Imagine a futuristic, post apocalyptic world where you live in a compound and are told that the outside world has been contaminated. Everyday someone wins the lottery, which supposedly brings them to a paradise that is uncontaminated. Eventually you begin to question why life is so boring and repetitive at the compound. You see a

If you were a patient waiting for your name to be called on December 28th, 2012 you may have heard a blood curdling scream coming from behind the patient doors. That scream was my sister. My sister was 4 years old at the time and had the nickname of “Ella the Tough”, she always had

Insulin, makeup, and transplant surgery. All very important aspects of society today, whether it keeps people alive or is a part of their culture. But they all have exactly one thing in common: they were first tested on animals and proven safe before being introduced to humans. Though, it doesn’t really seem right to group

During the Holocaust millions of Jews killed by the German government while an entire country looked on, doing nothing to help, nothing to stop the atrocity that was happening. Other world powers fought a war to be sure they and their allies had land and that their enemies would be left in the dust. The

The fascinating honey making process starts when worker bees leave the hive to collect nectar from flowers. The crazy thing is bees visit hundreds of flowers in a single trip just to fill a tiny “honey stomach”. The bee processes the nectar before it regurgitates it for another bee in the hive. That bee processes

In Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, the phrase “mirror, mirror on the wall” is never stated. It’s actually “magic mirror on the wall.” The Berenstein Bears don’t exist; It has always been The Berenstain Bears. There are even some who remember a 90’s movie that never existed, called Shazaam. Some would suggest this is

Animals are pretty chill. With their strong sense of smell, detection dogs are used to help find drugs, contraband, blood, etc. which helps the police keep us safe. Sea lions that are trained to monitor the ocean have sensors attached to their fur and they go deep in the ocean and track water pressure and

Recently the television show Unsolved Mysteries did an astrological study about serial killers. A well-known astrologist, Carolyn Reynolds, was given four astrological charts of four serial killers but the twist was that she did not know that they were actually serial killers. She thought they were four people chosen at random for her to try to

During the night around 2 a.m., Rebekah Armstrong awoke to a loud noise coming from outside. She discovered that her husband, Ian Armstrong, wasn’t in bed with her, so she went outside to investigate. Once she got out there, she found her husband mowing the lawn naked. He was asleep while doing so, and Rebekah

How would you feel? Imagine humans having to be stuck inside a small contraption with a feeding tube down their throat. Getting forced to drink bleach, while you were squirming, fighting the pain. After this testing/torture has been done, people take notes then proceed to throw the humans in a bin. Letting them die. This

  Image from Pexels About 85 percent of corn in the U.S. is genetically modified. Soy is the most heavily genetically modified food in America. Genetically modified squash and zucchini can be found in two different species throughout the country. Some of the most commonly purchased and consumed produce- and almost all of it is

One of the heaviest people in medical history was Jon Brower Minnoch who was born in 1941 and died in 1983. Minnoch had suffered from obesity since he was a kid. He was 6 feet and 1 inch tall and weighed 392 pounds in 1963, and 700 pounds in 1966 and 975 pounds in 1976. “In 1978, Minnoch was

Post by SamB. Featured Image by NEPA Scene Most people who know who Martin Shkreli is also hate him. He gained national criticism when he raised the price of life saving drug Daraprim from $13.50 per pill to $750. People say that is much too high for a life saving drug that treats toxoplasmosis, an infection

Post by MelainaA, Featured image by pixabay   In the movie, Fluke, a father dies in a car crash, and wakes up as a golden retriever puppy who has flashes of memories from his human past. Once he is fully grown up, he realizes he was once a man named Thomas Johnson. In his journey

Photo by: David Mao on Pexels It was a regular day when a woman was going to get her morning coffee. She pulled up into the drive thru and ordered her coffee, though she was appalled by the lack of response. She moved her car forward to complain about the service; however the people at the