Rats with tiny backpacks could soon save the lives of earthquake survivors

Rats with tiny backpacks could soon save the lives of earthquake survivors

Reviled by most, the resourceful rat may finally have something to offer us humans. The project from APOPO, a Belgian non-profit that trains animals to save lives, is fitting rats with small specialized backpacks to help emergency crews search for survivors in the event of building collapses. According to researchers on the project, their small … Read more

For Swedish professor and his tiny biotech, Alzheimer’s drug means vindication and a fortune

For Swedish professor and his tiny biotech, Alzheimer’s drug means vindication and a fortune

Last month, word spread that a drug was finally shown to slow Alzheimer’s disease, and overnight a 73-year-old Swedish professor made $350 million. The lucky man, Lars Lannfelt, was not particularly famous. He had done pioneering work on the disease, but it was in the 90s and belonged to a sub-field that, after a litany … Read more

Alec Baldwin, Hilaria Baldwin welcome 7th child together: ‘Our tiny dream come true’

Alec Baldwin, Hilaria Baldwin welcome 7th child together: ‘Our tiny dream come true’

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Alec Baldwin and his wife Hilaria Baldwin have welcomed their seventh child together — a baby girl named Ilaria Catalina Irena. The name seemingly derives from the baby’s mother, who was originally born Hilary Lynn Hayward-Thomas and only later adopted the Spanish pronunciation of her name, in … Read more