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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...

David Hampson is one of the UK’s greatest unsolved mysteries. For over a decade, he has been silently blocking the same intersection in the city of Swansea, for reasons no one can uncover. We first wrote about David Hampson four years ago, when he made news headlines in his home country of England for his bizarre habit of standing in the middle of a Swansea intersection, blocking traffic until police finally came and arrested him. He never talked to anyone, including the police, and preferred to spend months in jail rather than provide an explanation for his bizarre habit. (David Hampson (pictured), is a jailed 'human bollard' who refuses to talk to police, doctors and lawyers is...

In a landmark advancement for oncology and personalized medicine, Russia's Gamaleya National Research Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology-the creators of the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine -announced this year that it will begin human clinical trials of the world's first personalized mRNA-based melanoma vaccine within the next few months. Alexander Gintsburg, director of the Gamaleya Center, confirmed that this groundbreaking vaccine, tailored specifically to the genetic profile of individual patients' tumors, will start experimental administration as early as September-October 2025 in collaboration with leading Russian oncology institutions. Q. What are melanoma cells A. Melanoma...

A Chinese man who used his savings to support a free shelter for 348 “orphans” over the past 17 years has moved many people online. Huang Meisheng, 65, founded De Ren Garden, a house for orphans and children who do not receive proper care from their families, in 2008 in Fenyi County, Jiangxi province, eastern China. Huang became a teacher at 20 and a secondary school headmaster 10 years later. At the age of 40, he became the deputy director of Fenyi Education Bureau and headmaster of a local primary school.   (Huang Meisheng walks and chats with one of the children he has taken under his wing. Photo: Xinhua) He said he was motivated to establish De Ren Garden after...