Many scientists now believe Gulf War Syndrome is a type of Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). Unexplained symptoms reported by veterans of the first Gulf War with Iraq in 1991 have caused heated...
There are many good reasons why living organisms are adept at moving themselves around without tripping or falling all the time. This was such a crucial skill for survival that early on in our...
Originally, ARPANET linked together defence contractors, universities and research laboratories. But soon, a strange mix of military people, anarchists, academics, science fiction fans, hackers,...
John Augustus Larson was the inventor of the modern polygraph. Although, some list the polygraph as one of the greatest inventions, many scientists consider it to be pseudoscience. 聽Yet, many...
Restaurants often offer mints to their patrons after a meal. This is an old tradition geared to reducing the chance of untoward gaseous emissions. Gas builds up in the intestine in various ways....
A woman became allergic to her husband after twenty five years of marriage.聽She developed pain all over her body every time he approached her. The cause? A pain killer! 聽The husband was a dentist...
Many athletes regularly smear a black greasy substance known as 鈥渆ye black鈥� underneath their eyes to reduce glare from the sun or stadium lights. Amazingly, this trend was started by the most...
Ali Maow of Somalia has the distinction of being the world鈥檚 last recorded victim of smallpox, a disease he acquired in 1977. 聽For the first time ever, through a program of vaccination and...
Cranberries are commonly associated with Thanksgiving but in early America they played a varied role. Besides the berries serving as food, the plant鈥檚 leaves were commonly used for tea or as a...
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