Eight-year-old Abdulrazak Dip has got his sight back thanks to Turkish surgeons who operated on him after his eyes were damaged in a bombing in Idlib, Syria Abdulrazak Dip has had his eyesight restored in Turkey (Image: CEN) Turkish surgeons…
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…
After nearly 150 years, we may finally understand how general anesthesia makes us drift into unconsciousness — although some of the specifics remain murky. These drugs dislodge molecules held in the fatty membrane that surrounds brain cells. Once the drugs…
A lung x-ray from the patient before she received the transplant shows severe damage. In a first, a young COVID-19 patient has received a double-lung transplant after the coronavirus ravaged her lungs. The patient, a Hispanic woman in her 20s,…
Legionnaires’ disease could potentially spread through toilet flushing, which releases invisible “plumes” of contaminated water into the air, according to a new report. The report, published Wednesday (June 10) in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, describes the cases of two…
In general, the rarest blood type is AB-negative and the most common is O-positive. Here’s a breakdown of the most rare and common blood types by ethnicity, according to the American Red Cross. O-positive: Sourse: www.livescience.com Your blog is a…
The skull of the newly described ichthyosaur Cymbospondylus duelferi. About 246 million years ago, a pregnant sea monster died before her due date, perishing with at least three little unborn monsters inside her, a new study finds. This creature, an…
During the 1860s, Republicans, who dominated northern states, orchestrated an ambitious expansion of federal power, helping to fund the transcontinental railroad, the state university system and the settlement of the West by homesteaders, and instating a national currency and protective…
Last week, a 12-year-old Dutch girl went into labor while on a school field trip. Neither she nor her family were previously aware that she was pregnant. Teachers rushed the girl to Groningen Hospital in a northern part of the…
A few people in the crowd will be responsible for the bulk of a disease’s spread. The coronavirus has traveled the globe, infecting one person at a time. Some sick people might not spread the virus much further, but some…