To simulate various flavors in processed foods, some food manufacturers are using aborted fetal cells to test artificial chemical enhancers that millions of Americans consume every day. Is it ethical or immoral to use cells from dead human babies to test artificial chemical enhancers? Some companies that specialize in developing food flavorings use aborted embryonic cells […]
When I was in my teens, I played this game where I would ask young kids, “How many people are in the room?”, and after they told me I would ask them to point to each person they could see. It was a great game because most of the time they pointed at more people than […]
The Blue Whale Game, also known as the “Blue Whale Challenge“, is a social network phenomenon that started in Russian, in 2016. The game consists of a series of tasks assigned to players by administrators over a 50-day period, with the final challenge requiring the player to commit suicide. “Blue Whale” came to prominence in […]
The condition known as, “lithopedion (stone baby), is so rare that it has only been recorded approximately 300 times in medical history. Rarely a pregnancy can form in the abdomen rather than in the uterus. When the pregnancy fails the body has no way to expel the fetus. As a result, the immune system turns the […]
Disneyland’s Pirates of the Caribbean was built in 1967 and was the last ride Walt Disney himself supervised. At the time, they thought that fake skeletons didn’t look scary enough so they contacted the UCLA medical department and were able to get the real deal. Over time as people became aware and technology improved they replaced […]
Some religious groups are forcing faith healing in states such as Idaho, which offers protection from prosecution for religious rights. Nearly 200 victims in Idaho, (infants, children and teens), have died while being denied medical treatment by parents demanding faith healing only. Others are suffering from long-term complications due to lack of treatment. Mariah Walton’s […]
There was a time in the U.S. when most car accidents involved children. This mostly happened because they were playing next to, or in, streets. The solution to this growing problem was to create a place where children could play. This allowed for the creation of municipal playgrounds. But what did we make? Sharp Edges […]
