenomenon is the bumper sticker asking “Got Science?” which is often spotted adorning a Prius or Subaru, between the drivers’ other decals pleading “Feel the Bern” and “Resist.” Anyone paying attention understands that those
A young boy was abandoned by his parents because they thought he was a witch. Photos of the little boy, named Hope, show an extremely malnourished child. The founder of a charity called DINNødhjæl, Anja Ringgren Lovén, was giving Hope water in the photo. Hope’s parents abandoned him on the streets of Eket, Nigeria because
Victor Hardley Crawley quietly slipped a note to the teller at a Chase bank in Georgia, threatening to infect the bank with COVID-19 if he didn’t receive cash. Crawley told the bank employees that he was positive for the coronavirus, and that he would infect everyone in the bank if they did not meet his
A “mysterious” illness has killed one person and left hundreds hospitalised in central India just two days after people began showing symptoms. It began on Saturday when 45 people from Eluru in Andhra Pradesh began showing strange symptoms, including seizures, sudden loss of consciousness, frothing at the mouth and body shivers, according to Times of
An Indian man’s condition brought new meaning to the term “stomach bug” after ultrasound photos showed multiple worms squirming around in his belly. The New Delhi native first knew something was wrong after suffering from abdominal pain, diarrhea, and vomiting for a whole day, per a study published in the New England Journal Of Medicine.
