Worms–the intestinal parasite type –may be useful in treating lung disease and healing wounds (which could be why they evolved to torment us in the first place). These worms infect over a billion people all over the world every year, and kill millions of them. However, they also trigger the elements of the immune system that are responsible for repairing damaged tissues and reducing inflammation.
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Mom: Are you having a daughter? According to a new study of the 1959-1961 Great Leap Forward famine in China, women are more likely to give birth to girls during famine conditions than when there’s plenty to eat. With the recession on here in the US, we may start to see more girls born here as well.
In LiveScience.com, Stephanie Pappas quotes sociologist Shige Song as saying, "Investment on male children is a high-risk, high-return game, so you want to do it only if you are in very good situation." This may be part of the reason for the high rates of infanticide of girls in recent years, due to China’s one-child ruling.
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You don’t have to use a computer to detect a psychopath, but it would be handy if you could: That way, you’d know who to stay clear of. These dangerous and mysterious people seem completely normal–until they attack.
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Is this a balloon covered with frost? If so, why does it remain aloft? This is a high strangeness video.
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