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May 5, 2025

Man Who Let Snakes Bite Him 200+ Times Helps Create Antivenom With His Blood

Most people would avoid snake venom at any cost, but Tim Friede is not your average person. Over the past 20 years, the former truck mechanic has received over 200 snake bites and injected himself with venom cocktails over 700 times. Now, his blood could lead scientists to a breakthrough universal antivenom, which could help the 1.8 to 2.7 million people bitten by venomous snakes every year.

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Wildlife Photography

May 5, 2025

Photographer Captures Epic Battle Between Great Blue Heron and a Snake

Great blue herons and snakes have a complex relationship that goes beyond the simple dynamic between predator and prey.

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Inspiring

May 5, 2025

People in Spain Turned the Power Blackout Into a Party in the Streets

Embed from Getty Images On April 28, the Iberian Peninsula went dark for about 10 hours.

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Archeology

May 5, 2025

Young Boy Discovers 140-Million-Year-Old Marine Fossil While Digging in His Yard

Seven-year-old Elliott had only lived in his new home in Matlock, Derbyshire, for three months before he discovered something remarkable. While digging in his front garden, he unearthed several limestone rocks from the ground and cracked them open with his parents. It turns out that they were teeming with marine creatures from the Jurassic era.

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Wildlife Photography

May 5, 2025

WildLOVE: Beautiful Portraits of Animals Who Look Like Photogenic Fashion Models

A pair of flamingos that appear to be salsa dancing together, their beaks touching as if locked in a kiss.

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Good News

May 5, 2025

Brothers Find a 50-Year-Old Message in a Bottle on a Secluded Island in the Bahamas

Discovering a message in a bottle might sound like something out of a movie or perhaps a novel, but that’s...

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Installation

May 4, 2025

New Exhibition Explores the 60 Artists At the Forefront of Contemporary Fiber Art

In the English language, there are several metaphors related to thread, and almost all of them convey a sense of continuity and unison. It’s a sentiment shared by many fiber artists, whose work often integrates such practices as weaving, crochet, knitting, embroidery, tufting, and quilting to emphasize community and resilience.

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Good News

May 4, 2025

Strangers Raise Over $300K To Help a 81-Year-Old Waitress Retire

While eating at a local Pittsburgh restaurant called Eat’n Park, esthetician and TikTok creator Tamie Konzier had an unexpected encounter...

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Video

May 4, 2025

Watch How the “Explosion of the Cart” Unleashes a Fiery Easter Tradition in Italy

Florence, Italy, boasts one of the most thrilling Easter traditions out there.

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Science

May 3, 2025

Mysterious Ancestor Connecting All Life on Earth Is 200 Million Years Older Than We Thought

The fact that we are all alive and on Earth is nothing short of a miracle, though we may take that for granted. Seemingly random moments and combinations of conditions have occurred in such a way to lead us to here and now. Knowing this leads to the big questions. Where do we come from? Are there other worlds in the universe that also contain life?

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