Medical Science
The strange death of Gloria Ramirez, the ‘Toxic Lady’ of Riverside
On the evening of February 19, 1994, Gloria Ramirez, a 31-year-old mother of two, was rushed to the emergency room at Riverside General Hospital in Riverside, California. Ramirez, a patient…
J. Marion Sims: The ‘Father of Modern Gynecology’ performed shocking experiments on slaves
James Marion Sims ― A man of science of enormous controversy, since although he was an eminence in the field of medicine and more precisely in that of gynecology, for…
Jason Padgett – the salesman who turned into a ‘maths genius’ after head injury
In 2002, two men attacked Jason Padgett — a furniture salesman from Tacoma, Washington, who had very little interest in academics — outside a karaoke bar, leaving him with a…
June and Jennifer Gibbons: The strange story of the ‘Silent Twins’
The Silent Twins―a strange case of June and Jennifer Gibbons who shared everything even movements of each other in their life. Being wildly eccentric, this pair developed their own “twin…
Sa-Nakht, the mysterious giant pharaoh of Ancient Egypt
Sa-Nakht is a pharaoh, but not an ordinary pharaoh that we think of when we hear about ancient Egypt. Sa-Nakht is distinguished as the first pharaoh of Egypt’s Third Dynasty. However,…
Gayle Laverne Grinds died after 6 years on couch as her skin had literally become a part of it!
Andrew Crosse and the perfect insect: The man who accidentally created life!
Veronica Seider – the woman who had the best vision in the world
26 strangest facts about DNA and genes that you never heard of
A Gene is a single functional unit of DNA. For example, there may be a gene or two for hair colour, eye colour, whether or not we hate green peppers,…