Anatomy & Physiology

Heartburn makes hairy babies!

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

Researchers from John Hopkins university studying 64 pregnant women in Baltimore, found that 23 of the 28 who suffered heartburn gave birth to hirsute newborns.

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Man awake during 23 year coma – or was he?

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

As widely reported this week in the Daily Mail,  abc , msn and other news media, a man in Belgium who was diagnosed with persistent vegetative state 23 years ago after a car crash, was actually consciously aware the whole time! Incredible as this may be, what might be almost as incredible if found to [...]

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Incredible newt uses its bones as weapons!

Friday, August 21st, 2009

from BBC website: One amphibian has evolved a bizarre and gruesome defence mechanism to protect itself against predators. When attacked, the Spanish ribbed newt pushes out its ribs until they pierce through its body, exposing a row of bones that act like poisonous barbs. full story

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Incredible photo of 18,000 troops in formation

Saturday, May 9th, 2009

It took 18,000 troops from Camp Dodge, DesMoines to stand in perfect formation to make this picture of a human Statue of Liberty.

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The Thatcher Effect – strange, and a bit creepy!

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

The Thatcher effect, named after the notorious former premiere, whose photograph was first used to demonstrate the effect, refers to the odd way the human brain perceives an upside-down face. The best way to explain is to demonstrate. Have a look at this video, which is a wee bit creepy… embedded by Embedded VideoYouTube Link:  [...]

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