Mystery

The mystery behind the most famous mutilation in art history may have finally been solved

A scholar has found evidence that a distraught Vincent van Gogh slashed his ear after learning that his brother, Theo, on whom he depended financially and emotionally, was about to get married.Read More

Mystery stealth aircraft spotted in Kandahar

Since April, a steady string of reports have detailed sightings of a mysterious, unidentified UAV prowling the skies above Kandahar. Grainy, Loch-Ness-Monster-like photos revealed a flying-wing-type aircraft with stealth features.

Now, the French blog Secret Defense has published the clearest photos yet of the secret plane, and the mystery has only deepened.Read More

One of the most interesting mysteries of Death Valley National Park is the sliding rocks at the Racetrack Playa dry lake bed. These rocks can be found on the floor of the playa with long trails behind them. Somehow these rocks slide across the playa, cutting a furrow in the sediment as they move.Read More

New Study by Dr. Ali Salim of Cedars-Sinai Medical Claims Alcohol Can Improve Outcome of Brain Injury Patients.

People who suffer a traumatic brain injury from a car crash or other mishap are more apt to survive if they had been drinking at the time of the injury, according to a study published Monday.Read More

Brian Hare, assistant professor of evolutionary anthropology at Duke University reasons that dogs have developed an understanding of gestures as they adapted to life with humans.

Many animals have some level of social intelligence, allowing them to coexist and cooperate with other members of their species. Wolves, for example - the probable ancestors of dogs - live in packs that hunt together and have a complex hierarchy.Read More

The Placebo Effect

When a sugar pill makes a patient better, that effect is called the placebo effect. The phenomenon is related to the perception and expectation which the patient has; if the substance is viewed as helpful, it can heal, but if it is viewed as harmful, it can cause negative effects, which is known as the nocebo effect. Placebo effects continue to be a scientific mystery.Read More

It's a medical condition shared by a creepy villain in the James Bond movie "Casino Royale," but for 15-year-old Calvino Inman, crying blood is a real-life, everyday hardship. The Tennessee boy cries blood uncontrollably, sometimes three times a day, and doctors cannot tell him why.

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