Boils are painful, pus-filled, and are caused by infections like Staphylococcus aureus. Cysts are painless, non-infectious growths filled with keratin or other substances. Antibiotics may treat boils ...

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A: I have seen some of those videos as well. My reaction is that if someone is stealing from your porch, they should not be able to complain if if turns out to be a booby trap. I also read, if the ...

When a plate drops or a glass smashes, you're annoyed by the mess and the cost of replacing them. But for some physicists, the broken pieces are a source of fascination: Why does everything break into ...

In 1970, a 45-foot, 8-ton sperm whale washed ashore near Florence, Oregon. The Oregon State Highway Division decided to dispose of the carcass using dynamite. Florence will celebrate the 55th ...

Fifty-five years ago, a dead sperm whale washed ashore near Florence — and what happened next became one of the most infamous moments in state history. Engineers from the Oregon Highway Division, ...

WARSAW, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Poland and Romania detained eight people suspected of planning sabotage on behalf of Russia, authorities in Warsaw said on Tuesday, with three arrests concerning an alleged ...

Previous research pointed to climate change as the main driver of permafrost explosions in Siberia, but a new study offers a more nuanced explanation. Reading time 2 minutes Looking for one more ...

“We’re not claiming that it’s absolutely going to happen this decade. But there could be a 90% chance that it does." Reading time 2 minutes It’s been a fantastic week for Stephen Hawking’s black hole ...

If you have an ovarian cyst and suddenly feel a sharp or intense pain in your lower belly, you might wonder if the cyst has ruptured (broken open). A ruptured ovarian cyst can cause a range of ...

“Kaboom” is not the sound you want a rocket ship to make, as a rule. Yet that’s the problem facing the private aerospace company SpaceX and its leader, Elon Musk. Instead of going to space, their ...

A California resident has tested positive for the plague after likely being bitten by an infected flea on a Lake Tahoe camping trip, health officials confirmed. The El Dorado County Health and Human ...