An estimated 400,000 Iraqis are trapped in the ISIS-controlled Old City of west Mosul amid food shortages and growing panic under shelling.
We've all wanted to stay in bed and not go into work when our alarm rings through our head in the morning, but what are the worst excuses to use?
Hamish experiences an Amazon tribes' coming-of-age ritual: Bullet Ant gloves! Where the toxins released by the ants generates the worst pain a human is capab...
Ecological conservation and environmental concerns have become a much greater influence in production facilities around the world in recent years. Progressive action can also be found in the heart...
Life is precarious, and nothing makes you appreciate that fact quite like a Reddit-generated list of potential death traps. On the upside, one person’s anxiety-provoking tip might be another person’s life-saving knowledge.
Many of the exploration and production stocks are hitting new multi-year lows. Are they cheap or is this another false bottom?
What would you do if someone in our community was infected with a fast-moving disease, and without prompt treatment the disease could cause serious illness or death not only to
Every parent's worst nightmare is something bad happening to their child, and one of the worst scenarios is a child being abducted by a stranger.
About a year and a half ago, I read an obituary for a young man somewhere in the Carolinas. The mother had used it as an attempt to educate other parents about the dangers of the Internet in regards to the purchasing of drugs and other illegal use. Her son had become an addict and the family was doing everything in their power to help their chil...
“I was frozen in place, trying my best not to vomit.”
What drives people to make the perilous journey, which for many has ended in death?
Though words often seem innocent, the scars they leave on a child can last a lifetime
People all around the world are aware that kids are very vulnerable and that children need constant round the clock. Despite this fact which is known the world over, some parents cannot help but put their children at risk due to their own stupidities. As can be seen from the pictures below, some people should not be allowed to have children at all. Well we are guessing these can be a tutorial for all new and old parents, this will show them what…
Getting a palliative care consult doesn’t mean giving up on our patient. It means making the patient’s quality of life a priority.
It’s important that young people at the receiving end of bullying and abuse realise the world is full of groups that will not reject them
Child abuse expert Dr. Ann Botash manages to think the best of people even though she has seen the absolute worst of what humanity has to offer.
Some truisms will always endure: Ask just about any parent in the history of the world, and they’ll tell you the worst thing they can imagine is the death of their child. But a child killing the parents has to be a close second—not only is your kid’s life basically ruined, you’re not even around to comfort them.
Americans can't be blamed for having a love-hate relationship with sick days. Employers have a scattered approach to policies about calling in sick as some bosses frown on it and others refuse to pay for sick days.