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Liz Klimas

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Glenn Dale, MD, United States

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Scientists Argue Appendix Might Not Be ‘Irrelevant’ to Our Health, Propose This as the Organ’s Current Function

The appendix has been dubbed a vestigial organ, thought to no longer perform any necessary function, but new research is supporting a previously proposed theory that it might still have a relevant purpose in the human body today. "Popular belief tells us the appendix is a liability,"... → Read More

Man Fighting FBI Gag Order Finally Granted Right to Speak Fully About the Case After 11 Years

Over a decade ago, the founder of an Internet company received a letter from the federal government, ordering him to not only provide information about one of his clients but also banning him from telling anyone about it. That man, Nicholas Merrill who owned the now-defunct... → Read More

Experts Discuss ‘Line We Must Not Cross’ in the Realm of Gene Editing

WASHINGTON (TheBlaze/AP) -- Rewriting your DNA is getting closer to reality: A revolutionary technology is opening new frontiers for genetic engineering but not before the experts discuss its ethical implications in earnest. Hundreds of scientists and ethicists from around the world are gathering in Washington this... → Read More

New Dashcam Video Shows the Moments Before Chicago Cop Fatally Shot 17-Year-Old

Graphic video showing a Chicago police officer fatally shoot a 17-year-old more than a dozen times has sparked unrest in the city, but now new footage showing the moments just before the 2014 shooting has surfaced. Obtained by WLS-TV, the blurry video from multiple Chicago PD cruiser dashcams... → Read More

Miss World Contestant Critical of China’s Religious Policy Is Denied Entry to the Country

HONG KONG (AP) -- Canada's outspoken Miss World contestant said she was barred Thursday from entering China to take part in this year's pageant and accused Beijing of overreach in extending its campaign of censorship even to beauty contests. Chinese-born Anastasia Lin said she was unable to board... → Read More

32-Second Video of a Hardback in a University’s Rare Books Collection Goes Viral — See What’s ‘Hidden’ in Its Pages

Look at this book. Seems like just an old-fashioned hardback with gilt pages, right? If you were to shift the closed pages of the book just so, you'd see ... well, take a look at the video posted by Cornell University Library's Rare Books... → Read More

After 44 Years in Prison, This Man Re-Entering Society ‘Experienced What It’s Like to Travel to the Future’

Time travel might be a dream for some, but probably not the way Otis Johnson did it. For the man who spent 44 years in prison and was released in 2014, he ostensibly "experienced what it's like to travel to the future," as the social news site Reddit put... → Read More

NASA Commander Has a Patriotic Message of Thanks for This Thanksgiving — and Shares What He’ll Be Eating in Space This Year

While here on Earth, 20-pound Thanksgiving turkeys are in fridges across the country thawing in time for Thursday, astronauts on the International Space Station have sent back a message to show us how they celebrate the holiday. NASA Commander Scott Kelly, who recently set the record for the... → Read More

NATO Stands in ‘Solidarity With Turkey,’ Calls for ‘Calm and De-Escalation’ After Russian Fighter Jet Shot Down

NATO held an emergency meeting Tuesday after Turkey admitted to shooting down a Russian fighter jet at the Syrian border after it violated its airspace. NATO secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg said that "we stand in solidarity with Turkey" in the meeting called at the request of Turkey. ... → Read More

Texas Woman Suing Gov’t for Return of JFK Assassination Video That the ‘Public Is Mainly Unaware Of’

It's a tape that hasn't been seen by the American public for nearly four decades — at least not the original — and a Texas woman is suing the federal government, hoping to get it back. The footage on that 52-year-old tape shows the assassination of President John... → Read More

We’ve Seen Too Many of Those Package Theft Videos, So Here Are 5 Ways to Protect Your Deliveries During the Holidays

Black Friday and Cyber Monday are quickly approaching, and with all the online deals and subsequent deliveries one can only assume that packages will be targeted by thieves even more. In fact, Jamie Siminoff, the inventor of a doorbell-video combo device called Ring, uses the term Package Theft... → Read More

Top Performing Home-Schoolers Told They Can’t Compete in Science Fair This Year, Despite Over a Decade of Participation

Home-schooled students and their parents in New Mexico protested with signs this week that said "Let us compete!" after they were told they could not be included in a science fair competition. According to KOAT-TV, a group of home-schooled students wished to compete in Science Olympiad as they... → Read More

‘Jihadists’ Shouting ‘Allahu Akbaar’ Storm Mali Hotel, Take 170 Hostage

BAMAKO, Mali (TheBlaze/AP) -- The company that runs the Radisson Blu Hotel in Mali's capital says assailants have taken 170 hostages in a brazen assault involving grenades. The Brussels-based Rezidor Hotel group said the assailants had "locked in" 140 guests and 30 employees. Malian army... → Read More

‘Hillary Clinton vs. First Amendment’: Watch the Video of Comedians Mocking Hillary That Her Campaign Reportedly Wants Taken Down

The second a person steps into the political arena, they're often seen as fair game for mocking by comedians, cartoonists and more. Hillary Clinton is no stranger to being the subject of some laughs. But a less than three-minute video, currently with nearly 41,000 views on YouTube, posted... → Read More

Farmer Enacts Perfect Revenge on People Who Wouldn’t Stop Parking on His Land

Every Sunday vendors and visitors attend a flee market in Croatia. And every Sunday, farmer Pavao Bedekovic warns them against parking on his land, which is nearby. This past week, many continued to ignore his warning, but this time, he taught them a lesson just by going about his... → Read More

Eight Men Detained at Turkish Airport on Fears They Might Pose as Refugees After Authorities Find Hand-Drawn Route to European Country

(TheBlaze/AP) —Turkey's state-run news agency says authorities have detained eight people at Istanbul's main airport who they suspect could be Islamic State militants planning to make their way to Germany, posing as refugees. The Anadolu Agency said Wednesday the eight arrived in Istanbul from Casablanca, Morocco, and were... → Read More

Construction Crew on MIT Campus Was Digging for a New Building When It Discovered ‘Something That Shouldn’t Have Been There’

The excavation for a new building to focus on nanoscale research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is in the early stages of construction, but during the excavation for this something new, construction crews found something old. "We were digging outside of building 26 on the west side and... → Read More

Take at Look Inside This ‘Luxury’ Underground Bunker Capable of Withstanding a 20-Kiloton Nuclear Blast That’s on the Market for $17.5 Million

While some dwellings on the market are listed as Cape Code, Colonial, Tudor and more, each depending on their architectural style, a listing in Georgia is described as only "other." Featuring 12 bedrooms and 12 bathrooms on a 32-acre lot in Tifton, Georgia, about two hours southwest of... → Read More

‘Unruly’ Passenger Restrained on British Airways London-to-Boston Flight as She Tried to Open Exit Door

BOSTON (TheBlaze/AP) -- Massachusetts State Police said Tuesday afternoon that a passenger on a London-to-Boston British Airways flight was restrained after she tried to open an exit door. Police described the woman as "intoxicated" in a tweet that clarified the woman had tried to open a door, not... → Read More

Study: Half of HIV-Infected Patients Go Undiagnosed, Some for Fear of Being Tested

Over half of the 35 million people estimated to have HIV worldwide have not been officially diagnosed, a new study says. The research from Royal Holloway, University of London, published in the journal AIDS and Behavior, reviewed 62 quantitative studies on psychological variables and HIV testing. ... → Read More