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Russian scientists are said to have drilled a borehole that broke into hell and released the screams of the damned. There is one urban legend in particular that creeps out a lot of people. The story goes that sometime in 1989, Russian scientists in Siberia had drilled a borehole some 14.5 kilometers deep into the Earth's crust. The drill broke through into a cavity, and the scientists lowered some equipment to see what was down there. The temperature was about 1,100°C (about 2,000°F), but the real shocker was the sound that was recorded. They only got about 17 seconds of audio before the microphone melted, but it was 17 horrifying seconds of the screams of the damned: Convinced...

Tania Sultana 1, Umair Jan 1, Jeong Ik Lee PMID: 35457127 Fenbendazole is a benzimidazole anthelmintic agent commonly used to treat animal parasitic infections. In humans, other benzimidazoles, such as mebendazole and albendazole, are used as antiparasitic agents. Since fenbendazole is not currently approved by the FDA or EMA, its pharmacokinetics and safety in humans have yet to be well-documented in medical literature. Fenbendazole, also known as methyl N-(6-phenylsulfanyl-1H-benzimidazole-2yl), is currently used as an antiparasitic therapeutic agent in dogs and other animals. In humans, other benzimidazoles, such as mebendazole and albendazole, are used as antiparasitic agents...

21-year-old, Alê Gaúcha from Brazil, says she has attended more than 50 unsuccessful job interviews while searching for an opportunity to work as a nanny. Despite her having necessary qualifications and training, she believes her appearance has constantly turned against her. "I would go in confident, present my certificates, talk about everything I had learned, but no one ever got back to me," Gaúcha cited to NeedToKnow. "At first, I thought it was due to lack of experience, but after so many attempts, I started to believe the reason was something else,” the Brazilian beauty added. (While job hunting, the Brazilian began posting pictures online, and soon saw...

A drunken construction worker who had been reported missing spent hours with a search party looking for himself on Tuesday, according to reports. Relatives of Beyhan Mutlu, 50, reportedly became concerned when he didn't return home after a night drinking with his friends in Inegöl in Turkey's Bursa province, The Times reported. His wife was unable to reach him on his cellphone, and officials were advised that his friends lost him after he wandered into a forest, the Turkish news outlet Daily Sabah said. A search party was sent for, and Mutlu joined the volunteers in looking through the woods, according to The Times. During the hourslong search, in the dark of night, a potential...

MIT and Harvard scientists have created engineered CAR-NK cells that can hide from the immune system and more effectively destroy cancer. The cells are designed to suppress immune-rejection signals and enhance tumor-killing power. Tested in humanized mice, they wiped out cancer while avoiding dangerous immune reactions. A Major Breakthrough in Immune Engineering Scientists have recently developed a powerful new approach to fighting cancer using specially engineered immune cells called CAR-NK (natural killer) cells. These cells function much like CAR-T cells, which can be customized to seek out and destroy cancer, but rely on a different type of immune cell as their...

Lynn E McCutcheon 1, Ágnes Zsila 2, Zsolt Demetrovics 32Institute of Psychology, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Mikszáth Kálmán tér 1., Budapest, 1088, HungaryPMID: 34749830 A 2021 Hungarian study in BMC Psychology found a small but consistent link between intense celebrity worship and lower scores on cognitive tests measuring vocabulary and mental speed among over 1,700 adults. Researchers noted that while enjoying celebrity culture is not problematic, excessive obsession with celebrities may divert the brain from developing deeper thinking skills or hinder overall cognitive performance. Study Details Researchers: Lynn E....

An unnamed Italian man hiked for a week in an attempt to calm himself down after arguing with his wife. The 48-year-old left Como, in the north of Italy, and traveled 280 miles south over a period of a week. Despite living in Como, in the far north of Italy on the Swiss border, the man managed to make it all the way to Fano, a small town on the Adriatic coast some 280 miles south. He walked about 40 miles a day in an attempt to soothe his anger, according to the Independent. Eventually, the man reached Fano – a beach resort on the Adriatic coast. Reports in the Italian media state the man was cold and tired, but appeared lucid, although he admitted he had not realised quite how...

If you’ve ever wanted a private island all to yourself but don’t have the budget to buy one in the Bahamas, a British gentleman has come up with the perfect solution. Meet Richart Sowa, a British artist and carpenter who came up with the idea of creating his own floating island out of 150,000 recycled PET plastic bottles. This island is real, and right now it’s a floating tropical paradise in the middle of the Caribbean, on Isla Mujeres. At first glance, it looks natural… But it’s made out of trash. It has the best of both worlds: a private island created from trash that would otherwise have been thrown into a landfill or left floating adrift. Now these...

  What's the furthest you've ever gone to get something you want? Maybe using a bit of reverse psychology, or relying on someone's sympathetic side? How about creating a flood so bad that it lasted five months and caused billions of dollars in damage? (The flood damaged thousands of homes. (Brooks Kraft LLC/Sygma via Getty Images) Not many people have done that, but one man accused of doing so was Missouri man James Scott. If you're familiar with The Great Flood of 1993, then you might be familiar with Scott - but if not, then buckle in. It all began in 1992, when a wet end to the year resulted in abnormally high soil moisture and reservoir levels in the Missouri and Upper...

Scientists at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland may have just upended the future of human reproduction. For the first time, researchers say they’ve created human eggs from skin cells—a breakthrough that raises enormous ethical, moral, and biblical concerns. The technique could open the door for same-sex couples to have children genetically related to both partners, and could also help women unable to produce viable eggs. Lead researcher Shoukhrat Mitalipov explained, “This technology would allow many of these women to have genetically their own eggs and to have a genetically related child.” The work is at an early stage but if scientists can...