This Surgery Makes Short People a Foot Taller
This surgery, which is called limb lengthening or precice tibia lengthening, allows short people to become about a foot taller. The procedure has been performed successfully for about 50 years in Kur…
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It's not Consciousness that Drives Our Mind, Study Claims
Everyone knows what it feels like to have consciousness: it's that self-evident sense of personal awareness, which gives us a feeling of ownership and control over the thoughts, emotions and expe…
This is What Marijuana Really Does to Your Body and Brain
Marijuana's official designation as a Schedule 1 drug — something with "no currently accepted medical use" — means it's pretty tough to study. Yet a growing body of research and n…
Leading Scientist Warns There's An Apocalypse Coming, And It's Not The One You Expect
A top scientist has called for a global effort to stop the rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, warning that if we don't act now 10 million people could die a year from drug-resistant diseases.…
7 Of the Filthiest Things You Touch All the Time
One of the first things we learn as kids is that it’s important to wash our hands. Handwashing helps prevent disease spread. It can keep an office running instead of shutting it down due to a viral i…
‘No Reason’ For Marijuana to Be Illegal, Says Neil deGrasse Tyson
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, among the most well-known living scientists this side of Stephen Hawking, said this week that “there's no reason for [marijuana] to ever have been made illeg…
A British Women Has the Ability to See an Incredible 99 Million More Color than Us
After more than 25 years of searching, neuroscientists in the UK recently announced that they’ve discovered a woman who has an extra type of cone cell — the receptor cells that detect color — in her …