Last week NOAA and the US Coast Guard honored four civilian weathermen killed more than 70 years ago. On September…
Unlike grizzlies which lazily slumber winters away inside a hibernation cave, honey bees spend the winter deep inside the hive,…
Sergio Canavero, an Italian doctor, is hoping to be the first to conduct a human head transplant and he thinks…
Oliver Sacks is a physician, best-selling author, and professor of neurology at the NYU School of Medicine. The British-born physician,…
The hurricane was not a major one but the sea still punched through a levee in tiny Braithwaite, 15 miles…
The coldest woman on earth just might be Anna Bagenholm, a Swedish radiologist. On May 20, 1999 she officially set…
Doctors may soon use a 29-point death test to evaluate seniors who are admitted to the hospital for critical care. (more…)
“Old Aunt Winnie as I saw her,” reads notes scrawled beside the image. “Darkies claim she is 127 years old,…
PBS NewsHour recently published a feature which explores Belgium's liberal euthanasia law. The NewsHour segment is available on their website. (more…)
In a world where humans regularly live to 120, retirement might occur at 105. Other people might retire at 65…