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She Went In For A Heart Checkup. Months Later, She Was Learning How To Live Without All Four Limbs
Leslie Caoili went to a doctor expecting a routine heart checkup in May. Instead, the 41-year-old San Diego mother was diagnosed with a life-threatening Type A aortic dissection, a catastrophic tear in the main artery leading away from the heart. Doctors told her family that she needed emergency surgery immediately, turning an ordinary medical appointment…
Shirtless Stranger Steals The Spotlight At California Wedding
A California couple had plenty of guests watching as they exchanged vows, but one unexpected spectator quickly became impossible to ignore. A shirtless man standing on a hotel balcony across from the ceremony had a perfect view of the aisle, and wedding guests had an equally perfect view of him. The mystery spectator stayed in…
Scientists Found a Cellular Mechanism That Could Help Explain How Aging Takes Hold
Scientists may have found a surprisingly specific weak point in the aging process. A new study suggests that a molecule inside our cells helps keep mitochondria working properly, and its decline with age may contribute to cellular deterioration. Even more striking, researchers were able to restore younger-looking mitochondrial function in laboratory worms by supplying either…
Flock Safety’s New AI Could Track Drivers By How They Move
A surveillance company that spent years insisting its technology could not identify or track people is now testing an AI system that appears capable of doing exactly that. Flock Safety has built a tool for police that can identify drivers and track vehicles based on patterns of movement. The system can reportedly search for vehicles…
Scientists May Have Found A Way To Make More Kidneys Compatible With Patients
A kidney transplant can come down to a microscopic detail that patients have no control over: blood type. Now, researchers have successfully transplanted a human kidney after changing its blood-type markers, potentially opening a much larger pool of organs to people who have spent years waiting. The experimental kidney was converted from blood type A…
Brazilian Truck Driver Builds 1,700 Free Shelters For Animals Left Out In The Cold
One rainy night, Leomar Aparecido Miguel noticed something that was difficult to ignore. Stray dogs and cats were wandering through the streets soaked by the rain, with food and water available in some places but nowhere safe to escape the weather. Miguel had never worked in carpentry, but instead of walking away from the problem,…
The Chinese Cartoon Everyone Called Terrible Is Now A Box Office Sensation
A Chinese animated film that looked destined to disappear has pulled off one of the strangest box-office turnarounds of the summer. After viewers mocked its crude animation and confusing storyline online, thousands are now buying tickets specifically to experience the movie everyone was calling terrible. Niu Lai has gone from earning only a few thousand…
FBI Arrests Albany Woman Accused Of Plotting Attack On New York Capitol
A federal investigation into an alleged ISIS-inspired attack on New York’s State Capitol has ended with the arrest of an Albany woman accused of planning to kill lawmakers and flee the country. Jessica Bowie, 35, was arrested Aug. 19 after investigators say she took possession of what she believed was an explosive device and a…
Switzerland Found A Wild Way To Repair Highways Without Stopping Traffic
Road construction usually comes with one unavoidable promise: slow down, change lanes, or prepare to sit in traffic. Switzerland has found a way around that problem, and the solution looks so strange that people online have started joking that the country is already living in 2050. The machine behind the reaction is the ASTRA Bridge,…
Stefan Mandel And The Lottery Strategy That Actually Worked
Most lottery players spend a few dollars and hope for a miracle. Stefan Mandel did something very different. He studied the numbers, found lotteries with exploitable odds, gathered investors and eventually built a system that won jackpots 14 times. His biggest success came in Virginia in 1992, when his syndicate bought millions of combinations and…