Ahhh the smell of fresh sliced onion picked by buddha 11 months ago

Extreme case of Dwarfism

(video en espanol) but still worth a watch picked by trushafty38 8 months ago

A specific protein in the body may be the key to overcoming the increasing problem of resistance to HIV drugs.

Inactivating the ITK protein which is involved in the immune response blocks many steps of HIV replication, studies in the laboratory show. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

Tour the human body, by system. picked by maven 1 week ago

The year was 1957 and the young man's body was deemed too decomposed for an autopsy. He received a pauper's burial in unmarked Grave 5 in a county-owned cemetery. picked by kxmk 1 year ago

Triggered by body heat, a remote camera recently captured this image of the elusive Chinese mountain cat at about 12,300 feet (3,750 meters) on the edge of the Tibetan Plateau in China's Sichuan Province. picked by Neiako 1 year ago

A couple who never reported that their toddler went missing this summer have been arrested by investigators searching for the identity of a girl whose body washed ashore in a storage bin in Galveston Bay. picked by dollyllama 12 months ago

BEIJING (Reuters) - A 19-year-old Chinese student recorded the killing and dismembering of her married lover by her boyfriend, local media said on Friday..."The dismembering was both out of hatred and aimed at making the body unrecognisable," the report said.

Hard to make it unrecognizable when you have the before pix.... picked by bevissimo 10 months ago

A huge 12.8 billion-pixel image was made of the linen, on which the smudged outline of the body of a man is indelibly impressed. The image was made following a Vatican request to obtain the most detailed reproduction of the yellowing ancient cloth. The technology allows a level of scrutiny of the linen as never achieved before. picked by MandolinOrange 9 months ago

Saving the living has always been the No. 1 priority for a New York City ambulance crew. But a select group of paramedics may soon have a different task altogether: saving the dead. The city is considering creating a special ambulance whose crew would rush to collect the newly deceased and preserve the body so that the organs might be taken for transplant. picked by lpoindexter 6 months ago

A child's body was found in the vehicle police were looking for in their search for 7-year-old Julian King, the missing nephew of Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson. The medical examiner's office has sent investigators to the scene and said the body of a black boy was found inside, an office spokesman said. Update - the police have confirmed that the child is Julian King. picked by suebe 3 weeks ago

(*please don't sue me) picked by Boomshank 2 years ago

Spread of breast cancer to other body parts is linked to microRNA.Researchers have implicated a tiny RNA molecule in the invasive spread of breast cancer — the factor responsible for most deaths from the disease. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

Researchers have invented a tiny probe equipped with an ultrasound scanner that can travel through veins and arteries, taking ultrasound images of its surroundings. picked by mitzuzake 1 year ago

British scientists have unlocked one of the secrets behind how cancer spreads around the body. The breakthrough could help pave the way for a generation of drugs that would halt up to 90 per cent of cancers in their tracks. Such drugs could be particularly effective against breast and lung tumours - two of the biggest killers. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago

Resomation, a company based in Scotland, touts its process of breaking down the body through alkaline hydrolysis as "the green ecological alternative to cremation and burial - without harmful mercury emissions."

This is how I want my body dealt with. Nice. picked by doggylives 8 months ago

A years-old mummified body has been found in a cottage bathtub beneath layers of wood, plastic, dirt and sand, Phoenix police said. picked by dollyllama 9 months ago

# 1 The Giant Japanese Hornet is the largest species of wasp in the world and it contains special enzymes in its body which are reputed to increase strength and energy levels. It supposedly has a “pick me up” effect. picked by karenben 8 months ago

Two children and their mother lived for about two months with the decaying body of a 90-year-old woman on the toilet of their home's only bathroom, on the advice of a religious "superior" who claimed the corpse would come back to life, authorities said Friday. picked by dollyllama 6 months ago

A teenage girl had to have most of her fingers and thumbs amputated because of severe burns caused by mixing plaster. (most of her thumbs?) picked by Bornbad 2 years ago