The trickiest part of a penis transplant? Finding a donor
By Rachel Nuwer From Smithsonian Magazine The doctors who announced the first successful procedure last week had a particularly difficult time finding willing organ donors Three years ago, an 18-year-old man checked himself into a South African hospital under grim…
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Cayman Islands has no confirmed local cases of chikungunya since 2015 began Chikungunya/Dengue Update as of 7 March 2015 There have been no confirmed local cases of chikungunya reported by the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) since the beginning of…
The man who posted himself to Australia
By Jason Caffrey from BBC World Service In the mid-1960s, Australian athlete Reg Spiers found himself stranded in London with no money to buy a plane ticket home. Desperate to get back to Australia in time for his daughter’s birthday,…
Nasa’s Dawn probe achieves orbit around Ceres
By Jonathan Amos BBC Science Correspondent From BBC The Dawn probe will spend just over a year mapping and sensing the dwarf planet The US space agency’s Dawn probe has gone into orbit around Ceres, the largest object in the…
Surgeon to offer ideas on a way to do human head transplants
By Bob Yirka From Medical Press Surgeon to offer ideas on a way to do human head transplants Sergio Canavero of the Turin Advanced Neuromodulation Group has made it known that he intends to announce at this summer’s American Academy…
This electronic bike raised $3.2 million on Indiegogo in just 10 days
By Julie Bort From Business Insider Looks like the Storm eBike is going to be a smash hit, if its uber successful crowdfunding campaign is a predictor. The bike has raised $3.16 million on Indiegogo since the campaign started on…
A new, strangely morbid video profiles 3 people vying to visit Mars — and they seem completely unprepared for the trip
By Jessica Orwig From Business Insider Why do you want to die on Mars? This is the most normal question in the series of totally bizarre topics that three Mars One volunteers are discussing in this latest video titled “If…
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Cayman Inquest record open verdict for woman falling from building Cayman Islands Coroner’s Court, after hearing evidence relating to the death of Shakara Lisa Bonny Taylor (31), returned an open verdict. Taylor fell to her death from the 7th floor…
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Militants planning mass casualty attacks against West: UK From Business Insider London (AFP) – The head of Britain’s domestic spy agency MI5 warned on Thursday that militant Islamists in Syria were planning “mass casualty attacks” in the West and that…
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Taylor Swift spotted in Cayman Islands Super duper star singer songwriter Taylor Swift was seen enjoying a meal in a restaurant in East End on Grand Cayman last Monday (5). She arrived by private jet but it was only a…