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We all crave it, but can you stand the silence? The longest anyone can bear Earth's quietest place is 45 minutes Orfield Laboratories' 'anechoic...

I was first told of this experiment* by a former work colleague, and later discovered this illustration of it. It's both illuminating and disturbing. There is a clunky word that describes this phenomenon: filiopietism, or the reverence of forebears o...

Zombie apocalypse becomes reality in Miami as police shoot naked, mindless man literally eating the face off another man

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Here is a little brain teaser to see how well you can count.

Context: http://seanfuture.blogspot.com Josh Blue, a stand up comedian with cerebral palsy and some great talent.

We had this great infographic submitted to us today by the fine folk of Insomnia.net. Some great information; check it out! Infographic by Insomnia.net

Get a behind-the-scenes look at the latest stories from CNN Chief Medical Correspondent, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Senior Medical Correspondent Elizabeth Cohen and the CNN Medical Unit producers. They'll share news and views on health and medical trends - in...

The (also known as , colloquially known as "sun sneezing") is a condition of uncontrollable in response to numerous stimuli, such as looking at bright lights or periocular (surrounding the eyeball) injection. The condition affects 18-35% of the pop...

After being diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease in 1995, artist William Mutermohlen set out to document himself slipping away through a series of self-p

TED Talks Henry Markram says the mysteries of the mind can be solved -- soon. Mental illness, memory, perception: they're made of neurons and electric signals, and he plans to find them with a supercomputer that models all the brain's 100,000,000,000...