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Woman Runs One Mile With Rabid Fox Locked to Her Arm
Finally, proof that exercise is bad for your health: Yesterday, a jogger in Arizona found out the exercise is not as good for you as people profess. During her regular run she was attacked by a rabid fox, who it turns out was also remarkably insistent. After the fox bit the jogger on the foot she went to grab it by the scruff of the neck only for the fox to firmly clamp its jaw on her arm.
Continue reading...Man Buried Alive in Stampede Wakes Up in Morgue…
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Nineteen-year-old Mange Ram from India was knocked unconscious on a pilgrimage by stampeding devotees on the way to the Naina Devi shrine in the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh. Panic set in when rumors of a landslide in the area started to circulate, thousands of people on the steep path scurried in fear resulting in a horrendous stampede, killing hundreds. The bodies...
Continue reading...Bodyshock: The Amazing Story behind the 256 Year-Old Man
Saturday, May 3, 2008
By Chris Ingham Brooke - Chief Graffiti Artist Li Ching-Yun. Image from The People’s Republic of China According to the 1933 obituaries in both Time Magazine and the New York Times, Li Ching-Yun was reported to have buried 23 wives and fostered 180 descendants by the time [...]
Continue reading...Tiny Magnets Cure Cancer
Friday, April 18, 2008
Genetic therapy took a giant leap forward recently, determining that they no longer had to use viruses to replace faulty genes; instead, they’re using tiny magnets, and guiding them around the body with an external electromagnet. Will cure cancer, and make you a poet. Image from Box [...]
Continue reading...Five Secrets to Live To 100
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Dan Buettner must be very used to being called “young man” by now– despite being nearly 50 years old and quite well-accomplished, he’s been researching the communities with the oldest citizens in the world, and has begun to unlock the secrets to a long and full life. Image [...]
Continue reading...Milanese Children Suffer as City Named Pollution Capital of Europe
Sunday, March 9, 2008
After years of close competition, we finally have a clear winner in the “Pollution Capital of Europe” contest. Image by Trista B While Milan may be better known for fashion and (everywhere except America) excellent soccer teams, it appears that it’s also the most polluted city in the whole [...]
Continue reading...Tobacco Companies Claim Cigarettes are “Eco Friendly”
Friday, February 29, 2008
It’s official. Greenwashing has become the hot trend in marketing. If this doesn’t say “green” I don’t know what does. Image by Ben Schumin Greenwashing, or making misleading claims about a product’s environmental credentials, has become a commonplace commercial and environmental issue. More and more people are speaking with [...]
Continue reading...Irish Man Uses Son’s Tooth To Repair Blind Eye
Friday, February 29, 2008
Bob McNichol, blind since a 2005 explosion in an aluminum recycling center, believed he would be blind the rest of his life after Irish doctors told him they were out of options. Image by Sugar Pond It was then, however, that he heard about the procedure being [...]
Continue reading...U.S. National Parks are Filled With Mercury and DDT
Thursday, February 28, 2008
The national parks of the American west have a well-deserved reputation as places of stunning natural beauty, an abundance of untamed wildlife, and now high levels of airborne pollutants. A hazy Mt. McKinley in Alaska’s Denali National Park I’m guessing you knew about the first two, but the last [...]
Continue reading...Google Might or Might Not Keep Your Medical Secrets
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Oh, the fun the UK-based readers miss out on by not having privatized healthcare. Google, who we all know and love and may have serious privacy concerns about, is getting into the business of storing, distributing, and making searchable (to you and your medical professionals) your [...]
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Thursday, November 6, 2008
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