A shop in the Phillipines has ‘captured’ a ghost walking through traffic on its CCTV. The footage, recorded in June (2018), show the ghost seemingly oblivious to oncoming traffic as it walks across the road. Locals now fear that a ghost is haunting the area and holding a grudge against residents. Another traffic ghost was caught walking across a road […]
Ghost captured on CCTV walking through traffic
Court awards $289 million to man who says Roundup by Monsanto gave him cancer
A former school groundkeeper, Dewayne Johnson, has been awarded $289 million in damages against Monsanto, after suing the pesticide manufacturer in a Californian Court. Jurors agreed that Monsanto’s product, Roundup, had contributed to Johnson’s cancer in what was the first trial against the behemoth with potentially thousands of other lawsuits to follow. Monsanto, which was bought by pharmaceutical giant Bayer, […]
Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay $4.7 billion in damages
Johnson & Johnson have been ordered to pay $4.69 billion in damages to 22 women in America who claimed the company’s talcum powder contributed to their ovarian cancer. Six of the women have since died of the disease. Their counsel, Mark Lanier, said Johnson & Johnson had covered up evidence of asbestos in their powder for over 40 years.
Animals are talking all around us
Despite years of research, animal conversations are not clearly understood. Many of us suspect on an intuitive level that animals are talking the way humans do but proof has been illusive. New research released today adds weight to this belief with researchers from the Universities of York and Sheffield in the UK, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany, […]
Scientists transfer memories between snails
Scientists claim to have transplanted memories between sea snails by injecting cells from one into the other. Aside from hoping that the snails didn’t suffer (Is there anything we haven’t enslaved for our own ends?), the research claims that some memories may be encoded in RNA molecules and not in the connectivity of brain cells as tradition has taught.
Study claims octopuses came from aliens
Octopuses. Those strange, tentacled, suction cup, boneless, slithering sea creatures were always the weird ones in a world of fish. Horror stories of giant octopuses taking down ships and causing mysterious vanishings in the Bermuda triangle abound but now a new study might just explain the weirdness octopuses hold. Published in the Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, the study […]
Tinned Tuna has 100 times the safe zinc level
New research in America says tinned tuna contains more than 100 times the safe limit of zinc which impedes our ability to absorb minerals and vitamins. Zinc is commonly used to line the interior of cans since it is anti-microbial in nature. Although zinc is found in a wide array of foods and is used by the body, overdosing on […]
Vatican adds extra exorcism training to cope with demand
The Vatican has launched an extra training course to cope with demand for exorcisms. The course which is open to applicants from around the world with approval of their bishop, comes amids rising claims of people being possessed. The exorcism training will take place this April at the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum in Rome and focus on anthropological, social, theological, […]
Californian coffee drinkers face cancer warnings
Coffee served in California may have to carry prominent cancer warnings after being brought to court by a non-profit organisation. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Elihu Berle, in a proposed ruling, said that coffee makers had not mounted a strong enough defense to the claims of The Council for Education and Research on Toxics.
Columbian police arrest fake shaman accused of extortion
Columbian police have arrested a man accused of using the cover of shamanism to extort large amounts of money from people. Operating from the city of Florencia, Caqueta, the man is suspected of having duped up to ten people. One woman who came forward to police said the man had taken $30,000 to prevent a ‘bad spell’.