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It took an explosion and 13 pounds of iron to usher in the modern era of neuroscience. In 1848, a 25-year-old railroad worker named Phineas Gage was blowing up rocks to clear the way for a new rail line in Cavendish, Vt. He would drill a hole, place an explosive charge, then pack in sand using a 13-pound metal bar known as a tamping iron. But in this instance, the metal bar created a spark that touched off the charge. That, in turn, "drove this tamping iron up and out of the hole, through his left cheek, behind his eye socket, and out of the top of his head," says Jack Van Horn, an associate professor of neurology at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California. Gage didn't

Police rescued the Russian, identified as Aleksei Makeev, after the crowd stormed his apartment on Friday night, said Guillermo Brahms, secretary general of Benito Juarez municipality, which encompasses Cancun. The Russian embassy had no immediate comment.

A scary scene unfolded at Steveston Fisherman’s Wharf in Vancouver over the weekend involving a little girl and a sea lion. The sea lion was minding his business & splashing about in the water as onlookers gathered around to watch and take pictures. One man decided coax the sea lion closer to the platform so everyone could get a better look - at one point he even bent down in an attempt to touch the wild animal. For the most part, the sea lion kept his distance…that is until a little girl made her way over to the edge of the platform. At that moment, the sea lion lunged forward out of the water and was nearly face-to-face with the girl before retreating back into the water. She laughed. Her family