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The following claim that’s quickly going viral on social media networks is that an injectable gel that can help the heart mend itself after sustaining injury due to a heart attack has been developed by 25-year-old Argentine biologist Pilar Ferrer. So, is this a legitimate breakthrough in medicine or just another viral piece of news which requires some clarification?Pilar Ferrer is a registered biologist...

A rare volume of The Antiquities of Athens, published in 1858, has finally made its way back to Kiama Library in the seaside town of Kiama, New South Wales. The book spent roughly 150 years hidden inside a sealed fireplace, where—under the library’s original lending rules—it would have racked up nearly $20,000 in overdue fines. Local resident Ross Simmons, 77, uncovered the book while renovating...