Found: World’s Oldest Message in a Bottle

At nearly 110 years old, vactioner Marianne Winkler’s find on the German island of Amrum last April was truly one for the books. After finding a very weathered old bottle with paper inside, Winkler decided to open it up and investigate. “It’s always a joy when someone finds a message in …

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Cloning Could Bring Wooly Mammoths Back to Life

With the last of the species becoming extinct about 3,500 years ago, many believed that Wooly Mammoths were destined to remain a part of ancient history–until now. Now, South Korean scientists, led by controversial researcher Hwang Woo-suk at the Sooam BioTech Research Foundation in Seoul, South Korea, are working with cutting-edge cloning …

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Got Stale, Smelly Wine? Fix It In Seconds!

You come home from a long day of work and all you want is a glass of vino–we’ve all been there. But what happens when you open that long-awaited bottle and it…reeks like rotten eggs? You, my friend, have one very stale bottle of wine. It may smell like rotten …

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Extroverted & Conscientious? You’re (Probably) a Good Leader

Some people may think that good leaders and people of influence are simply born that way–and according to science, they may just be right. According to an in-depth meta analysis by Timothy Judge, Ph.D., a professor at the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame, researchers found that …

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Too Much Sex IS a Real Thing

We’ve all heard, “quality over quantity” and it seems that the famous phrase also applies to sex. Though there have been many studies about the link between sex and happiness, nothing had actually proved causation–that is, having more sex was the reason for increased happiness. In fact, one study from …

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Alcohol Dependence Influenced By Eye Color

Here’s a heads up for all of our light-eyed friends: you’re destined to be an alcoholic. Okay, maybe not destined, but there’s a statistically significant relationship between genes for light colored eyes and genes related to alcohol dependence. This means that there’s a very good chance that these genes have a …

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Plants Know When They’re Being Eaten–and Fight Back

“Plants can sense when they are being eaten and send out defense mechanisms to try to stop it from happening,” claims a study by the University of Missouri. …What? Yes, you read that right. One of the main findings was that plants, who have long been known to respond to …

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Cataplexy Leaves Woman “Dead” In Morgue

Imagine being rushed in an ambulance to the emergency room, your body completely paralyzed–but you can still hear and feel everything. Now imagine the doctors finding you so unresponsive that you are pronounced dead–and sent to the morgue. Terrifying? Absolutely. And it’s happened to one woman three times. Locked in …

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Giant Pandas in China recorded longest sex session

Giant Pandas in China recorded longest sex session for a record of 18 minutes and 3 seconds!!!! Pandas are difficult to breed in captivity hence the mating between Xi Mei and Lu Lu was very welcomed! To watch the show click the video below on the iPandaChannel – Yup they …

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