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The ‘Alice in Wonderland’ syndrome
Taking its name after author’s Lewis Carroll book of reference, ‘Alice in Wonderland’, those who suffer from the medical syndrome with the same name experience what Alice goes through when she is lost in the magical world: she shrinks or grow, immediately ... read entire article »
We’ve been cutting cakes the wrong way
It seems that it takes a mathematician to prove to us that all our lives we’ve been cutting cakes the wrong way. The way we’ve been doing it only makes the cake dry out a lot faster than it should. Fortunately, mathematician Alex Bellos comes to our rescue ... read entire article »
Are you forced into a marriage? Smartphone app will help you
Norway has taken initiative to help those, often belonging to Asian cultures, who are being forced into arranged marriages. A smartphone app called ‘Freedom Charity’ offers users information about how to recognize signs of an arranged marriage, what to do and ... read entire article »
Beaten celebrities appear in anti-torture campaign
3 big names from the different worlds of religion, rock and fashion have been brought together, under one campaign against torture as a method of extracting information. Although, normally, these 3 celebrities would be highly unlikely to be seen together, now ... read entire article »
Scientists create 'super banana'
Scientists supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have engineered a 'super banana' that aims to cure the world of Vitamin A deficiency. The new version of banana is packed with alpha and beta carotene which the body transforms into Vitamin A. ... read entire article »
Educational graffittis for Indonesian street children
Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, is home to some thousands of children who had been forced to drop out of school and live on the streets, begging to earn a living. In an effort to aid them and bring some education into their lives, teachers teamed up with ... read entire article »
Bush senior skydives at 90
George Bush senior proved to all of those who thought that death was knocking at his door that he's still alive and kicking after he skydived from a helicopter on his 90th birthday. The former US president jumped out of a helicopter tethered to a retired member ... read entire article »
10-year-old graduates high school
Tanishq Abraham has just become, at 10 years of age, one of the youngest children to ever graduate high school. The boy, with an IQ in the 99,9 percentile, is also a MENSA member since he was 4 years old, at that age being the youngest member to have ever ... read entire article »
Tired all day after oversleeping? Here's why.
You most certainly happened to oversleep one time but, after you woke up, you inexplicably felt more tired than usual and couldn't figure out why. Michael Breus, a psychologist with the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, explains that our body gets used to a ... read entire article »
The 2007 recession death toll: 10,000 people
In the years between 2007 and 2010, when the Great Recession hit countries and people the hardest, as many as 10,000 people the least, say researchers, have committed suicide following financial problems and other hardships which arise from them. A study spanned ... read entire article »
Baby rhino afraid to sleep alone after mom poached for horn
Gertjie is a four-month-old baby rhino who currently lives at the South African Hoedspruit Endangered Species Center (HESC) but who has a grim tale in his past. The little rhino was found lying next to his dead mother, killed by poachers for her horn. 'It was a ... read entire article »
Garlic explained by scientists
We call it garlic breath, scientists refer to it as allyl methyl sulfide breath. It's a chemical compound that, together with three other compounds, gives garlic eaters the long-lasting stench. The extended time it takes to go away is a direct consequence of ... read entire article »
1,600 pandas flash mob big cities
1,600 representatives of sheer cuteness are now on a World Tour, storming public places in big cities like Berlin, Paris, Taipei and Hong Kong. Part of a charity campaign that aims to help with the conservation of the endangered bear species, 1,600 panda ... read entire article »
UK: Anti-homeless metal spikes
The British government has set out to prevent homeless people from taking shelter on public places in big cities in the most unsual manner: metal spikes, some 2.5 centimeters long, some even bigger, have been placed around buildings, under bridges and other such ... read entire article »
Rare photos of past events and people
Today marks the commemoration of the 70 years that have passed since the D-Day landings in Normandy, France. On a day when history and past events should occupy at leat a moment of our busy lives, a series of rare photos come back from the past to remind us of ... read entire article »
In search of Amelia Earhart
A deep-sea search and investigation mission that is tasked with gathering information about climate change and, more intriguing, finding the wreckage of Amelia Earhart's plane is scheduled to commence this fall, in the waters near Nikumaroro, an uninhabited island ... read entire article »
The restaurant is watching you
Restaurants are now making clients join the review game with a reservation system called Dimmi Res-Diary that allows restaurants to write reviews about their clients. Anything from what they look like, what they order, how much they tip and even what they do for ... read entire article »
The French commemorate D-Day landings
Northern France is preparing to celebrate the 70-year commemoration of the D-Day landings during World War II. Merville, situated in Normandy, was one of the first place to be attacked by Allied paratroopers during that fateful day of June 5, 1944. On the night ... read entire article »
Newcomer in 'the most epic selfie' movement
The quest to take the most epic selfie photo ever has just gone up another level after a British photographer took a picture of himself on top of Rio's Christ the Redeemer's head. Naturally, the photo immediately went viral for it's breathtaking vantage point and ... read entire article »