Eating undercooked meat is never a good idea—it can give you a nasty case of food poisoning within 24 hours. And there are ...

Parasites can be picked up from pets (including dogs and cats), contaminated food, water, or feces, infected blood, and insects ... The most common helminths include pinworms, hookworms, tapeworms, ...

Elon Musk announced that SpaceX's Starship would launch for Mars in late 2026, carrying Tesla's Optimus robot. Human landings could begin by 2029 or 2031. While Musk prioritises Mars colonisation, US ...

The comedian Shappi Khorsandi once commented that she used the mythical concept of 'sugar worms' to get her children to brush their teeth after sweets. It's a trick I poached to convince my daughter ...

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These are just a few of the helminth conditions that can affect humans. Other examples include tapeworms and whipworms—which are also intestinal.

Comedian Shappi Khorsandi once commented that she used the mythical concept of “sugar worms” to get her children to brush their teeth after sweets. It’s a trick I poached to convince my daughter to do ...

An Ohio couple was arrested this week after investigators found them living in a filthy home tilled with multiple animals, feces, urine — and “old and dried out” human bones. Billy Jack Park, 45, and ...

In extreme cases, the swelling can be profound, resulting in a condition known as elephantiasis. This is because the worm infestation causes not just swelling, but also skin changes – making it ...

Deep in a trench in Tanzania, researchers found dozens of tools crafted from animal bones some 1.5 million years old. By Carl Zimmer Humans, unlike most other species, have a knack for making tools.