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In an incredible decision, the Italian supreme court has condemned seven scientists and officials to six years in prison for failing to warn the population that an earthquake was about to hit the L’Aquila area. The earthquake, magnitude 6.3, caused over 300 deaths and devastated the historical city in...
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In recent years, we’ve seen a recrudescence of so called “hospital infections” where hospital patients who undergo simple surgical procedures at the clinic, have contracted hard to cure infections. The most popular one, Clostridium Difficile, had a death rate of 23.7 per million in 2004 and has since increased further...
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A 30 year old Chinese man had to undergo an endoscopic intervention to have a 23cm (9 inches) dildo removed from his rectum at the Shanghai Zhonghstan hospital earlier this week. The news was confirmed by both a hospital spokesman and a government-backed newspaper. Shops selling sex toys and other...
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A giant fish sized eye was found last week by a strolling man in Pompano Beach near Fort Lauderdale Florida. The man immediately reported it to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Officials initially attributed the giant eye to a deep sea giant squid but later, after noticing the...
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American drivers of cars that have had their original airbags replaced in the last three years, should have their cars inspected, and possibly the airbags replaced at their own expense, warns the NHTSA. In the usual bout to save money, hundred of thousands of vehicles may have had Chinese...
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As Casey was examining a 20ft putt at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, a dog walked onto the green, picked up the ball and playfully took it away from the golfer. Casey, who’s been having a terrible 2012 season making only 5/17 tournament cuts so far, can’t seem to...
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We’ve all heard of tin-foil hatters spreading conspiracy theories about an entity called “the man” wanting to screw over “the people” in order to gain personal wealth. In this case though, Professor Lisa Martino-Taylor, a sociologist at St. Louis Community College, is the one pushing the allegations. She is not...
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Technically speaking, being fair skinned, at least historically had been not only acceptable but desirable In the middle-ages, darker skinned people were deemed to be of the working class, outdoors-men that acquired their tan by working in the fields, crops and with farm animals. The higher classes, doctors, scientists and perhaps even politicians,...
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Enjoy breathing helium to obtain that high… pitched voice that comes out when you then talk whilst exhaling the rare gas? Well think again because scientists are saying that we are about to be struck by a helium shortage. Professor Tom Welton of London’s Imperial College warns that because...
In an incredible decision, the Italian supreme court has condemned seven scientists and officials to six years in prison for failing to warn the population that an earthquake was about to hit the L’Aquila area. The earthquake, magnitude 6.3, caused over 300 deaths and devastated the historical city in...
In recent years, we’ve seen a recrudescence of so called “hospital infections” where hospital patients who undergo simple surgical procedures at the clinic, have contracted hard to cure infections. The most popular one, Clostridium Difficile, had a death rate of 23.7 per million in 2004 and has since increased further...
A 30 year old Chinese man had to undergo an endoscopic intervention to have a 23cm (9 inches) dildo removed from his rectum at the Shanghai Zhonghstan hospital earlier this week. The news was confirmed by both a hospital spokesman and a government-backed newspaper. Shops selling sex toys and other...
A giant fish sized eye was found last week by a strolling man in Pompano Beach near Fort Lauderdale Florida. The man immediately reported it to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Officials initially attributed the giant eye to a deep sea giant squid but later, after noticing the...
American drivers of cars that have had their original airbags replaced in the last three years, should have their cars inspected, and possibly the airbags replaced at their own expense, warns the NHTSA. In the usual bout to save money, hundred of thousands of vehicles may have had Chinese...
As Casey was examining a 20ft putt at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, a dog walked onto the green, picked up the ball and playfully took it away from the golfer. Casey, who’s been having a terrible 2012 season making only 5/17 tournament cuts so far, can’t seem to...
We’ve all heard of tin-foil hatters spreading conspiracy theories about an entity called “the man” wanting to screw over “the people” in order to gain personal wealth. In this case though, Professor Lisa Martino-Taylor, a sociologist at St. Louis Community College, is the one pushing the allegations. She is not...
Technically speaking, being fair skinned, at least historically had been not only acceptable but desirable In the middle-ages, darker skinned people were deemed to be of the working class, outdoors-men that acquired their tan by working in the fields, crops and with farm animals. The higher classes, doctors, scientists and perhaps even politicians,...
Enjoy breathing helium to obtain that high… pitched voice that comes out when you then talk whilst exhaling the rare gas? Well think again because scientists are saying that we are about to be struck by a helium shortage. Professor Tom Welton of London’s Imperial College warns that because...