Ebola Outbreak in the Congo
Aid teams are rushing to contain an outbreak of Ebola, arguably the deadliest disease on Earth, in the Democratic...
Tag: death
Mourning Ceremony At Global Animal Experimentation Conference
Observations from a correspondent who is there, snip: Every country regulates animal experimentation differently, and I am attending the...
Pie Charts Of Rock Star Death Causes
The details on compilation are based on a paper published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health and...
UK Company Proposes Space Journey to the Global Death Asteroid
In case you missed the news last summer that we’re all gonna die gonna die gonna die — relax,...
Plague Graves Unearthed in Italy
Today’s National Geographic feed has an amazing photo gallery of the Italian island of Lazzaretto Vecchio, an Italian site...
20 Strangest Experiments in Science
The Museum of Hoaxes recently posted a list of the 20 strangest experiments in science. It makes for a...
If Hitchcock Made Housewares
This seems to me like one of the best ideas ever. Fancy a shower, dearie? Just spotted at Martin...
How the UK Abducted Hitler’s Scientists
This is a great piece — thanks to recently declassified secret documents — about how the UK snagged Nazi...
Survive A Jump From The Golden Gate Bridge?
As a blogger, to me Digg is like those supermarket checkout stand fishwraps that let us know when Bat...
US Military Suicides Higher Now Than During First Bush War
The title says the sad truth, snip: Army soldiers committed suicide last year at the highest rate in 26...