12 most unusual New Year traditions around the world
Eating grapes, wearing polka dots or burning an effigy may seem like a strange New Year's tradition to those hearing about it for the first time, but for others it's a centuries-old custom, writes Fodor's Travel. Here are 12 of the strangest and most unexpected traditions that...
Microbes are trying to correct the mistakes of humanity: more and more microorganisms develop the ability to decompose plastic
Scientists have studied microbial DNA samples taken from 236 locations on the planet. It turned out that their genes encoded 30 thousand enzymes capable of degrading 10 types of plastic, according to FOCUS. The more debris, the higher the concentration of such microorganisms. Scientists from the Technical University ...
Torture and murder: escaped DPRK reveal shocking truth about Kim Jong-un's regime
It has been 27 years since the previously almost unknown 10-year-old Kim Jong-un took over the reins of power in the DPRK after his father's death. Few of the world's leaders can match him in the number of mentions in the headlines of the world ...
A woman found a child in the liver: a video about a rare pregnancy went viral
A video of a doctor talking about a rare case of a woman being pregnant with a baby growing in her liver went viral on TikTok, INDEPENDENT reports. Michael Narvi, a pediatrician at the Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, Canada, explained: “I thought I saw everything until then ...
Two doses were not enough: Pfizer suggests giving children under 5 three vaccinations against COVID-19
Early analysis showed two doses of COVID-19 vaccine were ineffective in some young children, Pfizer said. The company plans to make adjustments to an ongoing study to test the efficacy of a third dose. Writes about this NBC New York. "Compared with…
The most dangerous countries in the world are named: part of Ukraine is in the highest risk category
Libya, Syria and Afghanistan, according to the global experts in the field of medicine and security International SOS, are recognized as some of the most dangerous countries. The directions were assigned one of five risk categories depending on the threat. The Independent reported on this in more detail. The criteria are assigned in ...
The court in Belarus sentenced the husband of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya and other oppositionists to huge terms
A court in Gomel sentenced blogger and opposition leader Sergei Tikhanovsky to 18 years in a maximum security colony, reports the BBC. The court also sentenced those involved in the so-called “Tikhanovsky case”: politician Nikolai Statkevich, who ran for president in 2010, received 14 years...
Putin accused Ukraine of unwillingness to repay debts and told how he worked as a bombila
Russian President Vladimir Putin made new claims against Ukraine and told how he earned money as a private driver, reports the BBC. “In 1993, we pledged to pay off all the debts of the former Soviet Union, for all the former Soviet republics, with the expectation that these republics would hand over to us...
Russian doctors cured a girl from Florida who was abandoned by American doctors
A birthmark on the face of a two-year-old child from Florida was removed in a Russian clinic after six skin grafts and injections of an unknown drug, INDEPENDENT reports. The story of a girl with a huge mole on her face seems to have already spread all over the world. Now they have become known ...
All for the money: a man got 10 COVID-19 vaccinations in one day
A New Zealand man tricked himself into 10 COVID-19 shots in one day, NewYorkPost reports. The person who was vaccinated against COVID-19 up to 10 times a day on behalf of others was called "incredibly selfish" and an investigation was launched. Astrid Coornniff, ...