An 8-year-old girl who lost all her hair after having it braided while on holiday in Greece is still bald more than a year later. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago

Archaeologists in Greece have discovered a rare 2,700-year-old piece of fabric inside a copper urn from a burial they speculated imitated the elaborate cremation of soldiers described in Homer's "Iliad." picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

SANFORD, Fla. - Police say a 1-day-old baby who was taken from a Florida hospital has been found, and two suspects are in custody.

The baby was abducted from a secure hospital unit today at Central Florida Regional Hospital in Sanford. picked by bevissimo 5 months ago

Thief complained of severe stomach pains while being questioned about a robbery. The x-rays revealed he had swallowed the stolen ring. picked by ybne1else 2 years ago

A traffic judge apologized to a man who was hounded for 17 years by officials trying to get his similarly named twin brother to resolve $1,800 in unpaid tickets and fines. picked by dollyllama 6 months ago

I was on a date last night, and my stomach was growling towards the end of the movie. After a berating from the lovely lady, I decided to come home and find out why.

Finally, Closure. picked by Muppetmaker 6 months ago

This video clip from Trivia no Izumi (Game show)shows how frogs cope with severe indigestion. After a disagreeable meal, a frog can empty its stomach by ejecting the entire organ inside-out through its mouth and washing it with its front legs before swallowing it back down. The host of the show explains that a frog throws up in much the same way that humans do, but its stomach pops out because of... read full post picked by Turtle 11 months ago

A Chinese baby who had been unusually fussy was X-rayed by doctor who found six sewing needles inside him – including one in his head. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Now, a team of researchers working in New Mexico has found traces of life inside salty halite crystals. The discovery is "an invaluable resource for understanding the evolutionary record [of Earth] over a geological time frame." picked by AutumnLotus 3 weeks ago

Following on from Autumn's post about Lakshmi born with vestigial remnants of a conjoined twin (or born as the reincarnation of a god, depending on your point of view), she has had the surgery now, and after a team of 30 doctors operated for 24 hours, she is doing fine.

NB, the Daily Mail have updated the article Autumn linked to to reflect this. picked by pocksucket 10 months ago

Earth may have a twin orbiting one of our nearest stellar neighbors, a new study suggests. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

For the first time in the world scientists have succeeded in developing human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) from a single cell, or blastomere, of a 4-cell stage embryo. This means it might be possible in the future to produce hESC lines at an earlier stage without destroying the embryo. picked by AutumnLotus 1 month ago

A two-day-old baby girl was found alive in a grave in southern India on Thursday, after she had been buried by her grandfather who did not want to bear the cost of bringing up a girl, authorities said. picked by maxriter 1 year ago

A group of paleontologists has discovered the tusks and petrified remains of a mastodon, a large mammoth-like mammal that lived some three million years ago. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Missing nine-year-old schoolgirl Shannon Matthews has been found alive, three weeks after she disappeared.

Glad to hear it for once. All to often things go the other way. :( picked by thenegativeone 5 months ago

Baby boy born with his twin inside him... picked by kerry 2 years ago

In what is described as a 1 in 500,000 chance a boy was delivered with his twin inside him picked by teaya21 2 years ago

A German man who endured excruciating pain following a routine procedure to clear a blocked intestine later discovered operating room medics left a 15 inch pair of surgical clamps inside him. The clamps "rattled and shook like a chain saw, mincing his insides to pieces," said Norbert Pohl's lawyer who is now pursuing a £100,000 claim for damages on his behalf. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

Love. Hate. Spontaneous Combustion. The saga of a nice girl turned into a demon by her room mate's dabblings with the darkside. picked by digitalgimpling 2 years ago

A 14 year old girl shows up at school and passes out meth to her little friends. When one of them felt sick she went to the nurse who sent the whole lot of them to the hospital, just in case. She has been in custody for 2 days and her parents are nowhere to be found. I wish I could say it was Florida...but sadly it's not. picked by indisguise 11 months ago