Walking corpse syndrome – The real walking dead

Most of us know that zombies are science fiction. But there is a medical condition that will make you believe that you are a zombie. Yes, it is an extremely rare, frightening and serious mental illness. This psychiatric and delusional disorder is called as Cotard’s syndrome or Cotard’s delusion. The affected persons believes that they…

Winchester mystery house – One of the most haunted house in the world

Winchester mystery house is a peculiar mansion located in San Jose, California with a bizarre back story. It is a famous privately owned tourist attraction in the heart of Silicon Valley renowned for its huge size, architecture, and lack of building plan. It is a strange tale but it starts with Sarah Lockwood Pardee. Born…

Sleeping beauty syndrome – Real life sleeping beauty

We all grew up hearing the classic fairytale The Sleeping Beauty in the Woods by the Brothers Grimm. It is about a princess who is cursed to sleep for a 100 years by an evil fairy with a spell that could be broken only by a kiss from a handsome prince. In fact, there is…

Time Dilation – Do time passes faster for people living on a mountain than at sea level?

Space-time is a model that combines the three dimensions of space with time as the fourth dimension to explain how the universe works. Depending on our position and speed, time can appear to move faster or slower to us relative to others. The change in the passage of time measured in different parts of space-time,…