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  Popping pimples in the ‘Triangle of Death, a triangular area of your face between the bridge of the nose and the corners of your mouth, can cause serious medical complications and even death. Lish Marie, a young mother of three, recently went viral on TikTok after posting a video about how popping a pimple below her face caused extreme inflammation and facial paralysis that required medical attention. Lish tried to pop a pimple just below her left nostril using her nails, but within hours, she knew something was wrong. The left side of her face became so swollen that when she tried to smile, it hurt, and only the other corner of her mouth raised into a grin. After about four...

This might sound something like a desert legend, involving a creature that is no bigger than a human hand, with a tail that delivers not just a sting, but liquid gold. Of course, it's not actual gold, but the idea of scorpion venom being the most expensive liquid on Earth has given it a mythical image. Prices of that go up to $39 million per gallon, and perhaps that is the reason why it's easy to see people getting excited about the idea of farming scorpions for profit. This highly potent substance isn't traded in barrels or poured into luxury bottles. Instead, it's carefully collected in microscopic amounts and studied in labs around the world. The high value of this venom doesn't only...

Four teenage girls: Duro-Aina Adebola, Akindele Abiola, and Faleke Oluwatoyin, and Bello Eniola figured out a way to use a liter of urine as fuel to get six hours of electricity from their generator. The invention was displayed at the annual event Maker Faire Africa, Lagos, Nigeria, an event that showcases ingenuity. The idea of using urine as fuel is not new but Bola, Biola, Toyin and Eniola came up with a practical way to put the idea into action and many households can really appreciate this. How It Works As explained on the blog of makerfaireafrica.com website, its process is itemized below; Urine is put into an electrolytic cell, which separates out the hydrogen. The hydrogen goes...

Brushing teeth at night may appear to be an easy habit to practice, but emerging science indicates that skipping it may have long-term effects, especially on your heart. According to a study published in the 2023 Scientific Reports by researchers at Osaka University Hospital in Japan, there was a rather surprising connection found between midnight toothbrushing and reduced cardiovascular risk. The study released offers conclusive evidence that the lack of compliance with bedtime oral hygiene can be a major cause of serious systemic health issues, especially heart disease. The study: The researchers analyzed health data on 675 patients aged 20 and older. Participants were divided into...

A retail tycoon in China has introduced “unhappy leave” days to help employees achieve a better work-life balance. During 2024’s China Supermarket Week in late March, Yu Donglai, who is the founder and chairman of Pang Dong Lai, a retail chain in central China’s Henan province, announced that employees would be eligible to request 10 days of additional leave at their discretion. The event is a six-day gathering to promote the development of the country’s supermarket sector. “I want every staff member to have freedom. Everyone has times when they’re not happy, so if you’re not happy, do not come to work,” said Yu. Yu wants employees to...

The world’s richest woman, Alice Walton, has just opened a new medical school in Bentonville, Arkansas, with a bold promise: free tuition for its first five graduating classes. According to CBS News, the Alice L. Walton School of Medicine aims to transform how future doctors are trained by focusing on whole-person care, including mental health, lifestyle medicine, and emotional well-being. The school accepted only 48 students out of more than 2,000 applicants, making it one of the most selective programs in the country. According to the school’s official site, the campus is designed to promote healing, featuring rooftop gardens, wellness studios, and spaces for...

Late Shakuntala Devi, known for her ability to make complex mental calculations, extracted the 23rd root of a 201-digit number mentally in the year 1977. Shakuntala Devi demonstrated the multiplication of two 13-digit numbers 7,686,369,774,870 x 2,465,099,745,779 picked at random by the Computer Department of Imperial College, London on June 18, 1980, in just 28 seconds. Till date, it is known to be the fastest human computation. She could also tell the day of the week of any given date in the last century spontaneously. Guinness World Records on July 30, 2020, honoured Indian math genius, Shakuntala Devi, with the title for ''fastest human computation'', four decades after she achieved...

Honeybee venom induces cancer cell death in hard to treat triple-negative breast cancer with minimal effect on healthy cells. Using the venom from 312 honeybees and bumblebees in Perth Western Australia, Ireland and England, Dr Ciara Duffy from the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research and The University of Western Australia, tested the effect of the venom on the clinical subtypes of breast cancer, including triple-negative breast cancer, which has limited treatment options. Results published in the prestigious international journal NPJ Nature Precision Oncology revealed that honeybee venom rapidly destroyed triple-negative breast cancer and HER2-enriched breast cancer cells. Dr...

While waiting for a human heart transplant, Stan Larkin lived 555 days without the organ at all. To passers-by, the 25-year-old Ypsilanti, Michigan, resident appeared to be a typical young adult. He enjoyed taking his three toddlers to the park and hanging out with his younger brother, Dominique. What wasn’t obvious was that a gray backpack Larkin carried was what kept him alive. Inside that bag was the power source for an artificial heart pumping in his chest. Larkin’s real heart was removed from his body in November 2014. It was replaced with a device that allowed Larkin to stay home instead of in a hospital while waiting to receive a transplant. It finally arrived this...

A Chinese tech firm is racing to deliver what could be the world’s first “gestation robot”. The idea from Kaiwa Technology, based in Guangzhou, involves a humanoid designed with an artificial womb embedded in its abdomen, intended to carry a fetus through ten months of gestation and deliver a baby, according to Chinese media outlets. Slated for debut by 2026 and expected to sell for under 100,000 yuan (around $13,900), the robot aims to offer a pregnancy alternative for those who wish to avoid the burdens of human gestation. The announcement has triggered intense public discourse—from ethical unease to hopeful possibilities for the infertile.Recently, Chinese...