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Brand New Organ Discovered In Human Body By Irish Medical Researchers

Now called the mesentery, medical researchers overlooked this organ for centuries.

By All That's Interesting • Jan 4, 2017

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Brand New Organ Discovered In Human Body By Irish Medical Researchers

Now called the mesentery, medical researchers overlooked this organ for centuries.

By All That's Interesting • January 4, 2017

Scientists Identify Mysterious Sound Emanating From Marianas Trench

Scientists recently found a strange sound emanating from the deepest part of the ocean, and a new study claims to have identified its source. A drone picked up the eerie 3.5-second-long noise deep in the Pacific Ocean’s Marianas Trench Marine National Monument (whose lowest points sit nearly seven miles below...

By All That's Interesting • Dec 19, 2016

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Scientists Identify Mysterious Sound Emanating From Marianas Trench

Scientists recently found a strange sound emanating from the deepest part of the ocean, and a new study claims to have identified its source. A drone picked up the eerie 3.5-second-long noise deep in the Pacific Ocean’s Marianas Trench Marine National Monument (whose lowest points sit nearly seven miles below...

By All That's Interesting • December 19, 2016

Unearthed Mummy Child Upends Scientists’ Beliefs About Smallpox

Smallpox has had a devastating history, from ancient Egypt to its worldwide eradication about 35 years ago, but a mummified child recently found in a Lithuanian crypt is rewriting the virus’ storied past. Teeming with the remains of the virus, the mummified child had been between the ages of two...

By All That's Interesting • Dec 13, 2016

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Unearthed Mummy Child Upends Scientists’ Beliefs About Smallpox

Smallpox has had a devastating history, from ancient Egypt to its worldwide eradication about 35 years ago, but a mummified child recently found in a Lithuanian crypt is rewriting the virus’ storied past. Teeming with the remains of the virus, the mummified child had been between the ages of two...

By All That's Interesting • December 13, 2016

How American Eugenics Programs Inspired The Nazis

"There is today one state in which at least weak beginnings toward a better conception are noticeable. Of course, it is not our model German Republic, but the American Union." – Adolf Hitler

By Richard Stockton • Dec 13, 2016

How American Eugenics Programs Inspired The Nazis

"There is today one state in which at least weak beginnings toward a better conception are noticeable. Of course, it is not our model German Republic, but the American Union." – Adolf Hitler

By Richard Stockton • December 13, 2016

47 Dust Bowl Pictures That Are Still Haunting Today

These stark, heart-wrenching Dust Bowl pictures reveal both the vast scope and intimate despair of this tragic time.

By John Kuroski • Nov 30, 2016

47 Dust Bowl Pictures That Are Still Haunting Today

These stark, heart-wrenching Dust Bowl pictures reveal both the vast scope and intimate despair of this tragic time.

By John Kuroski • November 30, 2016

An African Ant Supercolony Is About To Invade Human Civilization

Researchers found the largest supercolony ever observed among an ant species in its native habitat, spanning more than 24 miles in length.

By All That's Interesting • Nov 29, 2016

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An African Ant Supercolony Is About To Invade Human Civilization

Researchers found the largest supercolony ever observed among an ant species in its native habitat, spanning more than 24 miles in length.

By All That's Interesting • November 29, 2016

5 Terrifying Sleep Disorders That Make Wakefulness Seem Like Bliss

Who knew sleep could be so bad?

By Erin Kelly • Nov 15, 2016

5 Terrifying Sleep Disorders That Make Wakefulness Seem Like Bliss

Who knew sleep could be so bad?

By Erin Kelly • November 15, 2016

5 Diseases Whose Origins Medical Experts Got Entirely Wrong

Because doctors once totally misunderstood these lethal diseases, they used to treat them in some truly horrifying ways.

By Abby Norman • Nov 6, 2016

5 Diseases Whose Origins Medical Experts Got Entirely Wrong

Because doctors once totally misunderstood these lethal diseases, they used to treat them in some truly horrifying ways.

By Abby Norman • November 6, 2016

Some Pacific Islanders Have DNA Not Linked To Any Known Human Ancestor

Researchers have now uncovered the DNA of a previously unknown group of hominids.

By All That's Interesting • Oct 31, 2016

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Some Pacific Islanders Have DNA Not Linked To Any Known Human Ancestor

Researchers have now uncovered the DNA of a previously unknown group of hominids.

By All That's Interesting • October 31, 2016

Lung Cancer Vaccine Gets FDA Approval — And You’ll Never Guess Who Made It

CIMAvax treats non-small cell lung cancer, which accounts for 80 to 85 percent of diagnoses.

By All That's Interesting • Oct 28, 2016

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Lung Cancer Vaccine Gets FDA Approval — And You’ll Never Guess Who Made It

CIMAvax treats non-small cell lung cancer, which accounts for 80 to 85 percent of diagnoses.

By All That's Interesting • October 28, 2016

New Research Finally Does Away With HIV/AIDS Patient Zero Myth

No, so-called "patient zero" Gaetan Dugas didn't introduce HIV/AIDS to the United States.

By Abby Norman • Oct 27, 2016

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New Research Finally Does Away With HIV/AIDS Patient Zero Myth

No, so-called "patient zero" Gaetan Dugas didn't introduce HIV/AIDS to the United States.

By Abby Norman • October 27, 2016