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The rest of the world has ethical and scientific concerns, though West Virginia is set to begin similar clinical trials in June. TwitterPatient Yan, left, during surgery. He said the implanted machine was “magical.” As the old adage goes, truth is stranger than science-fiction. Scientists in China have embarked on the world’s first clinical trial of deep brain stimulation (DBS) for drug addicts. The invasive procedure requires drilling two holes into a patient’s skull and placing electrodes into their brain which can then be electronically stimulated by a handheld device....

At 40 billion times the weight of the Sun, this black hole accounts for 2.5 percent of the mass of the entire Milky Way galaxy. Matthias Kluge/USM/MPEThe Holm 15A galaxy, home of the newly-discovered biggest black hole ever measured in the local universe. At about 330,000 times the weight of planet Earth, the size of the Sun is unfathomable. And at 40 billion times the weight of the Sun, the biggest black hole ever directly measured in the known universe makes our solar system’s central star look tiny....

From the original Stonehenge to the real-life city of Sodom, discover some of the best archaeological finds from this year. Archaeologists are digging up history every day. In this year alone, they made a number of discoveries that have helped illuminate our past. Incredibly, some of the people who unearthed these finds were amateurs. In 2021, archaeologists swam through sunken cities, uncovered gladiatorial arenas, dug up mammoth bones, and offered answers about the original Stonehenge....

Built in 1809 after a grisly defeat by the Turks, the Skull Tower originally boasted 952 skulls from the decapitated heads of Serbian rebels. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: Archaeologists Describe Gruesome Ritual Behind Massive Aztec Skull Tower 33 Chilling Photos Of Vintage Crime Scenes At The Birth Of Forensic Photography These 39 Surprising Eiffel Tower Facts And Photos Tell The Story You’ve Never Heard...

While his work is miniature, Wigan’s talent is not – a stunning look at William Wigan’s wonderful micro-art! Source: What About Art Described by many as the “eighth wonder of the world,” Williard Wigan’s micro-sculptures are so impressive that they have garnered interest from surgeons to nano-technologists to universities all over the world. Born in 1957, Wigan started creating art at an early age. Wigan says that when he was five, he “started making houses for ants because [he] thought they needed somewhere to live....

“We were a gang of friends doing a job together. We very often thought that this was a one-way trip.” Maruricio Lima for The New York TimesJoachim Ronneberg in 2015. Joachim Ronneberg, a Norwegian resistance fighter who led the successful 1943 mission to sabotage the Nazis’ plans for an atomic bomb, has died at the age of 99. Ronneberg was only 23-years-old when he spearheaded the mission that would change the world’s future....

The popular YouTube family is facing some major backlash after they videoed themselves evacuating a California wildfire. A screenshot of the evacuation video the family posted. A popular YouTube family is facing some heat after they posted a video of themselves dramatically evacuating from their California home because of a wildfire when it wasn’t necessary. The couple Cole and Savannah LaBrant along with Savannah’s daughter Everleigh are social media superstars boasting millions of followers on Instagram and 6....

Take a tour of weird cars from all over the world, including ridiculous banana cars, upside down buses, a Mercedes covered in diamonds and the world’s first flying car. Source: All Deaf Talk about bizarre. From gold-plated vehicles to fancy, pink Barbie cars to a Volkswagen “bug” with eight long legs, we’ve compiled a collection of the wackiest, weirdest cars from all over the world. Be sure to browse the complete gallery—it is sure to make your current car look, well, boring....

Between the incense and the bell-bottom pants, the drugs and the flowers in their hair, the youth of the 1960s had a vision for the world — and you’ll be surprised to see just how little has changed. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: 44 Images That Capture Iconic 1990s Fashion Trends In Full Effect...

The parents kept their 13 children, ranging in age from two to 29, shackled to their beds in “foul-smelling surroundings.” CNNDavid and Louise Turpin On Sunday afternoon, police in Perris, Calif. received a horrifying call. A 17-year-old girl told them that she had just escaped from a local residence where she claimed her 12 brothers and sisters were being held captive by their parents. After picking up the girl, sheriff’s deputies went to the home and found that the girl had been correct....

