A white collar Ms. Yang recently has become indulged in eating worms. Under her influence, many of her friends are proud of eating worms and of finding worm food in Beijing's restaurants. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Muscles usually contract when a neurotransmitter molecule is released from nerve cells onto muscle cells. But University of Utah scientists discovered that bare subatomic protons can act like larger, more complex neurotransmitters, making gut muscles contract in tiny round worms so the worms can poop. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

For some readers, News of the Weird is a light diversion from the serious reporting of the week. For others, though, it's a weekly chronicle of the alarming decline of civilization. Or a therapeutic personal benchmark (for reassurance that the problem is other people, not you). Or, for the few who actually wind up in News of the Weird, a monument to lives interestingly lived. I hope it's not a ... read full post picked by keroberos32 1 year ago

Among the possible causes for our modern ills: super-hygiene, sedentary lifestyles, and a lack of worms in our stomachs.

*did he say worms? You need worms?* picked by Bornbad 7 months ago

Hookworms, whipworms, pinworms, flukes: mere mention of the panoply of parasitic worms that plague humans is enough to make most of us shudder. Not John Turton. In the mid-1970s, while working at the UK's Medical Research Council Laboratories in Surrey, he intentionally infected himself with hookworms in an attempt to relieve his chronic hay fever. It worked. picked by kakana 5 months ago

A New Zealander who invented a toilet that used worms to produce compost had to prove the worms were not traumatised before authorities would approve his product. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Woman in Nepal has a Horrible case of Intestinal Worms. This is Hard to Watch. picked by Bornbad 2 years ago

Loathed wherever they go, parasitic worms are some of the animal kingdom’s true lowlifes. They feed off living hosts, sapping them of energy and nutrients while causing a range of horrible diseases. picked by Bornbad 7 months ago

Japan's vibrant, fast-moving culture delivers daily doses of the weird, wild and wonderful! Take, for example, theme cafes. First popularized by nerdy "otaku" geeks and then embraced by the public at large, the theme cafe phenomenon shows no sign of running out of steam. Just the opposite - it seems new theme cafes pop up every week, each one seeking to be just a little weirder than what... read full post picked by deepcleanfun 2 years ago

Sandcastle worms live in intertidal surf, building sturdy tube-shaped homes from bits of sand and shell and their own natural glue. University of Utah bioengineers have made a synthetic version of this seaworthy superglue, and hope it will be used within several years to repair shattered bones in knees, other joints and the face. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Coll Bell from Auckland, New Zealand, is developing a toilet that uses tiger worms to eat poop. Coll has been told by Auckland Region Council that this could traumatise the worms and that a full psychological evaluation is needed.

Seriously. picked by pocksucket 2 years ago

Searching for weirdness online is like searching for hay in a haystack. It’s everywhere. Rest assured, none of the boring or dodgy stuff has made it into Yahoo!’s trawl of the Weird Wide Web. These sites are in turn funny, interesting, curious and mind bogglingly strange. They represent the weird hobby of thousands, or the mad obsession of just a single web-head. They cover things th... read full post picked by robfouryqr 3 years ago

Water, good ol' H2O, seems like a pretty simple substance to you and me. But in reality, water - the foundation of life and most common of liquid - is really weird and scientists actually don't completely understand how water works. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

Like the pied-piper of Sopchoppy Florida, worms seem to respond to the intense sounds of worm grunting. Worm grunting is a practice whereby vibrating the soil causes worms to emerge. This practice has been known for years in the southern USA where it is at the heart of a local economy. picked by bingo 7 months ago

Previously unknown shrimps, worms, scavenging crustaceans, and spectacularly colored soft corals were identified at the tropical sites during a study led by the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS). picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

There's weird, then there's weird. I feel for her. But this is weird. picked by Milkshake 3 years ago

As soon as your doctor says you've got parasites in your body, you don't need to hear any more details. They're all horrible, right? How can it get worse than little tiny worms or something feeding on your insides?

The horsehair worm description make me laugh. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

Well! I scored 50% Which is about right I think. picked by ozplasmic 3 years ago

Weird but its pretty neat. picked by a1a1l1o1a1a1m2 2 years ago

Worm grunting involves going into the forest, driving a wooden stake into the ground and then rubbing the top of the stake with a long piece of steel called a rooping iron. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago