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The Strange Reason Your Fingers Turn Pruney In Water
Spend a few minutes in a bath, swimming pool, or even washing dishes, and your fingertips can suddenly look like they belong to someone three decades older. Those deep ridges seem like an unavoidable side effect of soaking in water. But scientists have discovered that the transformation is far more interesting than simple waterlogged skin.…
Firefighters Comfort Frightened 2-Year-Old Girl After Car Crash by Letting Her Paint Their Nails
A Utah family had just been hit from behind three times when firefighters arrived to find a 2-year-old girl screaming in the back seat. Her mother was pregnant, the crash had left everyone shaken, and emergency crews were trying to assess what had happened. Then one firefighter noticed the toddler was still clutching several bottles…
A Tattoo Artist Made One Promise To Sick Kids. Nine Years Later, He’s Still Keeping It
Benjamin Lloyd had a simple idea when he opened Facebook in May 2016. The 25-year-old airbrush artist from Tauranga, New Zealand, said he would visit Starship Children’s Hospital and give the children free temporary tattoos if his post received 50 likes. It sounded like the kind of offer that might attract a little local attention,…
Your Brain May Actually Fall Into Sync With People Around You
For years, “being on the same wavelength” sounded like a nice way to describe two people who instantly connected. Now researchers have found a way to measure part of what that phrase may actually mean inside the brain. Scientists using portable EEG headsets have found that people’s brain activity can become more synchronized during shared…
Man Cycles 5,850km Across France To Honor His Mother Who Died After 20 Years With Alzheimer’s
Frédéric de Lanouvelle spent 37 days cycling across France on a route that demanded up to 180 kilometres of riding a day, around 60,000 metres of climbing and countless hours alone on the road. But the former journalist and adventurer was chasing something far bigger than an endurance record. His bicycle was tracing a giant…
A 16-Year ADHD Study Just Turned One Major Assumption On Its Head
For years, researchers had a straightforward expectation about ADHD: as life becomes more demanding, managing the condition should become harder. A new study that followed people with ADHD for 16 years found something that went in the opposite direction. Researchers tracked 483 people diagnosed with ADHD during childhood, and their symptoms did not simply remain…
Scientists Found The Mushroom Behind The Tiny People Hallucinations
A mushroom served across parts of southwest China comes with an unusually specific warning: wait before eating it, or you might start seeing tiny people. That strange effect has been documented in hospital records and firsthand accounts for decades. Now researchers have sequenced dozens of specimens and discovered something even more puzzling. The usual mushroom…
Scientists Warn Modern Life May Be Overloading The Human Brain
The train doors close and within seconds, phones appear across the carriage. One commuter checks a message, another scrolls through a video, someone reads a breaking-news alert while another watches a stranger’s carefully edited holiday unfold on a screen. In the space of a single journey, the human brain can be exposed to war, celebrity…
The Hidden Health Risk Facing California Quartz Countertop Workers
A kitchen upgrade that has become a fixture in modern homes is at the center of a growing health crisis in California. Workers who cut and polish engineered stone countertops are developing a severe lung disease that can permanently damage their ability to breathe. The number of reported cases has risen sharply in recent years,…
12 Year Old Dancer Takes Her First Steps After A Rare Spinal Stroke
Morgan Lopez was just 12 when a routine dance practice turned into a medical emergency that left her unable to walk. Within hours, her family was facing the possibility that their daughter might never move normally again. Three months later, Morgan walked out of rehabilitation on her own. The California dancer is still undergoing treatment,…