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Recreated voice of a mummy

Voice of Nesyamun, a priest that lived 3000 years ago during the reign of Pharaoh Ramses XI, has been brought to life by a group of scientists from Royal Holloway, the University of London and the University of York and Leeds Museum. His body was first unwrapped in 1824, and since then, it has been tested several times using X ray, CT scans, endoscopy and even histology. As this is the only mummy to have been dated from the Ramses XIs reign, it provides essential insights about that era. The medical examinations revealed he had been suffering from gum disease, and his teeth have severely deteriorated. He is believed to have died in his 50s, possibly following a severe allergic reaction. Inscriptions on his coffin showed that his dying wish was to be able to speak after his death and 3000 years after his death, his wish came true. After taking precise measurements of his extant vocal tract with the aid of CT scans, the scientists created a 3D printed model. By using that they were able

Case of Derrick Robie

  Four years old Derrick Robie lived in Savona, New York with his mother Doreen, father Dave and his 18 months old younger brother Dalton. In the summer of 1993 he was attending a summer camp very close to their house. The road was a dead end and there were no roads to cross. Still his mother took him to the summer camp and came back everyday. In the morning of 2nd August 1993, Dalton started throwing a fit and Derrick asked if he could go alone so mom could take care of the younger brother. His mom agreed to let him go alone as it was a tight knit community and it was just so close to his house. In the evening Doreen went to the summer camp to pick Derrick only to find out he never arrived.. Panicked mom called the police immediately. Police started searching for him and found his body beaten to a pulp, near a small patch of woods closer to the summer camp. His autopsy revealed that he had multiple skull fractures, cerebral swelling and contusions, extreme tearing in chest tissues and

The case of the supermom killing eight people- Diane Schuler

  Diane Schuler, the perfect mom for 2 children caused one of the most fatal accidents in Westchester County since 1934. There are some  bizarre unansweredquestions around this whole case and different people have different opinions. Diane, her husband, her two children and 3 nieces have been camping at the Hunter Lake campground in Parksville, New York. On July 26th 2009 around 9.30 they left the campsite; Diane with children in her 2003 red Ford minivan and her husband Daniel in their pickup truck with the family dog. On their way home to West Babylon minivan made several stops, first at a McDonald's and several gas stations. However at 11.37am, Diane called her brother to tell him that they are being delayed due to the traffic. While she was calling her brother, several other calls were being made by other drivers who were on the highway. They reported a minivan driving recklessly, flashing headlights, honking and tailgating. Other witnesses who reported seeing a woman bending o

Life of a vegetarian

People become vegetarians for many reasons; ethics, religion, health issues, hormones in animals, environmental concerns and the list goes on. I first started being a vegetarian in 2014. Why? Because I lost the very first animal who loved me. His name was Dotty...  A pretty black and white fur ball.. It was a hit and run kinda thing. He was flattened in the middle of the road. He was a kitten and has never ever been to the road before. And the view of dead animals in roadsides is a pretty common thing. Why? Because people don't care. Hitting an animal and a human is not the same according to them. Losing him hit me really hard and it made me think of how the value of a life is relative... If we are not attached to the dead one, we don't feel a thing. But that doesn't mean we can go and kill someones loved ones. That made me feel horrible for eating all the animals for 19 years. And I became a vegetarian. After one year my health went downhill due to lack of proteins in my d

A teenager dug his backyard for 6 years a after a fight with mom

  Six years ago, an angry teenage boy in Spain decided to dig a hole in the backyard after a fight with his mother. Fourteen years old Andres Canto's mother wanted him to change his clothes before leaving with his friends which he refused. As a punishment she ordered him to stay home. Angry Canto decided to vent his anger by digging a hole. He grabbed his grandfathers pickaxe and started digging which then became an obsession. He used his evenings after school for his newly obsessed excavation project and he even started learning about different methods. The pace of this project drastically changed when his best friend, Andreau also joined with his pneumatic drill and the duo spent 14 hours a week digging almost 10 feet. They removed the soil initially by using a bucket, but as they go deeper and deeper they developed a pulley system. During an interview he said that during the first three years he wanted to see how deep they could dig, and then they got the idea to turn it into a

How to get work done...

                                   At least once in our lives we have been in a place where we can't make ourselves get the work done. There are tons of things to do, you want to do, but you can't just make yourself start doing them. If this is you right now, then this is for you.