Woman sneezes nearly 1-inch-long ‘worms’ — how she got the ‘biologically implausible’ infection

Woman sneezes nearly 1-inch-long ‘worms’ — how she got the ‘biologically implausible’ infection

Achoo fly? One Greek woman’s close encounter with a family of sheep bot flies is nothing to sneeze at. It all started next to a field of grazing sheep in Greece, where an unidentified 58-year-old was working outdoors in the dry September heat.  She “noticed numerous flies swarming around her face,” according to a new … Read more

Our bodies may not be riddled with microplastics after all — scientists say research is ‘not biologically plausible’ and ‘a joke’

Our bodies may not be riddled with microplastics after all — scientists say research is ‘not biologically plausible’ and ‘a joke’

Life in plastic might be fantastic after all — or at least not as dangerous as we’ve been led to believe. Ubiquitous in the environment, microplastics can be found in the clothes we wear, the cleaning supplies we use, the food we eat, the water we drink and even the air we breathe. For years, … Read more

I refuse to tell my family which of my two kids is biologically mine

I refuse to tell my family which of my two kids is biologically mine

“I have two kids, ‘Clark’ and ‘Kent’,” a mom begins her post on an advice forum, giving aliases to her sons. She says that they have the same father, but only one of them is biologically her child. “They were born within six months of each other. The boys are currently six, and for various … Read more