Will your credit card become unreadable if it’s exposed to magnets? In a previous story, we said yes, but many of you begged to differ. Seeing that, we took the challenge of clearing things up once and for all.
The result: With the help of a junkyard magnet, a garden–variety refrigerator magnet and a professor with [...]
Two of the oldest people in the world have died on the same day.
Mary Josephine Ray, who was certified as the oldest person living in the United States, died Sunday at age 114 years, 294 days. She died at a nursing home in Westmoreland but was active until about two weeks before her death, her [...]
Medical researchers have gained a significant insight into how the virus that causes AIDS hides in the body as it dodges medicines that are designed to kill it off. Scientists at the University of Michigan have found that a reservoir of dormant cells in bone marrow serves as a holding cell, from which the virus [...]
The terrifying moments on board the Louis Majesty, a cruise ship hit by 26-foot waves off northeast Spain, may be prompting second thoughts among travelers considering a vacation at sea. Two passengers were killed and 14 people were injured when water violently crashed through the windows of some of the ship’s public areas this week.
Experts said [...]
25 things you didn’t know about Ellen DeGeneres. Straight from the horse’s mouth :
1. I lived in my car for a short time.
2. The only reason I am not a professional ice skater is that I am not a good ice skater.
3. I want to live without regrets.
4. I am always early.
5. [...]
