Society

Devout Shiite pilgrims were left covered in blood as they struck themselves with swords and chains during the mourning procession to mark the day...

No deformities allowed. That was the message sent to the parents of 2-year-old Sofya Zakharova when they tried to enroll the tot in a nursery. “‘First,...

China is turning to potentially risky measures to track down more patients of a coronavirus outbreak that has killed at least 1,000 people. They are...

Social media, what’s it all about really at the end of the day? Yeah, most people use it as their go-to medium to post...

These people no longer shower and rely on bacteria on their skin to do soap's job. Surprisingly, they say they don't smell. A growing number...

In case you haven’t noticed, the U.S. media suffers from a terrible case of negative bias when it comes to vaping. The topic of...

There is a new mysterious disease spreading in the coastal waters off Senegal, Africa. Health officials have declared a state of emergency after more than...

Online videos are being shared in Iran of people licking and kissing a Muslim shrine to show they are not scared of the country's...

Public health officials have announced that a squirrel in Colorado has tested positive for the bubonic plague. This is the first case of plague in...

Every country is Number One when it comes to something. This map shows you just what all those somethings are. And some are really funny! A...

Drinking alcohol is known to raise women's risk of developing breast cancer. But many women aren't aware of this link. The study's conclusion is based on the...

Mike Yeadon is a soft-spoken microbiologist and a former Vice President of Allergy and Respiratory Research at Pfizer. He spent 32 years working for...

Notre-Dame came far closer to collapsing than people knew. This is how it was saved. After a baffling alert and a race to the wrong...

Online casinos, also known as virtual casino or internet casino, are an online version of traditional casinos. Casinos you go to, to play blackjack...

Self-mummified monks, also known as living mummies or sokushinbutsu (即身仏), are buddhist priesters, who willingly mummified themselves in the quest for nirvana. The bodies of these ascetic...

Is love too heavy for Paris, THE CITY OF LOVE? Love locks on the Pont des Arts in Paris have crushed the railing of...

When there's a "human wildlife conflict," the US Department of Agriculture's "Wildlife Services" gets called in to take care of the problem. In 2013,...

For thousands of years, a parasite with no name lived happily among horseshoe bats in southern China. The bats had evolved to the point that...

Could married men become Catholic priests? In a historic shift, the Vatican will consider ordaining older married men as priests to address the shortage of...

Humans, with a few exceptions, find it difficult to envisage big numbers. Sure, someone like Robert Graham (the conceiver of Graham’s Number), or John...

School buses are so hot right now... That officials gather to discuss stiffing heat on school buses... And why does school start so early in...

Chicken shortage sends prices soaring, and restaurants can’t keep up... After a year promoting takeout wings and crispy chicken sandwiches, restaurants including KFC, Wingstop Inc. and Buffalo Wild...

This old photograph of a legally grown marijuana crop in rural Crittenden County, Kentucky was taken in 1942. During World War II, the U.S....

This guy brings his magnetic personality to another level! Pretty amazing no? 39-year-old Georgian kick-boxing trainer, Etibar Elchyev balances 50 spoons on his body in an...

Antibody testing will begin to ramp up throughout the nation in the days and weeks ahead to better inform our tact in fighting the...

Thousands of protesters have taken over the Hong Kong airport, and people are worried about a potential showdown between China and the pro-democracy supporters. For the...

Across the world, all eyes are on the news, watching and waiting for information regarding COVID-19. People want to know what’s happening around the...

Medical researchers in China have found the incubation period for coronavirus ranges up to 24 days. That's 10 days longer than experts previously thought. The research...

I did not know that prayers carve wood! 70 year-old Buddhist monk Hua Chi has been praying in the same spot at his temple in...

Just two days after a US sailor shot two civilians and injured another at a Pearl Harbor Naval shipyard in Hawaii... Another gunman opened fire...

The Ramstein air show disaster occurred in 1988. Watch the terrifying moment three military jets of the Italian aerobatic team "Frecce Tricolori" collided during their...

For more than 30 years, the Shortwave radio spectrum has been used by the worlds intelligence agencies to transmit secret messages. These messages are transmitted...

There are approximately 108,000 homeless people across California. And according to recent models about 60,000 homeless people could be impacted by the current pandemic in...

I knew the stuff I am now using everyday is beneficial. Yes my cbd drops are becoming a weapon in the war against drug-resistant...

So, how would you react if your kid came back from school telling you that? The school district says the teacher is on administrative leave...