Jon Paul was leery entering his first wildfire camp of the year late last month to fight three lightning-caused fires scorching parts of a Northern California forest that hadn’t burned in 40 years. The 54-year-old engine captain from southern Oregon knew from experience that these crowded, grimy camps can be breeding grounds for norovirus and a respiratory […] Read more

As coronavirus infections climb in Mumbai, authorities in India’s worst-hit city are turning to high-tech “smart helmets” to speed up screenings and identify suspected cases in the financial capital’s densely-populated slums. The portable thermoscanners — previously deployed in Dubai, Italy and China — enable health workers to record the temperatures of dozens of residents per […] Read more

A new book, Sex Robots & Vegan Meat, has explored the world of sex robots. Its author Jenny Kleeman claims they are set to have a big impact on society thanks to human-like features. Sex robots are poised to “redefine the fundamental elements of our existence”, according to a new book. A new book, Sex Robots […] Read more

A face mask used amid the coronavirus pandemic helped police in California arrest a man suspected in a child molestation case from two years ago, authorities said. Leonardo Ramirez, 28, was arrested after a DNA sample collected from a discarded face mask matched a sample collected in 2018 when a young girl was sexually assaulted, […] Read more

Tennis star Novak Djokovic said Sunday that he’s personally opposed to vaccinations, and thus worries that a novel coronavirus vaccination will become mandatory for tennis players. “Personally, I am opposed to vaccination, and I wouldn’t want to be forced by someone to take a vaccine in order to be able to travel,” Djokovic said during […] Read more

With all of the gloom and doom headlines about the increasing spread of the coronavirus, you would think that the big pharmaceutical companies would be pulling out all of the stops to come up with a vaccine. You would be wrong. Vaccines remain science’s best – and virtually only – weapon against viruses, and yet, […] Read more

A doctor in China has been jailed for conducting horrific genetic experiments on unborn babies. He Jiankui was sentenced to three years in prison this week for genetically manipulating the DNA of three babies before they were born. Jiankui’s experiment caused international outrage after he announced in November of 2018 that he had successfully changed […] Read more

Anyone who has ever had the opportunity to observe surgery, as I have, knows that sometimes things can get a little heated, but usually not to the point of ignition! However, that is exactly what happened to a man in Australia who experienced a “flash fire” in his chest cavity during emergency heart surgery! While […] Read more

When I was younger and used to go to the dentist, I used to wonder, “What did he know that I didn’t,” when he would leave the room to push the button on the x-ray machine. I mean if this stuff was safe, what was with the heavy metal blanket, and why the hell did […] Read more