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The Israeli company Accelerated Evolution Biotechnologies claim to be working on a cure for cancer that uses phage display technology — which won scientists the Nobel Prize last year. Charles River LaboratoriesA cancer tumor in the right lung. Correction: Earlier versions of this article detailed Israeli company Accelerated Evolution Biotechnologies’ “complete cure for cancer in a year” using phage display technology. This claim was unsupported by proper scientific journals and by the company’s own experimental results — as only tests on Petri dishes and one mouse were undertaken at the time....

Earlier this month, a herd of Indian elephants fought back against a gang of poachers unfortunate enough to cross their path. DIPTENDU DUTTA/AFP/Getty Images A herd of wild elephants trampled a suspected poacher to death and seriously injured another in a south Indian forest near the Thattekad bird sanctuary on January 4. The two suspected poachers were part of a four-member gang that had entered the restricted forest to hunt illegally, forest officials told The Indian Express....

Source: Wikimedia, http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/Fatehpur_Sikri_Panch_Mahal.jpg Fatehpur Sikri Built in the 16th century, Fatehpur Sikri is a stunning city of Mughal design that combines Islamic, Hindu and Buddhist elements. The building shows off its sheer brilliance with stunning courtyards leading to a great mosque, a beautiful Gateway of Triumph, a drum house, 5-story palace and a tomb. Source: WordPress, http://kamonohashikamo.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/fatehpur-sikri.jpg Source: Wikimedia, http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/Diwan-i-khas,_Fatehpur_Sikri,_India.jpg Source: The Red List, http://theredlist.fr/media/database/architecture/history/architecture-extreme-orient/architecture-indiennes/cite-de-fatehpur-sikri/004_cite-de-fatehpur-sikri_theredlist.jpg Source: Wikimedia, http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/Jami_Masjid_(Fatehpur_Sikri)-5.jpg Source: Blogspot, http://4....

The ruling comes after animal rights groups garnered media attention surrounding the poor treatment of the donkeys, which included carrying burdensome loads. Caters News AgencyTwo tourists on donkeys in Santorini The Greek government has decided to legally ban overweight tourists from receiving rides from donkeys. Throughout Greece and its islands, donkeys are used as a popular means of transportation among tourists. Visitors pay to climb onto a donkey’s back to travel up and down Greece’s iconic cobblestone steps that are frequently marveled in major tourists hotspots, such as Santorini....

Whether or not the handprints represent the oldest known art comes down to a difficult question — what is art? D.D. Zhang et al.Archeologists suspect the prints were made 169,000 to 226,000 years ago by two young children. Hundreds of thousands of years ago, two children pressed their hands into soft limestone in present-day Quesang, Tibet. As time passed, the limestone hardened, preserving their handprints. Now, some archeologists believe that this ancient echo of childhood play might represent the oldest human art ever found....

The setting of the Battle Of Stalingrad, then and now. Source: NNM (left) and LiveJournal (right) Battles are actually unusual in military history. It’s far more common for one side to be willing or able to fight and for the other side to collapse at once or wage a guerrilla war than it is for rival armies to roll the dice on a few confrontations. Battles are what happen when both sides actually show up armed and looking for trouble....

William Dyckman built the Dyckman house in 1785 after his family’s prior home was destroyed in the Revolutionary War — and it still stands as Manhattan’s last farmhouse today. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: 26 Incredible Photos Of New York City Before It Became New York City The Evolution Of New York City And Its Towering Skyline...

In 12 years of wrestling, Abraham Lincoln was known to have lost only one match out of 300 on his way to being inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. Public DomainA late 19th-century illustration of Abraham Lincoln wrestling hometown bully Jack Armstrong. He has been mythologized as one of the greatest Americans to ever be elected President of the United States, but Abraham Lincoln also had a legendary wrestling career that has, unfortunately, been lost to the annals of time....

Upon hearing about the brothers’ uncanny resemblances, researchers invited the Jim Twins to come to their facility for testing. James ‘Jim’ Lewis, of Lima Ohio, was adopted in 1940 just three weeks after he was born. He was named James by his adoptive parents, and had a dog named Toy. As a schoolboy, he enjoyed math and carpentry but never spelling. He went on to marry a woman named Linda. Later, he and Linda divorced, and he married a woman named Betty....

Archaeologists recently unearthed a skull that could prove the existence of the enormous polar bears of Arctic lore. There are bears. There are polar bears. And then there are king polar bears. The existence of the latter has never been confirmed — but a massive bear skull uncovered on an Alaskan beach might be the proof that scientists need. The bone — measuring just over 16 inches long — is the fourth largest polar bear skull ever documented....

