Mon Kakada, six, was helping his grandmother in the garden in Cambodia’s Koh Andet district when they accidentally disturbed a nest of vicious banded hornets The banded hornet, or Vespa tropica, delivers painful stings (Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto) A six-year-old boy…
Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, shown here testifying before a House Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis hearing on July 31 in Washington, D.C. As the school year approaches and flu season looms…
A study conducted in Milan found that more than half of 402 patients that recovered from Covid-19 experienced wither PTSD, anxiety, insomnia or depression, with women suffering the most from anxiety and depression A study has found some coronavirus survivors…
With organ donation, the death of one person can lead to the survival of many others. But when a donor dies, how do doctors save their organs for transplantation? “In order to be an organ donor, you have to be…
The sperm tail moves very rapidly in 3D like a rotating drill bit, not to-and-fro as 2D microscope data suggested. Under a microscope, human sperm seem to swim like wiggling eels, tails gyrating to and fro as they seek an…
In this special episode of Life’s Little Mysteries, we focus on a serious topic that everybody is talking about: SARS-CoV-2, and the disease it causes, COVID-19. Every day at Live Science, our reporters and editors track the latest coronavirus developments…
Horrified onlookers recorded the moment the thrill-seeking tourist hurled himself into the water before a loud thud is heard at a beauty spot called Cap Negret near the party resort of San Antonio A British man was filmed leaping from…
The ingredients arrive by mail, to be prepared by recipients in their homes or labs. No, this isn’t a DIY meal kit — it’s an unproven COVID-19 vaccine distributed by a group called the Rapid Deployment Vaccine Collaborative, or RADVAC,…
WARNING – UPSETTING IMAGES: The maternity ward in Harare Hospital, Zimbabwe, was overwhelmed as nurses and doctors went on strike due to a lack of personal protective equipment Seven babies were stillborn in just one night at a hospital in…
A 13-year-old was cycling home from a river in Russia when he fell and landed on his fishing rod, which impaled him and pierced just half an inch away from a vital vein The teenager was impaled by the fishing…
A new XPrize competition calls on the “world’s brightest minds” to develop faster and cheaper COVID-19 tests, with a $5 million reward for the winner. The competition was launched Tuesday (July 28) by XPrize, the nonprofit organization that runs public…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has identified at least 77 hand sanitizers that contain dangerous levels of methanol, a toxic substance that can cause nausea, nerve damage and blindness when absorbed through the skin and death, if ingested.…