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A 27-year-old Indian man plans to sue his parents for giving birth to him without his consent. Mumbai businessman Raphael Samuel told the BBC that it's wrong to bring children into the world because they then have to put up with lifelong suffering. Mr Samuel, of course, understands that our consent can't be sought before we are born, but insists that "it was not our decision to be born". So as we didn't ask to be born, we should be paid for the rest of our lives to live, he argues. A demand like this could cause a rift within any family, but Mr Samuel says he gets along very well with his parents (both of whom are lawyers) and they appear to be dealing with it with a lot of...

Ben West has been fighting for his life in a Bay County hospital after getting infected with Vibrio Vulnificus. His family gave News Channel 7 an exclusive interview. “I have learned what it means to pray without ceasing, it really has, it’s been a battle,” said Keith West, Ben’s father. For them, it’s been a battle that started right after a family trip to Gulf County. “It was just a family outing, fishing, crabbing, chasing grand young ones in the dark, just a good time,” said Keith. Until Ben’s first symptoms kicked in. “Big blisters started popping up, like it was trying to leave the leg, it was just at the ankle, coming up to...

Ever wonder how much your dog really loves you?In a new study conducted by Canine Cottages, four different pups were fitted with special heart rate tracking collars to show what gets them excited when interacting with their owners. Combining the heart rate tracking data from the four dogs over seven days, their average heart rate was 67 bpm. But when the canines were told "I love you" by their owners, their heart rates skyrocketed 46% to 98 bpm. The research also showed one thing that calms a dog's heart rate: cuddling. According to the study, the dogs' heart rates decreased by 23% on average from 67 bpm to 52 bpm while they were being cuddled by their owners. Canine Cottages also...

A hedge fund billionaire bought his former boss’s Hamptons summer home for more than $40million and then tore it down to make room for a mansion twice its size. David Tepper bought the ocean-facing property in Sagaponack, New York, in 2010 from John Corzine’s ex-wife. He paid $43.5million for Corzine’s former summer getaway – making it the most expensive home in the Hamptons at the time. The following summer, he razed the 6,165 square foot home to the ground in order to build a completely new and much larger mansion. Now, five years later, Tepper’s renovation is finally finished, and the sprawling estate boasts a large pool and tennis court on site as well...

Identical twins Brittany and Briana Deane married identical twins Josh and Jeremy Salyers and built a quaternary life together. The Deane girls and the Salyers boys have built a unique life together. The sets of identical twins met at the annual Twins Day Festival in Twinsburg, Ohio, setting off a dual romance for the ages—complete with young sons who are both cousins and siblings. Briana and Jeremy and Brittany and Josh have 3-year-old sons, Jax and Jett, respectively, who are uniquely tied genetically. The boys are cousins since their parents are siblings, but they’re also siblings themselves. Since each of their parents shares identical DNA, Jax and Jett both have DNA...

Alfredo Moser's invention is lighting up the world. In 2002, the Brazilian mechanic had a light-bulb moment and came up with a way of illuminating his house during the day without electricity - using nothing more than plastic bottles filled with water and a tiny bit of bleach. In the last two years his innovation has spread throughout the world. It is expected to be in one million homes by early next year. So how does it work? Simple refraction of sunlight, explains Moser, as he fills an empty two-litre plastic bottle. "Add two capfuls of bleach to protect the water so it doesn't turn green [with algae]. The cleaner the bottle, the better," he adds. Wrapping his face in a cloth he makes...

“Look at them, they can do it so easily. Why can’t you?” You always make the same mistake! How many times do I have to tell you? How. Many. Times.” These were the kinds of words I often heard as a child — usually shouted, with a voice so loud it felt like it came from 500 miles away, even though the person was standing just two feet in front of me. I’d stand there, head down, fighting back tears. And in my mind, I’d start cursing myself: Why am I so stupid? Why can’t I do something so simple? I blamed myself endlessly. Sadly, this kind of treatment was considered normal in the environment I grew up in. No one seemed to realize the deep,...

Our bodies divest themselves of 60 billion cells every day through a natural process of cell culling and turnover called apoptosis. These cells - mainly blood and gut cells - are all replaced with new ones, but the way our bodies rid themselves of material could have profound implications for cancer therapies in a new approach developed by Stanford Medicine researchers. They aim to use this natural method of cell death to trick cancer cells into disposing of themselves. Their method accomplishes this by artificially bringing together two proteins in such a way that the new compound switches on a set of cell death genes, ultimately driving tumor cells to turn on themselves. The...

Earlier this month (13 August), officials from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services confirmed that a man had been diagnosed with an extremely rare condition known as amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), which he is believed to have contracted while engaging in the recreational activity at the Lake of the Ozarks. The press release added that the man had contracted the Naegleria fowleri, a microscopic amoeba which is present in freshwater throughout the US. A week later the DHSS confirmed the unidentified man had died after being treated in an intensive care unit. "We extend our deepest condolences to the loved ones of the patient," the agency said in a statement. What is...

A teenage boy has died after eating uncooked instant noodles, leaving his family reeling, and raising concern over food safety. The 13-year-old boy, identified as Hamza, returned home from an evening prayer and Quran memorisation class in Cairo, Egypt on August 16 before he ate three packets of raw instant noodles. Within 30 minutes of eating the noodles reported to be made by the popular Indonesian brand Indomie, he began to suffer from severe abdominal pain, and started vomiting and sweating. Hamza was then rushed to hospital where doctors instructed his family to take him to a toxicology centre as they suspected he had been poisoned.Tragically, the boy died before he made it to the...