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Answer: Monday. Death most fowl: In 2001, an employee for a Yamaha watercraft distributor in Florida was test-driving a jet ...

Narcissist eyebrows, insect researchers with a fear of spiders and an alligator inhaling helium were among the topics of scientific studies honoured with awards in this year's Ig Nobel Prizes on ...

Sword swallowers all over the world will be participating in a global gulp on Saturday at 2:22 p.m. local time.

It’s a dangerous skill not for the faint-hearted and only less than a few dozen daredevils take part across the world. We are talking about sword swallowing. Tracing its origins back to 2,000 BC ...

Let's all agree that indulging in late-night snacks isn't good for your teeth unless you immediately follow up with a ...

We have two innovators to thank for our ability to scream-sing Celine Dion’s “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now” in front of a ...

Vantage Data Centers is investing $500 million to develop the fourth and final facility at its Quebec City campus, further ...

And that’s exactly what she did.” Over the course of her career, she received numerous awards, including the Ig Nobel Prize for Medicine, the Cognitive Neuroscience Society Young Investigator ...

Meyer has done his own work in that capacity, by coauthoring the first comprehensive medical study on sword swallowing in 2006, earning the 2007 Ig Nobel Prize in Medicine in the process.

On the shores of Hangzhou’s West Lake, emerging companies backed by massive state support are aiming for artificial intelligence domination.