Cartoon – The Dangers of Texting In Nature
Author: Antarctica Journal
In Utero Babies’ prenatal exposures to pollution can boost behavioral risks
PREGNANCY IS AN IMPORTANT TIME for both mom and baby, which is why moms-to-be take special care to live right so their children are born healthy. That’s relatively easy when it comes to things women can control, like avoiding alcohol, quitting smoking and eating well. But what about pollution in the air they breathe? In the first study of its […]
Read moreDrones In Flight
2,000,000+ – Number of hours U.S. drones have spent in flight
Read moreSeparated at birth
Bao Lulin was always being mistaken for someone else. People would approach her at the restaurant where she worked in Guizho, China, asking why she didn’t recognize them. This October she discovered why: Lulin had an identical twin sister from whom she’d been separated at birth; she was living hundreds of miles away. Each had been adopted and raised with no […]
Read moreJoan Didion Quote – Was It Only By Dreaming
“Was it only by dreaming or writing that I could find out what I thought?” – Joan Didion
Read moreCartoon – The 3rd Not So Wise Man
Man charged with throwing alligator into fast food restaurant
“Man charged with throwing alligator into fast food restaurant”, read the headlines when this Florida fast food restaurant got a customer it wasn’t expecting who tossed a live alligator through a drive-thru window. Joshua James, 23, of Jupiter, Florida, had wanted to play a practical joke on a friend working at the Wendy’s restaurant in Royal Palm Beach when he […]
Read moreCrosses Removed in China
Authorities have removed crosses from dozens of churches in Lishui city as Zhejiang province bans crosses from the cityscape.
Read moreRising Demand for Meat
Appetite for meat is growing as the developing world becomes more prosperous. But meat—especially beef-can be polarizing, on health, environmental, and ethical grounds. Chicken outpaced beef in the U.S. in 2010. Total U.S. meat consumption peaked in the mid-2000’s and has declined ever since. Argentina’s famous appetite for beef has fallen because of cholesterol consciousness and economic downturns. In countries […]
Read moreCannibalism for kicks
Dresden, Germany A German police officer has confessed to murdering a businessman who had a sexual fantasy of being killed and eaten. The officer, 55, identified as Detlev G., said he met his victim in an Internet chat room billed as “the No. 1 website for exotic meat,” where those who want to be cannibalized meet those who want to […]
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