Wracked by terrifying hallucinations, intense mood swings, insomnia and fierce paranoia, journalist Susannah Cahalan spent a month in the hospital with a rare autoimmune disorder that causes the body to attack the brain.
Wracked by terrifying hallucinations, intense mood swings, insomnia and fierce paranoia, journalist Susannah Cahalan spent a month in the hospital with a rare autoimmune disorder that causes the body to attack the brain.
The belly button is one of the body's most rarely scrubbed crannies, and it offers researchers a chance to study as close to an unsullied microbial landscape as is possible on the modern human.
The belly button is one of the body's most rarely scrubbed crannies, and it offers researchers a chance to study as close to an unsullied microbial landscape as is possible on the modern human.
Many cultures relate legends of hairy, humanoid creatures that lurk in the wilds, rarely seen. But material claimed to be from such creatures have never been subjected to modern scientific techniques... until now.
Biblical and antiquities scholars will soon have a new resource at their fingertips, as Oxford University's Bodleian Libraries and the Vatican Library launch a plan to digitize millions of pages of rare ancient texts.
Biblical and antiquities scholars will soon have a new resource at their fingertips, as Oxford University's Bodleian Libraries and the Vatican Library launch a plan to digitize millions of pages of rare ancient texts.
An extremely rare phenomenon, a fire rainbow occurs when the sun's light passes through high-altitude cirrus clouds that have a high content of ice crystals.
The Capgras syndrome is a rare disorder in which a person holds a delusion that a friend or close family member has been replaced by an identical-looking impostor.
The strip features the dreams of people who have a passion for foods. Common it is for the protagonist to have an incredible nightmare and in the final panel, on waking up, blame the dream on having eaten Welsh rarebit.
The strip features the dreams of people with a passion for food. Common it is for the protagonist to have an incredible nightmare and in the final panel, on waking up, blame the dream on having eaten Welsh rarebit.
BrightSource Energy is building a giant solar plant in the Mojave Desert, but before they do they are tasked with relocating the Desert Tortoise, a rare species, to animal preserves.
BrightSource Energy is building a giant solar plant in the Mojave Desert, but before they do they are tasked with relocating the Desert Tortoise, a rare species, to animal preserves.
Bog bodies are rare and important discoveries because they are so wonderfully preserved. The cold temperature, high acidity and anaerobic condition of the bog prevent decomposition.
A rare meteorological event, some suggest that violent winds and waterspouts lift and carry animals a great distance before they fall, but raining animals remains an enigma.
China plans to reduce its rare earth exports quota by 10% in 2011. Rare earth minerals are essential for making many electronic goods, like TVs and PCs.
The Cuban Solenodon has venomous saliva. It is a nocturnal burrower, living underground, and thus is very rarely seen. They move with an unsteady gait on the surface.
China plans to reduce its rare earth exports quota by 10% in 2011. Rare earth minerals are essential for making many electronic goods, like TVs and PCs.