For most people who develop medical conditions due to unforeseen diseases or accidents, life tends to get more difficult. It doesnt matter how severe the condition is, they have to give up on a part of their former lives to accommodate it.In some cases, t...
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These lovable hounds are happy, playful companions. Find out more about why they make perfect pets.1. Their origins are mysterious. The beagle is such an old breed that its ancestors hunted rabbits with the Ancient Romans. Unfortunately, origins are hard ...
Antidisestablishmentarianism, everyone’s favorite agglutinative, entered the pop culture lexicon on August 17, 1955, when Gloria Lockerman, a 12-year-old girl from Baltimore, correctly spelled it on The $64,000 Question as millions of people watched from ...
SMART NEWSWhy Some Saber-Toothed Cats May Not Have Been as Menacing as Previously ImaginedNew research suggests that at least one species kept its dagger-shaped teeth inside, not outside, its closed mouthAt least one species of saber-tooth cat likely kept...
Among other reasons, the eighth and final season of Game of Thrones was notable because it includes the longest battle sequence ever filmed. The third episode, “The Long Night,” features an epic showdown between the forces of the living and the dead at th...
Today, most governments and geographers acknowledge five named oceans. You’ve got the Pacific, the Atlantic, the Indian, the Arctic, and the Southern. Like five fingers on the same hand, they’re all part of the unified World Ocean, covering 71 percent of ...
In 2007, a mysterious skull with a human appearance was discovered in the small region of Denmark, known as Olstykke. Science also failed to find its link to any species on Earth. Interestingly, there are many theories on the origin of the skull. For exam...
SMART NEWSRobot Jumps a Record-Breaking 100 Feet in the AirThe device can launch three times higher than the current record for a robotic leapThis device canaccelerate from 0 to 60 mph in 30 feet per second.Elliot W. HawkesResearchers at the University of...
SMART NEWSNew ResearchAfter Centuries of Searching, Scientists Finally Find the Mysterious Giant Shipworm AliveThe three-foot long creature has long eluded scientists, but they finally got a closer lookThe giant shipworm, out of its tubeMarvin AltamiaThe ...
Tales of survival at sea and on its most inhospitable islands have fascinated man since he first set sail into the deep blue unknown. Collected here are 10 of the most incredible such tales.10 Pedro de SerranoPedro de Serrano is considered the OG of casta...
HISTORYThe Deadliest Disaster at Sea Killed Thousands, Yet Its Story Is Little-Known. Why?In the final months of World War II, 75 years ago, German citizens and soldiers fleeing the Soviet army died when the “Wilhelm Gustloff” sankThe Wilhelm ...
HISTORYThe Deadliest Disaster at Sea Killed Thousands, Yet Its Story Is Little-Known. Why?In the final months of World War II, 75 years ago, German citizens and soldiers fleeing the Soviet army died when the “Wilhelm Gustloff” sankThe Wilhelm ...
Sometimes, we forget that diseases have always been here. They dont simply pop into existence when a set of symptoms are given a name and declared a disease. Royal families are no more exempt from serious conditions or genetic weaknesses than anyone else....
When we think of diseases throughout human history, certain images commonly come to mind: a tragic heroine coughing blood into a white handkerchief, peg-legged pirates suffering from scurvy, piles of corpses carted away while children hold hands and solem...
As human beings, we all feel comfortable on solid ground. For as long as we can remember, our ancestors have traversed these terrains and sustained themselves by living off the land. From precious stones to the weirdest mementos, we have discovered quite ...
Between 1276 and 1178 BC, a confederation of pirates known collectively as the Sea Peoples terrorized the coastal cities and civilizations of the eastern Mediterranean. For the most part, these pirates, who were the Bronze Age precursors to the Vikings of...
SMART NEWSThe Hollywood Star Who Confronted the AIDS ‘Silent Epidemic’Rock Hudson died of AIDS-related complications in 1985Rock Hudson in 1954.Artist: Bob Willoughby 1954 (printed 1987) Gelatin silver print National Portrait Gallery, Smithson...
HISTORYThe Gruesome History of Eating Corpses as MedicineThe question was not “Should you eat human flesh?” says one historian, but, “What sort of flesh should you eat?” Egyptians embalming a corpse.Bettmann / CorbisThe last line of a 17th century poem by...
HISTORYThe Gruesome History of Eating Corpses as MedicineThe question was not “Should you eat human flesh?” says one historian, but, “What sort of flesh should you eat?” Egyptians embalming a corpse.Bettmann / CorbisThe last line of a 17th century poem by...
SMART NEWSDog Breed Doesn’t Affect Behavior, According to New Genetic ResearchPersonality is shaped by a combination of factors, including a pup’s environmentResearchers surveyed the owners of 18,385 dogs andsequenced the DNA of 2,155 dogs for a new...
