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The Zika epidemic has brought microcephaly into popular view. Has the public’s treatment of the condition changed? Mario Tama/Getty Images Over the course of a little over a year, the Zika virus has spread to over 60 countries and territories in the Americas, the Caribbean, and southeast Asia. Transferred through infected mosquitoes and sexual intercourse, there currently exists no vaccine or medicine to prevent or treat Zika — a fact which, before the striking numbers of infants born with microcephaly in Zika-infected areas, has health experts worried....

Now that researchers have discovered this remarkable dog species isn’t extinct, they plan to breed them to make sure they don’t disappear for good. New Guinea Highland Wild Dog FoundationThe New Guinea Singing Dog was thought to have gone extinct due to habitat loss and inbreeding — until 2016. For nearly half a century, researchers believed the New Guinea singing dog had gone extinct in the wild. Around 200 severely inbred specimens living in conservation centers were thought to comprise the remains of the species....

The “zombie” viruses had been frozen for up to 48,500 years, but some showed signs that they were still infectious. MLADEN ANTONOV/AFP via Getty ImagesAs the Siberian permafrost layers melt, scientists fear that ancient viruses may reemerge. For millennia, dangerous viruses have lurked beneath the Siberian permafrost. Now, a group of scientists has revived more than a dozen of these viruses from the ice to prove that it’s possible — and to sound the alarm that more prehistoric viruses might emerge as the Earth warms....

The map was generated using data collected by the Gaia telescope, located 930,000 miles from Earth. ESA/Gaia/DPACA map of the motion of 2 billion stars as they careen throughout the Milky Way. In a feat of cosmic proportions, astronomers have generated the most detailed atlas of the Milky Way yet — and it’s in 3D. Compiled from data gathered by the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Gaia observatory, which has been clocking the cosmos since 2013, the exhaustive star map will give astronomers clues as to how exactly our home solar system formed some 4....

Sherri Finkbine’s story is an apt reminder of the hurdles that women have had to cross in order to assert control over their own bodies. An Arizona woman learns that she may give birth to an infant with fatal defects because of a medication she had taken before she knew she was pregnant. The woman’s doctor advises her to have an abortion. She then talks to the media, on the condition of anonymity, in an attempt to raise awareness about the dangers posed by the drug....

Speedballs have claimed the lives of several of your favorite celebrities, but its popularity doesn’t seem to be declining. Wikimedia CommonsCocaine and heroin, the two usual ingredients in a speedball drug cocktail. In 1982, comedian John Belushi was found dead in his hotel room at the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles. In 1997, Chris Farley joined him, another comedian gone too soon. In 2013 and 2014, musician Chris Kelly and actor Philip Seymour Hoffman also became the victims of a deadly cocktail that had become Hollywood’s drug mixture of choice – the speedball....

Source: Private Prague Guide If you happen to venture into the Czech Republic’s small suburb of Sedlec, you may stumble upon the Cemetery Church of All Saints. The structure itself looks fairly unassuming, but the outer walls contain some creepy indications of the ghastly findings you are about to encounter inside – actually, less so inside than underneath. Source: Black Chick On Tour Tucked beneath the small Roman Catholic chapel is the Sedlec Ossuary, which is essentially an enormous mausoleum estimated to hold the remains of between 40,000 and 70,000 dead people....

Iana Kasian’s mother knew something was terribly wrong when her daughter didn’t respond to her messages. When police finally entered the residence, they encountered a crime scene like no other. FacebookIana Kasian Iana Kasian was tortured, murdered, drained of her blood, and left mutilated on the bed of her Hollywood apartment next to her two-month-old baby. The 30-year-old Ukrainian had worked as a tax lawyer in her 20s before successfully making a leap into her fledgling career as a model....

Al may be the most famous Capone, but he was far from the deadliest. Frank Capone was born in 1895, the middle child of three boys born to Theresa Capone who launched the most infamous Chicago-area gang in the 1920s during the Prohibition era. Not much is known about Frank’s life, but his death bloody death in April 1924 is well-documented. Two Brothers With Different Ways Of Getting What They Want Wikimedia CommonsThe mugshot of Al Capone, the brother of Frank Capone, from the 1930s....

Half of Oklahoma may be returned to the Cherokee, archaeologists uncover two mummies in Egypt, murder map reveals the danger spots of medieval London. Oklahoma Fears Collapse As Supreme Court Decides Whether To Return Half Its Land To The Cherokee Library of CongressA map outlining the various Native American territories within Oklahoma. 1892. Anyone with even a rudimentary knowledge of American history knows that white settlers steadily seized Native American lands over the course of several centuries in order to build the United States....

