Scientists have discovered enormous plumes of oil in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico, in an indication that the leak from an underwater well could be far worse than previously estimated, AFP reported Saturday citing The New York Times. One of the plumes was 10 miles (16 kilometers) long, three miles wide and [...]
May 8, 2010
Police officers arrived at the scene of a reported armed robbery, only to discover the ‘crime’ was actually a shoot for an upcoming movie. Cops had been called out when a passerby saw what they thought was an armed robbery at a grocery store in New York. But when the SEVEN police cars arrived and [...]
April 17, 2010
Since direct-to-consumer drug advertising debuted in 1997, pharma’s credo has been When The Medication Is Ready, The Disease (and Patients) Will Appear. Who knew so many people suffered from restless legs? But pharma’s recent plan to move from mass-market molecules into more lucrative vaccines and biologics did not see the anti-vaxer movement coming: millions of [...]
April 10, 2010
Stephen Hawking believes that one of the major factors in the possible scarcity of intelligent life in our galaxy is the high probability of an asteroid or comet colliding with inhabited planets. Supporting Hawking’s theory, the Earth has had a near miss this week when a huge asteroid whizzed past on Monday, less than 50,000 [...]
February 10, 2010
Here’s a real-life horror story: Five people have been found buried alive inside their bodies. Paralyzed by brain injuries, they lay inert for years, seemingly oblivious to the doctors and loved ones around them. Four were diagnosed as vegetative. Then a European research team scanned their brains. It turns out they’re aware; they just can’t [...]
January 23, 2010
More than three million motorists were involved in accidents during the UK Big Freeze, it has emerged. This means one-in-ten motorists pranged, scraped or crashed their cars as the UK was hit by the the coldest temperatures in 30 years. While the average bill for the damage was £320 ($515 US), researchers found one-in-three people [...]
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