Real Cadavers Used as Crash Test Dummies

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Crash test dummies are an almost ubiquitous part of the films that various consumer safety institutes like to show us in order to briefly inspire panic and safe driving before we all remember that “The Fast and The Furious” was so much cooler than “Driving Miss Daisy.”

China Earthquake: News Gets Grimmer by the Hour

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One has to wonder what exactly Asia has done to anger the violent Old Testament God recently, as the damage from Cyclone Nargis and now the 7.8 magnitude earthquake striking China have left the continent stretched to the breaking point.

The 2008 Olympic Legacy. Blackouts and $5 Gas

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There’s been “much ado” about China this year: the Beijing torch has been met with protests nearly everywhere it toured, and politicians have toyed with the idea of treating the games as a referendum on the human rights violations within the emerging superpower.

Is Kansas The New Saudi Arabia?

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No we don’t mean that the citizens of the state will be under the rule of princes and will take camels to work. That would be hilarious, but no. Our comparison is of utilities and in particular, energy.

Hypocrisy 101: A Brief Review Of Hurricane Katrina

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As the death toll from the terrible cyclone that struck Myanmar climbs past 100,000, I keep thinking of the press conference that was held at the White House on Monday. First Lady Laura Bush, who from what we can tell is a fairly decent lady even if she’s a little conservative for our tastes, was sent to the press to ask Myanmar to accept American aid.

Beslan About to Plunge Into Darkness Again

Image by Michael Mistretta

Some people just can’t catch a break in life. Beslan, a city in North Ossetia, was the victim of the worst terrorist incident in Russian history in 2004 when Chechen separatists attacked the city’s largest school. Now though, it’s facing an entirely different challenge, even as the scars of that event heal over, the power company is about to pull the plug on the entire city.

USA’s Secret Ivory Black Market Second Largest in the World

Crisis of conscience may be closer than it appears. Image from exfordy

The Ozone Hole Is On Ebay?

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Ebay has had a lot of strange items on it over the years–I’ve seen a man’s soul in a jar, the rights to tattoo an ad on somebody’s forehead, even a creepily nondescript posting labeled “my virginity.” This however, might be both the strangest abstract item I’ve seen and an item that has a tangible return: buying the ozone hole online will make you the sponsor of theozonehole.com for one year.

Myanmar Gets Leveled By Cyclone

Images of Myanmar before (above) and after (below) (modified from Wikimedia Commons and AFP)

Environmental Graffiti is, of course, the site for environmentalists who don’t take themselves too seriously. Aside from going on at PETA every once in a while, we’re happy to spread urban legends and make jokes about pot. Unfortunately, something happened over the weekend that was so cataclysmic that we simply couldn’t ignore it. A huge cyclone struck Myanmar, a small country in Southeast Asia, and killed nearly 4,000 people.

PETA Says Horseracing = Dog Fighting. They’re Wrong.

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Anybody that saw the Kentucky Derby Saturday was treated to a spectacular race, and then immediately robbed of that memory with one of the most heartbreaking sights in racing. Eight Belles, the first filly running in the race since 1996, which having just turned in the best finish by a girl since Winning Colors, collapsed and broke both ankles shortly after finishing.

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