Ernest Hemingway loved the hunt. Here he stands beside a marlin he caught off the coasts of Cuba. Source: John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Ernest Hemingway saw life as a losing battle. Though life would beat you and shred you and knock your teeth in, Hemingway thought he could save his dignity by living dangerously, but bravely. When he was 19, he wrote in a letter to his family, “And how much better to die in all the happy period of undisillusioned youth, to go out in a blaze of light, than to have your body worn out and old and illusions shattered....

Take a look at the production of the original Star Wars trilogies with these behind-the-scenes Star Wars photographs. Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope debuted on May 25, 1977. George Lucas, the film’s writer and director, thought the movie would be a flop. Instead of attending the movie premiere, he went on a vacation to Hawaii with his friend Steven Spielberg. Little did he know that the film would gross almost 36 million dollars on opening weekend alone, launching one of the most successful film franchises in the world....

Greetings, earthlings: you’re screwed. Here are six potential future homes for us when Earth becomes uninhabitable. You are doomed. One of the more disheartening findings of modern science is that the Earth is ultimately going to be rendered uninhabitable. The Sun has been increasing in luminosity throughout its history and if the trend continues for another billion years Earth will no longer be able to support liquid water. A few billion years after that, the Sun will finally expand and expose the Earth to friction from the solar atmosphere....

From the sites of the real ‘Amityville Horror’ and ‘The Conjuring’ to the White House itself, these are the most haunted houses in America. There are many haunted houses in the United States, but there are only a few genuine contenders for the title of the most haunted house in America. Some of them were the site of a gruesome crime scene. Others seem to draw spirits for different reasons....

Indonesia’s president has now approved the use of chemical castration and death in cases against sex offenders who target children. Indonesian policemen escort teenage suspects prior to their trial in Curup, Bengkulu province on May 10, 2016. Seven Indonesian teenagers were jailed on May 10 for the brutal murder and gang rape of a 14-year-old girl that sparked a national debate on sexual violence. DIVA MARHA/AFP/Getty Images Indonesia just approved a severe new batch of punishments for sex offenders who target children, including chemical castration and death....

New D.B. Cooper findings, Trump’s father’s KKK connection, 13-million-year-old skull discovery, Jack the Ripper postcard auction, and “the most bizarre dinosaur ever found.” D.B. Cooper Mystery Finally Solved Thanks To New Physical Evidence? Wikimedia Commons A group of volunteer investigators claim to have discovered new evidence that will help solve the longstanding mystery of the fate of D.B. Cooper. Fox News reports that the group has revealed that the investigators have uncovered what “appears to be a decades-old parachute strap....

Saddam Hussein spent billions on lavish palaces throughout Iraq outfitted with expensive ornamentation, swimming pools, ballrooms, and murals of the dictator. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: Photo Of The Day: An Up-Close Look At The Capture Of Saddam Hussein The Mysterious Fate Of Saddam Hussein’s First Wife And Cousin 17 Photos That Show How Excruciating The Bataan Death March Really Was...

All of these men were accused of heinous crimes, but all — thanks in part to their wealth, fame, and power — got away with it. These are some of the most enraging famous acquittals in recent history. ATI Composite Are fame and money recipes for happiness? Probably not — but they are helpful when it comes to dodging the law. The crimes of the rich and famous have made for some famous acquittals that have left the rest of us stunned and angry....

In a project that lasted over 30 years, postman Ferdinand Cheval built a massive pebble castle using materials that he found during his daily mail route. Source: Bored Panda Building a castle is a monumental undertaking any way you look at it. But constructing an entire castle pebble by pebble, stone by stone, using only materials found while making your mail route? That’s absolutely inconceivable. Yet that is exactly what Ferdinand Cheval did, and more than 100 years later his pebble castle still stands, drawing tourists from around the world to Hauterives, France....

If trends continue, scientists predict the equivalent of 35,000 Empire State Buildings-worth of plastic garbage will fill our landfills by 2050. Scientists have conducted the world’s first tally of how much plastic we’ve made and where all of it went. And they’re absolutely horrified. Share Flipboard Email “We all knew there was a rapid and extreme increase in plastic production from 1950 until now, but actually quantifying the cumulative number for all plastic ever made was quite shocking,” Jenna Jambeck, an environmental engineer who specializes in plastic waste in the oceans, told National Geographic....