The mystery of Earhart’s disappearance remains haunting over 80 years later, but this newly uncovered clip shows the pioneering pilot in her prime. Wikimedia CommonsAmelia Earhart with her Lockheed Electra in 1937. Amelia Earhart’s disappearance remains one of the most enduring mysteries of the 20th century. Last seen attempting to cross the Pacific Ocean in 1937, the famed aviator vanished and was declared dead in 1939. This week, previously unreleased footage of the legendary pilot has been published online....

Five-year-old Robert Turner of Detroit watched as his mother Sherrill died from a heart condition in February 2006 — all because two 911 operators thought his desperate calls for help were a prank. Robert Turner was only five years old when his mom collapsed in their Detroit, Michigan, home on Feb. 20, 2006. The terrified boy dialed 911 only for emergency operators Sharon Nichols and Terri Sutton to threaten to call the police if Turner didn’t let them speak to his mother — who was already dying and couldn’t talk....

It was near impossible to convict scammers of fraud because jurors had a hard time believing that people would willingly engage in self-mutilation. IFC FilmsOlder resident of Vernon, Florida. In the late 1950s and early 60s, the Florida Panhandle was responsible for two-thirds of all loss-of-limb accident claims in the United States due largely to one town: Vernon, Florida. This was because Vernon was the site of a widespread insurance scam where residents would dismember themselves for a payout....

From 1943 to 1945, a civilian task force of 345 Allied academics known as the Monuments Men managed to save 5 million cultural relics. During World War II, countless artifacts, paintings, and sculptures from European history’s most prominent creators were seized by the Nazis. Fortunately, many of those stolen works — which are worth billions of dollars — were recovered through the courageous efforts of a civilian-military unit known as the Monuments Men....

Have you ever wondered what happened to the children of Stalin, Einstein, or the leaders of Nazi Germany? These are their stories. We all grow up hearing stories about the great and the not-so-great people in our history books. Space and time constraints prevent our history classes from going into too much detail, so we rarely learn much about historical figures’ personal lives. Perhaps because of this, we tend to picture people from the past as frozen tableaux, rather than as the ordinary people they actually were....

If Zeno’s paradoxes seem confusing, you’re not alone. Wikimedia CommonsZeno of Elea. Zeno of Elea was a mathematician and philosopher in Ancient Greece that was born around 490 B.C. He developed paradoxes to try to argue against the great Greek philosophers at the time, but all he ended up doing was aggravating others with his absurd brain puzzles that seemingly contradict each other with their opposing facts and twisted logic....

The study scoured news articles over a six-year period and discovered that hundreds of people died while attempting to take the perfect selfie. These don’t even include those selfie-related deaths that didn’t make it to the news cycle. David Fleetham / Barcroft India / Barcroft Media via Getty ImagesPhotographer David Fleetham clicks a selfie with a great white shark on Sept. 1, 2015 near Guadalupe Island, Mexico. The quest for the ultimate social media photo can drive people to do some crazy things – and all for the likes....

Inside the tomb where Nicholas Reeves believes there are hidden chambers. Image Source: National Geographic/Brando Quilici Move over, Harry — there’s quite possibly a new “chamber of secrets” in town, and in legendary Egyptian boy-king Tutankhamun’s tomb. British archaeologist and Egyptologist Nicholas Reeves has recently put forth a groundbreaking theory that the famous burial site — discovered by Howard Carter 93 years ago this November — contains not one, but two hidden chambers....

Searyl Atli Doty, whose parent is non-binary transgender, is identified on their health certificate as U, for “unassigned” or “undetermined.” Searyl Atli Doty’s birth certificate is not marked with the letter M or F, like countless other newborns. Rather, the Canadian eight-month-old is identified with a U: undetermined or unassigned. Born in November 2016, Searyl is believed to be the world’s first child to receive a health document that does not specify a gender....

Wikimedia CommonsThe martyrdom of St. Alban by Matthew Paris. Though the stories of Christian martyrs are mostly apocryphal, their dramatic deaths at the hands of ancient pagans have never ceased to be intriguing, stomach-turning and, for the faithful, proof of God’s power. In these popular religious myths, persecuted Christians encounter dragons and endure horrifying acts of brutality in order to prove their faith and earn their sainthood. Here seven of the most astounding — if not ridiculous — tales of Christian martyrs:...