It is possible, and the idea of doing it, very old. According to the ancient Egyptians, the god Ra created the god Shu and the goddess Tef-nut after giving himself a fellatio and splashing their semen on the ground. Today the classic myth has been replaced by the urban legend that a rocker, the famous Marilyn Manson, has removed two ribs to emulate Ra.
Although it is worth wearing a hat in winter, the head is not the part of the body where we lose the most heat. It is also not true that consuming sugar makes children hyperactive, or that suicides increase at Christmas, or that having dinner late makes them fatter.
In the last 850 meters that precede the summit of Everest, many mountaineers have fallen throughout history. Now an international team of researchers has investigated the reasons for the 212 deaths recorded in this high mountain area between 1921 and 2006.
The ability to distinguish two languages - not to understand them - is not unique to the human being. Some mammals such as the tamarin monkey and the laboratory rat are able to appreciate the difference between languages as different as Dutch and Japanese.
Long before the first living being appeared on the face of the Earth, it was already full of diamonds. New German research has just shown that these carbon-made gemstones can create thin layers of water on their surface.
Swiss researchers have just shown that professional tennis players develop superior visual ability that offers them multiple advantages on and off the court.
In principle, there are no positions that hinder or favor conception. For fertilization to occur, sperm have to reach the fallopian tubes, a journey that is completed regardless of the position used in intercourse.
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.
