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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
(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
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
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
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
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