Rare gene variant believed to play a role in understanding why people are left-hand dominant
What do Lady Gaga, Barack Obama, Bill Gates, Paul McCartney, and Justin Bieber have in common with Ronald Reagan, Jimi Hendrix, Judy Garland, Fidel Castro, and David Bowie? All are left-handed, a trait shared by about 10% of the population. But why are some people left-handed when most people are right-handed? This is an area […]
Grandmother dies suddenly of rare brain disease with 100% fatality rate and no cure
A grandmother in Michigan died from a rare degenerative brain disease similar to mad cow disease that has a 100% fatality rate and no cure. Arlene Fonmire, 55, and her husband, Gary, celebrated the University of Michigan’s national football championship on Jan. 8, before they woke up with symptoms of a stroke. M Live reported. […]
Maine airport offers its visitors a rare chance to ‘visit’ the moon
Maine’s largest airport is offering travelers a new destination: the moon. The Portland International Jetport currently houses the second largest piece of the moon on Earth. The work is part of a new exhibit titled “Fly Me to the Moon,” which opened to the public on March 26. Due to the solar eclipse on April […]
Rare Disease That Kills 1 in 6 Infected People on the Rise
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has warned that cases of the invasive disease, which causes meningitis, which kills one in six patients, are on the rise. announced by health authorities caveat On Thursday, it reported a spike in invasive meningococcal infections, primarily caused by the rare bacterial infection Neisseria meningitidis. This […]
Congressional leaders release rare joint statement slamming Gershkovich’s detention in Russia on first anniversary
In an unusual joint statement released Friday, Congressional leaders condemned the Russian government’s detention of American journalist Evan Gershkovich and marked one year since his captivity began. are doing. “Evan Gershkovitch, an American citizen and Wall Street Journal reporter, has now been unjustly detained by the Putin regime for a year. We continue to condemn […]
Astronaut says solar eclipse offers rare glimpse into ‘cosmic dance’ seen from space
A former NASA astronaut from Yonkers is helping New Yorkers prepare for the April 8 solar eclipse. He says it will give Earth a unique glimpse of the “cosmic dance,” which is normally only visible from space. Ron Gallant, who has logged 71 million miles in space and orbited the Earth more than 2,800 times […]
UConn ready for chance at rare March Madness repeat
Dan Hurley gave his returning players two weeks to enjoy last season’s national title. Then it was time to get back to work. Of course, trips to the White House, Fenway Park and Yankee Stadium were mixed in, but by the end of April, training for the 2023-24 season had begun. The hard-driving Connecticut coach […]
Surgery ‘rare’ for an injury like Gerrit Cole’s: Doctor
TAMPA — The Yankees and Gerrit Cole believe the right-handed pitcher will be able to pitch this season after a few weeks of not throwing a baseball and continuing his slow development. An orthopedic surgeon reached by phone this weekend agreed. Cole was diagnosed with nerve inflammation and edema in his right elbow and has […]
Rare white magpie thrills man in Wales: ‘Wow, what a thing that was’
A rare white magpie recently discovered in Wales is “beyond anything we could have imagined”, a bird lover recently exclaimed. Terry Wright, 52, spotted the bird on Saturday (March 9) in the coastal town of Fishguard in Pembrokeshire, Wales, according to British news agency SWNS. Mr Wright said the white magpie is such a rare […]
Chinese authorities physically harass journalist on TV, city issues rare apology
City officials in eastern China have apologized to local journalists and issued a state-of-the-state crackdown on journalists after it emerged that authorities had tried to push them away and prevent them from reporting from the site of a deadly explosion. This was an unprecedented admission of invasion. Authorities were shown harassing reporters from state broadcaster […]