Nader Harb, a butcher from Ohio recently filed a lawsuit against LG Chem, a division of LG Corps for a battery-caused vape pen explosion that left him with a large, graphic burn on his right thigh [1]. According to Harb, he was using an LGHG2 battery manufactured by the South-Korean chemical company to power his...
It’s not just lifelong smokers that need to worry about the health of their lungs. There is evidence to show that the health of everyone’s lungs will begin to decline after the age of 30, regardless of if you’ve had trouble breathing in the past or not. Study Shows That All Lungs Are Proven to...
They are called “shipworms” due to the age-long nuisance they’ve constituted to fishermen and sailors, feeding on moist and rotting wood, causing wooden ships and boats to sink, destroying piers and docks, and literally eating their way through any piece of wood that happens to be in their habitat water. There are over 65 species...
This article was originally written in October 2017 and has since been updated. Scientists at the French National Center for Scientific Research have used nerve stimulation to induce signs of consciousness in a man who has been in a vegetative state almost half his life. The unfortunate individual is still far from complete wakefulness, but his...
This article was originally published on April 2, 2019, and has since been updated. A study titled “School Starting Age and Cognitive Development”, published in the National Bureau of Economic Research suggests that September-born kids are generally smarter than others [1]. According to the study, since children born in September are usually the oldest in...
You are what your mother eats. …or so they say. Women have tried since the dawn of time to influence the sex of their child. It’s not a new thing to want a boy and try to make sure you have a boy. Moms all over the world have done everything from drinking milk for...
Squirrels are the cutest, and even more so when they look like one of our favorite animé characters – Pokémon! The Japanese dwarf flying squirrel, Pteromys momonga, is one of the cutest species of tiny squirrels in the world, native to Japan, and is endemic to the remote Islands of Honshu and Kyushu [1]. They...
Located in Camp Verde about 20 miles southeast of the Tuzigoot, is the Montezuma Castle National Monument, one of the many delights of the State of Arizona. This castle is believed to have been built between 1100 and 1425 AD, and it was used by the ancient people on Sinagua, a pre-Columbine culture that inhabited...
This article was originally published on January 03, 2018, and has since been updated. Imagine, for a moment, meeting the future love of your life at work. You begin dating, the sparks are flying, and you each know it’s meant to be. Now, imagine being in love with your beautiful partner, only to learn you have...
Ask anyone what they think causes osteoarthritis. Chances are they will say something to the effect of, it’s simply a result of aging or it’s just a sign of your bones getting weaker because of poor diet. Now, it’s not that those answers are wrong, but they are not entirely right. In fact, a new...
In 1983, learning that your child has Down syndrome was incredibly sad, since life expectancy was only about 25 years old. But today, people with Down syndrome are living well into their 60’s and beyond! (1) More than ever before, families affected by Down syndrome can expect to enjoy spending a full lifetime together, thanks...
As science evolves, we are discovering more and more therapeutic techniques to conquer some of our most debilitating conditions. Research led by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is exploring the potential of strobe lights and low frequency sounds to recreate the brain waves lost in Alzheimer’s disease [1]. This technique of light and sound has...
