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Dozens Dead After Drinking Vodka Laced with Methanol

In late September 2025, a mass poisoning rocked Slantsy, a town in Russia’s Leningrad region. Residents consumed homemade vodka, sold for about $1 per 0.5-litre bottle (about 90 proof / ~45% ABV), that turned out to be contaminated with methanol, a dangerously toxic alcohol. Authorities report that at least 25 people died, and several more … Continued

What Soda Really Does to Your Body: Unpacking the Hidden Costs

Soda might taste like a treat, but a growing body of research and expert opinion suggests that one fizzy drink—or more—can carry far more than just empty calories. From weight gain and tooth decay to metabolic damage and mood shifts, soda’s effects ripple through nearly every system in the body. Nutritionists and epidemiologists are increasingly … Continued

Ariana Grande Slams Trump Supporters with Sharp Post

On September 28, Ariana Grande took to Instagram to repost a direct message to Trump voters that didn’t mince words. The post asked after roughly 250 days of his return to power: “Has your life gotten better?” It challenged assumptions about key promises and outcomes—lower food prices, cheaper health care, stability, happiness—and pointed to broader … Continued

Learning a New Language May Hold Back Dementia by Years

Recent research has reinforced what neurologists have long suspected: speaking more than one language could delay the onset of dementia by several years. A large-scale study involving around 650 patients in India showed that those who spoke two or more languages developed symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia, and frontotemporal dementia significantly later than monolingual … Continued

Scientists Detect New Wave—Could It Be from a Parallel Universe?

In 2019, gravitational wave observatories identified an event known as GW190521 that baffled astronomers. It was initially interpreted as evidence of two black holes merging. But its characteristics differed from the usual pattern: the signal lasted unusually briefly and lacked the “inspiral” phase typically seen as black holes spiral inward before collision. Recently, a team … Continued

Million-Year-Old Skull from China May Upend Human Evolution Timeline

Scientists have reexamined a badly crushed skull discovered back in 1990 in Hubei Province, China — known as Yunxian 2 — and say its new reconstruction could force us to rethink long-accepted ideas about human evolution. Originally classified as Homo erectus, the skull now appears to share key traits with Homo longi (often linked with … Continued