Bodybuilder, fitness model and unfailing optimist, Andrew Jones has a lot of things going on–but a heartbeat isn’t one of them. On no place on Andrew’s body will you find a pulse anywhere. After being diagnosed with cardiomyopathy in 2012, which can lead to irregular heart rate, shortness of breath and …
For most people, getting upset can lead to clenched fists, shaking and of course, the classic reddening of the face. And while the visions you see in cartoons of the blood-red, steam-coming-out-of-the-ears characters are a little on the extreme side, red cheeks are a very real occurrence. The noticeable rosy …
We all know that feeling: you know you’re about to drift off to sleep, but aren’t quite there yet. It’s as if you have one foot in waking, conscious thought and the other stepping into the world of dreams and nightmares. Scientists call this “in between” stage of sleep hypnagogia, and …
Source As it turns out, you might be able to get out of that DUI conviction–if you have auto-brewery syndrome, that is. Exactly as it sounds, science has found that some people’s bodies may lead them to appear (medically speaking) as if they’re extremely intoxicated at any given time, even …
Most of us start (or end) our daily lives with a long, hot shower. Many of us feel dirty or less-than-fresh if we have to skip even one day of our shower or bath routine. For one man, though, he’s decided to ditch the soap and water–for good. For the …
Ever wonder what really happens to your body after you die? In order to learn more about the decomposition process, scientists have started creating “body farms”, in which recently deceased bodies are placed outdoors and monitored throughout their process of decay. Even Now, We Know Very Little About Decay Shockingly, our knowledge …
For many years, the idea of cloning has been the stuff of sci-fi novels and futuristic movies. However, in China, cloning is a very real–and very profitable–business. China has plans to build the “world’s largest animal cloning factory [for] producing dogs, horses and up to a million beef cattle a year …
As Halloween is right around the corner, it’s a good time to talk about that really hairy neighbor of yours that’s scaring all the kids. If she was a woman, she could be suffering from hirsutism; excessive hair growth in women following male distribution pattern. But if that neighbor looks …
Review: 23andMe DNA Testing for Health, Disease & Ancestry — PaulStamatiou.com By Amber Case CC BY-NC 2.0 A 34-year-old U.S. man was the first-ever recorded case of a human “chimera,” or a person composed of two genetically distinct cells. In this case, the man has extra genes that were thought to be …
It looks like ladies don’t need a man, after all. Well, lady snakes, that is. To their surprise, the staff at the Louisville Zoo welcomed 6 new reticulated python babies in 2012 from a mother snake, which actually wasn’t the weird part. What was more surprising was that the mother snake, …
