Scientists insert human genes into monkey brains

Scientists have inserted a human gene in the brains of monkeys to make them larger and more wrinkled in disconcerting lab experiments.  The team of international researchers found the insertion of the gene, called ARHGAP11B, was found to result in a larger neocortex in the fetus of a common marmoset.  The neocortex is the deeply grooved … Read more

Stunning images show Suri tribeswomen who slice their lips aged 12 to insert lip plates

Stunning images show Suri tribeswomen who slice their lips aged 12 so they can insert lip plates to attract a husband The Suri tribe inhabit the mountains of the Omo Valley in the plains of south-western Ethiopia in Africa Photographer Raúl Barrero, 39, from Alicante, Spain, captured the women in a series of portraits During … Read more

sMothered: Woman helps daughter insert colonic irrigation tube

An overly-familiar mother helped her daughter ‘put the nozzle in her behind’ for her first colonic irrigation as the pair got treatments together in sMothered. Tonight’s episode of the TLC show – which chronicles the lives of six mother-daughter duos who share an unusually close bond – focuses on 55-year-old Mary and her daughter Brittani, … Read more