A woman who underwent brain surgery for a host of medical complaints got far more than she bargained for when doctors pulled an eight-centimetre-long live worm from her brain. The patient, a 64-year-old woman from New South Wales in Australia, was admitted to a Canberra hospital in January 2021 with complaints of weeks-long diarrhea and
Ann Johnson was just 30 years old when she experienced a stroke in 2005 that left her paralyzed and unable to speak. At the time, she was a math and P.E. teacher at Luther College in Regina, had an eight-year-old stepson and had recently welcomed a baby girl into the world. “Overnight, everything was taken
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Welcome to your weekly existential crisis, courtesy of NASA. In this latest episode of awe-inspiring and somewhat unnerving content, the space agency has shared a mesmerizing video that illustrates just how massive black holes actually are.“These monsters lurk in the centers of most big galaxies, including our
After more than five decades, humans are getting closer to returning to the moon. NASA is planning to send four astronauts, including Canadian Jeremy Hansen, around the moon with the launch of the Artemis II mission set for next year. Read more: Canadian Jeremy Hansen named to NASA’s Artemis II mission around the moon In
Something very strange is going on with the Sun, and while it’s a phenomenon that’s baffling scientists, it also has them very excited. Space weather forecaster Tamitha Skov shared a video sequence to Twitter late last week that shows a huge filament of solar plasma breaking free from the Sun’s surface.“Talk about polar vortex! Material
Researchers have revealed that they received a radio signal from an ancient galaxy that’s nearly nine billion light-years away. It’s a figure that’s hard to wrap your head around, but according to astronomers, the signals come from an era that was long before our own solar system materialized. Read more: M&M’s to indefinitely pause use of