Watch a tourist’s joy at trying out these ‘robotic legs’ for hiking

People strolling around Tokyo recently may have glimpsed the unusual sight of a tourist wearing a robot on their shoulder. The robot, built by local robotics firm OryLab and called OriHime, offers ...

Some people are purposefully having their legs broken by cosmetic surgeons to increase height

Would you willingly have your legs broken, the bone stretched apart millimeter by millimeter and then spend months in ...
Daily Mail

Depraved father who abused baby Tony Hudgell so badly he had to have his legs amputated has been freed from prison

Tony Hudgell's depraved biological father who abused him so badly as a baby he had to have both of his legs amputated has been freed from jail - just weeks after his birth mother's release. Anthony ...
Science Daily

The invisible plastic threat you can finally see

Researchers in Germany and Australia have created a simple but powerful tool to detect nanoplastics—tiny, invisible particles that can slip through skin and even the blood-brain barrier. Using an ...
Huffington Post UK

Always Get Leg Cramps At 3AM? You May Have One Of These Conditions

Most of the time, the NHS says, late-night spasm in your calves is normal. Per the health service, “Leg cramps are common, usually harmless, and only last a short time.” They add that the phenomenon ...
Rolling Stone

Bob Dylan Has Become the Invisible Man Onstage, and We Have Only Ourselves to Blame

Six years ago, near the end of a show in Austria, Bob Dylan grew so enraged by fans taking photos and shooting video that he stopped the set, narrowly avoided a nasty fall, and delivered an ...
AOL

Surgeon Who Froze His Own Legs To Have Them Amputated Is Jailed As Disturbing Crimes Come To Light

A respected UK surgeon who amputated hundreds of patients’ limbs had his own legs severed off for twisted reasons. Neil Hopper, 49, of Truro, Cornwall, was accused of having his legs amputated for a ...
Yahoo

Eat cruciferous vegetables, stand on one leg and use less toothpaste — plus 7 more health tips to help you have a great week

Hello, Yahoo readers! My name is Kaitlin Reilly, and I’m here to share the best health and wellness tips from around the internet. It’s all about simple changes you can make to improve your life — but ...
Variety

Shu Qi Opens Up About Her Directorial Debut ‘Girl’ and Confronting Childhood Trauma: ‘Those Dark Days Have Almost Become Invisible Scars’ (EXCLUSIVE)

You’ve spoken about Hou Hsiao-hsien encouraging you to direct back in 2013. What finally convinced you — more than a decade later — that it was time to make “Girl”? Shu Qi: The idea of making “Girl” ...
Cinema Blend

If You Needed Some BTS Pics Of The Rock’s Tree Trunk Legs To Spice Up Your Day, We Got ‘Em

Interviews ‘I Don't Know If You've Ever Been Asked This Before, But I Think You Need To Gain More Weight’: Dwayne Johnson On The Major Transformation He Made For The Smashing Machine Movies ‘Jaws ...
AOL

Mom Broke Leg While Climbing Snowy Mountain. 2 Weeks Later, All Attempts to Save Her Have Failed and Another Climber Is Dead

Tragedy is compounding for 47-year-old Natalia Nagovitsyna, who broke her leg more than two weeks ago while climbing a 24,406-foot mountain in Kyrgyzstan. Three days after the Russian woman was ...
Nature

Repeated heatwaves can age you as much as smoking or drinking

Long-term exposure to extreme heat events accelerates the body’s ageing process and increases vulnerabilities to heath issues, finds a long-term study of 24,922 people in Taiwan. The study, published ...