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The praying mantis can fall victim to a creepy parasite called the horsehair worm, which takes control of its brain and forces it to dive into water. Here’s how it works.

This parasite forces its host to die!

June 04, 2025 3:26 pm

This kind of gene-stealing, brain-hacking behaviour is extremely rare in the animal kingdom. It’s more common in bacteria, but to see a worm doing it to a mantis is something scientists are still trying to fully understand

Han Kang wins Literature Nobel: Why South Korean culture is a global hit

October 14, 2024 10:56 am

Already popular through K-pop, the TV series "Squid Game" and the Oscar success "Parasite," South Korean culture is once again in the spotlight with Han Kang's Nobel Prize win. But how did the K-wave start?

English fishing village told to boil water after a parasite outbreak sickens over 45 people

May 18, 2024 12:59 am

At least 46 cases of cryptosporidiosis have been confirmed and more than 100 other people have reported similar symptoms, the UK Health Security Agency said. Symptoms can last more than two weeks.

Parasite director Bong, South Korean artists urge probe into handling of actor Lee Sun-kyun's case

January 12, 2024 4:43 pm

South Korean actor Lee Sun-kyun was found dead last month in an apparent suicide.

Cho Yeo-jeong shared a picture with Lee and other Parasite co-stars Choi Woo-shik and Park Myung-hoon.

Korean actor Cho Yeo-jeong remembers late Parasite co-star Lee Sun-kyun in New Year's post

January 01, 2024 3:11 pm

Parasite actor Lee Sun-kyun, 48, was found dead last Wednesday in Seoul by South Korean authorities following up a report that he had gone missing.

Actor Lee Sun-kyun of Oscar-winning film Parasite found dead in car

December 27, 2023 9:52 am

Police earlier said an unconscious Lee Sun-kyun was discovered at an unidentified Seoul location. The actor was best known for his role in Parasite, in which he played the head of a wealthy family.

As flesh-eating parasites eat a man's eye after he sleeps with contact lenses, experts on why you should take them off

February 20, 2023 3:42 pm

"Any contact lens worn while sleeping reduces the quantity of oxygen that can reach the eye and raises the risk of infection," said Dr Nirati Srivastava, Consultant, Ophthalmology, Regency Hospital, Kanpur

Tilda Swinton no longer attached to Bong Joon-ho's Parasite reboot series

October 19, 2022 12:16 pm

Parasite reboot series is a six-hour limited series that inhabits the universe of Bong Joon-ho's 2019 dark thriller on the class-divide in his native South Korea.

Bed bugs' biggest impact may be on mental health after an infestation of these bloodsucking parasites

June 06, 2022 9:06 am

Run-ins with these parasites can trigger nervousness, anxiety and insomnia. Bed bugs commonly come with a side effect of constant worrying and feelings of shame.