A SHARK that lives for nearly 400 years and is the longest living vertebrate on the planet could hold the key to the fountain of youth. A SHARK that lives for almost four centuries could…
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Lab Worker Accidentally Injects Herself With Genetically Modified Strain Of Smallpox-Related Virus
In September 2018, a 26-year-old laboratory worker was offered a new job that would involve working with the vaccinia virus (VACV) – a large, complex virus related to smallpox. She was told of the risks…
A disused mine in Wales, with a huge pile of motor vehicles that have been dumped through a small opening, making an amazing reflection in the underground lake below. he Cavern of the Lost Souls is…
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A Bold New Theory Proposes That Humans Tamed Themselves
A leading anthropologist suggests that protohumans became domesticated by killing off violent males. The Goodness Paradox: The Strange Relationship Between Virtue and Violence in Human Evolution BY RICHARD WRANGHAM PANTHEON When i was studying for my doctorate, in the…
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The EU has revealed its true nature: a federalist monster that will not stop until nations are abolished
At the entrance to the Visitors Centre of the European Parliament, there is a plaque with these words: “National sovereignty is the root cause of the most crying evils of our times….The only final remedy…
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What Historical Figures Really Looked Like Will Change How You Perceive The Past
We all have a general idea of what people like Julius Caesar and George Washington looked like. The images of these historical figures and more have been immortalized with the help of paintings, portraits, and…
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Brunei LGBT law backlash: Global banks boycott hotels owned by sultan
Banks and big businesses worldwide are boycotting hotels owned by the Sultan of Brunei on account of that country’s new law that sentences gays to death for homosexual acts. P. Morgan Chase & Co., the…
An ancient and highly-sacred Scottish tree, The Fortingall Yew, located on the Glenlyon Estate in Perthshire, is thought to be between 3,000 – 5,000 years old and possibly the oldest tree in Europe . Now, scientists claim it might be…
The Indonesian man who claimed to be 146 years old – the longest living human ever – has died in his village in Central Java. According to his papers, Sodimedjo, also known as Mbah Ghoto…
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Thanks to an artistic recreation, we now know Roman emperor Nero was a literal neckbeard
Roman emperor Nero is not remembered in a very positive light. There’s that whole thing with him murdering his mother, the bit about him killing his first wife, all that other stuff about murdering Christians…