Ever snap off a dandelion head and see the white liquid seeping out from the stem? It turns out that fluid isn鈥檛 sap or poison, but a defense mechanism, in the form of latex! The Lithuanian word...
Despite what movies would have you think, rats barely ever聽make any sounds, at least those that humans are able to hear. Rat鈥檚 vocalizations start at around 2 kHz and extend as far up as 100 kHz....
The hypericum herb, or St John鈥檚 wort as it is commonly referred to, is widely used for the treatment of mild depression. In fact, in Germany it outsells the synthetic drug Prozac. It has been...
The Shetland Islands are famous for sheep and wool. 聽But did you know that they are also home to the stormy petrel? 聽This unusual bird, so-named because it was thought to appear before a storm, has...
This sounds distasteful, but is worth remembering. 聽Believe it or not, vomit appears to be astonishingly effective at spreading viruses. 聽Investigators were called in when 52 people at a hotel...
The first scientific observation about breast cancer was made in 1896 when it was noted that the disease sometimes regressed if the ovaries were removed. 聽Eventually this connection was understood...
Acute mercury poisoning from a large dose of a soluble mercury may cause damage to the kidneys, intestines, and mouth, and the symptoms are vomiting, stomach pains, weak pulse, and difficulty in...
Screens that smell like food are in our very near future? Invented by scientists at the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology in Japan, these 鈥漵melling screens鈥� makes smells appear to come...
A dentist named Morton claimed that he could produce surgical anesthesia with this miracle compound and that he would demonstrate it at Mass General. With the observation gallery full and the men...
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