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Three months after his bone marrow transplant, Chris Long of Reno, Nevada (USA), learned that the DNA in his blood had changed. It had all been replaced by the DNA of his donor, a German man he had exchanged just a handful of messages with. However, four years after his lifesaving procedure, it was not only Long’s blood that was affected. Swabs of his lips and cheeks contained his DNA – but also that of his donor. Even more surprisingly, all of the DNA in his semen belonged to his donor.
According to a 2012 study of the North-Western University, USA, every time you remember an event from the past, your brain networks change. Thus, the next time you remember it, you might recall not the original event but what you remembered the previous time.
Dogs can detect epileptic seizures up to 45 minutes before they occur. That is thanks to their incredible noses, new research shows. A canine nose can smell odour molecules in the parts-per-trillion range, including those the human body releases during a seizure.
Cockroaches find humans to be totally disgusting. When they see a human, cockroaches run away as quickly as possible, and if touched by a human, they wash themselves.
US Senator Rand Paul was the only senator to vote against a bill providing $8.3 billion in emergency funding to deal with coronavirus in March 2020. A few days later, he became the first known senator to test positive for COVID-19.
