A woman returned from a three-week vacation and started noticing a strange burning sensation in her legs. She visited multiple doctors until being diagnosed with "rat lungworm," a parasite spread by ...

In a case report published in the New England Journal of Medicine, doctors explain how they figured out the source of her fiery symptoms—worms burrowing into her brain. By this point, she was alert ...

A newly identified clam eats limestone rock, turning it into sand.

Researchers at the University of Bristol have made a breakthrough in the development of "life-like" synthetic materials which ...

The recent strong cold front that dropped water temperatures into the low 40s along the Texas coast has brought an unusual ...

What facts about rocks do you know? Even though rocks and minerals are abundantly available, many people do not take an interest in them, yet there is a lot to learn about them. Moreover, they are one ...

European Union countries may no longer need to import food from places like Mercosur and Brexiteers have certainly saved the United Kingdom from being a part of a worm-eating alliance. The ...

Sorbet, popsicles, gelatin, apple sauce, mashed potatoes, and bananas are just a few common recommendations for what to eat after a tonsillectomy (tonsils removed). These and other soft and cooling ...

What could go wrong with eating an extremely high-fat diet of beef, cheese, and sticks of butter? Well, for one thing, your cholesterol levels could reach such stratospheric levels that lipids ...

Like many things in nature, the catalpa tree and catalpa tree worms have a special symbiotic relationship. More than once in my life, I’ve interfered with a plant, critter or bug I was ...

The year is 1981, the Cold War is very much a going concern and, when a Soviet nuclear Whiskey class submarine strays into Swedish waters, the world's biggest powers fear the worst. While nuclear ...

Lives are being lost and families torn apart because of "woefully inadequate care" for people with eating disorders, according to a group of MPs. The "alarming" rise in disorders such as anorexia ...