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So who hasn’t dreamed of spending a day or two in bed? Maybe even a week?
But what about lying around in bed for three months and getting paid $5000 a month for doing so?
Well, according to Wired Science that’s just what NASA is asking people to volunteer for.
NASA is running a ‘Bed Rest Study’ at […]
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There are only two things that are guaranteed in this world - you are born and you will die. Just how long you have between the two events depends on a multitude of factors. Longevity is possible, and for most of us highly probable (so says the Vitality Compass).
Death and dealing with the dead might […]
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Meet Mathew Rudes, a 21 year old college student due to graduate with honors from the University of California Los Angeles this spring and will attend law school in the Fall.
But Mathew is not your average college student. He wrote a book before he was 11 years old and was valedictorian of his law and […]
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‘To treat or not to treat’ in the event of a widespread pandemic or disaster is a question that has always haunted health professionals.
Now a group of physicians think that they might have the answer on how to deal this this issue. A task force drawn from universities, medical groups, the military and government agencies […]
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A day late, but I think it’s worth the wait.
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Now here’s a politician that really cares about his constituents. Gonzalo Navarette Munoz, mayor of a municipality near the Chilean capital Santiago, wants to improve the quality of life for the older people in the working class suburb of Lo Prado by handing out potency […]
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Some people photograph landscapes. Others like cityscapes. And still others like to photograph wildlife. But New York based photographer Joanna Ebenstein likes to photograph medical artifacts. She took a month long pilgrimage to famed medical museums of the Western World, photographing everything from real human remains to wax, ivory, and paper mâché models.
According to Ebenstein, […]
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First there was the Tree Man. There there was the baby with two faces. Now, backwards, upside-down feet? Oh yeah.
Now let’s be clear that we are in no way, no how poking any kind of fun at these poor people. But it’s just amazing to see the different ways the body can betray itself, is […]
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First there was the Yale Art student who…
“…apparently recorded the forced miscarriages on video and planned to exhibit the images on a large cube suspended from the ceiling of a gallery in Yale’s Holcombe T. Green Jr. Hall. She also planned to include hundreds of feet of plastic sheeting layered with blood from the purported […]
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From Reuters….
“Rumours of penis theft began circulating last week in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo’s sprawling capital of some 8 million inhabitants. They quickly dominated radio call-in shows, with listeners advised to beware of fellow passengers in communal taxis wearing gold rings.”
Black magic, it seems, is alive and well in Congo. Thirteen suspected sorcerers […]
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Happy Earth Day, everyone!
We’ve been reminded quite a bit today about being green and caring for our Earth. So here’s my question: Can the Earth continue to care for us?!?
Over the weekend, Edna Parker of Illinois (the oldest known currently-living person) celebrated her […]
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