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A study has revealed that electric eel has a secret weapon to supercharge its electric shock. The electric fish bends its body around prey to double the voltage of its shock, according to the study published in the journal Current Biology on Wednesday.

Electric eel not only uses its secret electrocution techniques to immobilize prey, but also to defend itself. The creature’s powerful shock can even incapacitate a very large fish, the study suggested.

Kenneth C. Catania, biology professor at Vanderbilt University in Nashville and lead author of the study, said it was exciting to know that there is a creature that has been studied for many years, but its unique ability was still unknown until it was observed closely.

Discovering a few remains of dinosaurs is an ordinary thing, but digging out full skeletal is a rare and exciting discovery. Earlier, researchers unearthed full skeletal remains of a baby Pentaceratops, which is believed to be a plant-eating dinosaur that lived millions of years ago in North America.

Paleontologists from the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science focused their attention on the fossils in 2011 during a trek in northwestern New Mexico’s Bisti Wilderness. The discovery was exciting, but to study the fossils closely, it was necessary to excavate them carefully and bring them to the museum.

Researchers have unearthed a fragmented skeleton in Spain which may force them to reconsider their theories on ancestors of all great apes and humans. According to the researchers, the remains belong to new genus and species, Pliobates cataloniae.

The species described in the journal Science suggested that common ancestor of gorillas, gibbons and humans looked more like gibbon that earlier thought. The researchers from Catalan Institute of Paleontology Miquel Crusafont believe that monkeys from Old World and apes split off about 25 million years ago. After that, the Old World apes split off in great apes and gibbons.

The Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit group which aims to strengthen health system safety, quality and value across the nation, has unveiled in its new report that a significant improvement has been seen in safety grades of South Florida’s hospitals.

In the latest report, the number of A grades received by South Florida hospitals in the latest biannual report, Hospital Safety Score, increased from 24 to 32. Since 2012, Leapfrog has been releasing the reports.

In the report, 73% of the 44 hospitals in the tri-county region have received As. Out of the 2,530 hospitals rated across the nation, only 31%, 773, were able to earn As. In the state, 92 out of the 163 hospitals earned As.

An EMT who did what is expected to be done when asked for help to save someone’s life is paying a huge price for it: he has lost his job. EMT Qwasie Reid, who works for a private ambulance company, has been suspended from the job because of making a stop without being called.

What happened was Reid who worked for Assist Ambulance was transporting a nursing home patient last Wednesday when they were stopped by a man at a red light. The man told them that a girl student, 7, is choking and they need help.

Reid was with his partner, who told the man that they already are carrying a patient and could do nothing in this situation. But Reid, who has been driving ambulance for past four years, was aware that he needs to give priority to the choking girl, who is currently on ventilator.

A lot is being done these days to raise awareness against breast cancer. One of such events is the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk being sponsored by the American Cancer Society. People taking part in it have their own reasons. One such person shares her reason of taking part in this walk, which was held on October 17.

The Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk was organized in downtown Buffalo. The girl wearing a bright pink-colored t-shirt was part of a team called Heather’s Heroes. In the event, thousands of people took part.