A newly discovered letter written by former first lady Mary Todd Lincoln shows a side of her that is rarely seen, an author and historical document expert told FOX Business. The letter is addressed to George Harrington; his descendants reportedly found it in their family archives. At the time, Harrington was assistant secretary of the … Read more
Read it and weep. Men are less aggressive after smelling women’s tears, according to study findings published Thursday in PLOS Biology. The research, carried out by the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, found that human tears contain a chemical signal that reduces activity in two aggression-related brain regions. When researchers sought volunteers for the … Read more
At one point in her life, Amber Pearson spent eight hours a day acting out her obsessive thoughts. She washed her hands until they bled, repeatedly checked the locks on her doors and ate separately from her family due to an intense fear of food contamination. Pearson, 34, has OCD, or obsessive-compulsive disorder, that neither therapy … Read more
A Virginia high school freshman was looking for a fun science experiment — and ended up making a soap with the aim of treating skin cancer. Heman Bekele, who attends W.T. Woodson High School in the Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) system, was crowned “America’s Top Young Scientist” and awarded $25,000 after winning this year’s … Read more
Gear up for some mind-blowing orgasms, ladies and gents. After years of debate about its existence, doctors now think they have discovered definitive evidence that the elusive G spot is indeed very real. A team of researchers in Turkey think they have confirmed the so-called erogenous zone located a few inches into the vagina, as … Read more
Scientists at MIT have unlocked a major breakthrough in the battle to reverse the effects of Alzheimer’s Disease — one that shows “dramatic reductions” in neurodegeneration, a report stated. The exciting achievement came about after researchers were successfully able to interfere with an enyzme typically found to be overactive in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients. … Read more
Californians caught the sight of a lifetime when rare clouds recently illuminated the sky. Photographer Rain Hayes tweeted a photo on Dec. 16 of cobweb-looking wisps of clouds in the night sky in Oakland. “Strange bright cloud over Lake Merritt during the tail end of astronomical twilight this morning,” she wrote in her tweet. The … Read more