After stumping her doctors, a sick Taiwanese woman turned out to be infected with a strain of bird flu never before seen in humans. She survived, and nobody else appears to be infected, but you might want to get used to thinking about H6N1.
The new flu
Some people initiate sex in their sleep and remember none of it
Sexsomnia is a parasomnia — in the same family as sleepwalking — in which a person engages in sexual acts during non-REM sleep. People in an episode often appear fully… READ THE REST
New monkey: so rare only 8 of 52 nearby villages knew it existed
An international team including Yale researchers has described a new species of Colobus monkey living high in the forest canopy of the Democratic Republic of Congo — only the fifth… READ THE REST
Brain implant lets a paralyzed man feed himself and pet his dog
Keith Thomas broke his neck diving into a pool in 2020 and was paralyzed from the chest down. Six years later, thanks to a set of brain implants that bypass… READ THE REST
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Disclosure: Boing Boing earns a commission on purchases made through links in this post. TL;DR: Get a Babbel lifetime subscription covering all 14 languages for $159 (reg. $299) with code LEARN. Plenty of… READ THE REST
This $40 AI tool writes, formats, and covers your next ebook
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