The victim, who was crushed by an enormous stone while trying to escape, is the latest in a series of discoveries at a previously unexcavated Pompeii site. Las Vegas Review-Journal/AP Although the historic eruption of Italy’s Mount Vesuvius and its subsequent destruction of the city of Pompeii happened in 79 A.D., archaeologists are still making new discoveries that reveal the extent of the horrors. On May 29, archaeologists at the Pompeii excavation site uncovered the skeleton of a man whose head was likely crushed by a massive stone as he was fleeing the eruption, according to CNN....

Discover how Kwanzaa became an African-American holiday. Unlike Christmas and Hanukkah, Kwanzaa is not a religious holiday, and is only decades old. Founded by Dr. Maulana Karenga, Professor and Chairman of Black Studies at California State University, Long Beach in 1966, Kwanzaa was created as a way to bring African-Americans together as a community. Inspired by the Civil Rights Movement and racial disturbances across the United States, Karenga aimed to bridge the gap within the African diaspora with a holiday honoring African heritage, especially in African-American culture....

Reversible Destiny Lofts Located in the Tokyo suburb of Mitaka, the Reversible Destiny Lofts were invented by architects Arakawa and Madeleine Gins. The nine-apartment rainbow complex was created to help keep people active and remain young – even live forever – with its innovative design. This innovative design includes a sunken kitchen, eccentric walls, multiple levels, power sockets in the ceilings, weirdly angled windows, and a lack of interior doors....

Hellmuth Kolb of Port Orange, Florida, approached Lauren Benning and her young daughter in a Winn-Dixie supermarket, followed the two out to the parking lot, and offered a large sum of cash in exchange for the child. Port Orange Police Department/FacebookHellmuth Kolb had been put on the sex offender registry in 2018 for false imprisonment of a child under age 13. Police in Port Orange, Florida arrested an 85-year-old man on Aug....

In 1956, the King of Rock ’n’ Roll got his polio vaccination on live TV — and helped America turn the corner in fighting the epidemic. Department Of Health Collection/NYC Municipal ArchivesAssistant Commissioner of Health Harold Fuerst (left) administering the polio vaccine as Health Commissioner Leona Baumgartner (right) watches. While innovations in technology and medicine inspire hope in humanity, existential threats like climate change and global pandemics still inspire fear and force people to step up....

Hidden beneath a resort in West Virginia and stocked with 30 years of supplies, the Greenbrier bunker was to be the last refuge of the American government in case of nuclear war. National ArchivesThe exterior of the Greenbrier Resort, home of the Greenbrier bunker. Located about five hours away from the nation’s capital in Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, Greenbrier advertises itself as “America’s resort since 1778.” Its website invites prospective guests to “experience Life as Few Know It....

According to legend, the indigenous Muisca people would leap off the nearby Tequendama Falls to escape Spanish conquistadors. Apparitions have reportedly stalked the grounds ever since. Hotel del Salto, which translates quite literally to “hotel of the leap,” has purportedly been haunted for decades. Now serving as a museum, the century-old structure in Colombia overlooks a waterfall on the Bogotá River. Initially used as the residential mansion home of architect Carlos Arturo Tapias, it opened its doors to guests in 1928 — with unnerving consequences....

With its participants bound, drugged, and beaten, McKamey Manor is said to be more like a torture chamber than a haunted house. McKamey ManorA terrified guest at McKamey Manor, one of the scariest haunted houses in America. Haunted houses are universally appealing — anyone keen on a few harmless scares gets a rush from their simulated danger. McKamey Manor in Summertown, Tennessee, however, may have crossed the line. Russ McKamey’s haunted house requires both a doctor’s note and and a signature on a 40-page waiver to enter....

A U.S. airstrike appears to have taken out the public face of ISIS. Here’s what we know about Jihadi John. Mohammed Emwazi, better known as “Jihadi John,” became notorious after a series of ISIS beheading videos. He is now suspected to have been killed by a U.S. airstrike. Image Source: Dc Gazette A masked man dressed in all black shocked the world last year when videos surfaced showing him beheading American, British, and Japanese journalists and aid workers....

In MI6’s early days, British naval officer Mansfield Smith-Cumming ran a spy agency full of daring eccentrics who used swords disguised as canes, poison-tipped rings, and invisible ink made from their own bodily fluids. Wikimedia CommonsCaptain Sir Mansfield George Smith-Cumming helped develop Britain’s spy agency, MI6. He wore a golden monocle and had a wooden leg. His loopy, green ink signature — simply the letter C — helped inspire the James Bond character “M”....