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Sunday, January 3, 2016

Adding ultrasound to breast screening results in higher rate of detection for women in Japan

Adding ultrasound to breast screening results in higher rate of detection for women in Japan

Adding ultrasound to standard mammography tests in breast screening could result in improved rates of detection for breast cancer in women in Japan, according to a new study, published in The Lancet. Researchers led by Professor Noriaki Ohuchi, from Tohoku University...

Minerals from Papua New Guinea hold secret for recycling of noble gases

Minerals from Papua New Guinea hold secret for recycling of noble gases

With every breath we take, we inhale not only oxygen, but also a mix of gases. This mixture includes carbon dioxide and nitrogen, but also a gas called argon. Neon, the gas that illuminates the signs of all-night diners, is also in the mix. Our lungs recycle...

Weirdest Space Stories of 2015

Weirdest Space Stories of 2015

Last year has been filled with weird space stories, here are some of our favorites.

Woman phoned for ambulance to report mother had died only to discover she was just drunk

A woman phoned for an ambulance because she thought her mother was dead - only to find out she was actually "drunk not dead."

The woman contacted the emergency services on Sunday night asking for paramedics to come round to their home in Radcliffe, Bury, Greater Manchester.
She told 999 call handlers that her mother was dead. But before the paramedics could set off, the woman believed to have died "woke up" and came on the line to reveal that rumors of her demise had been greatly exaggerated.

She informed the call handlers that she was in fact "drunk not dead". Greater Manchester Police said that both women were then in "high spirits" after the revelation.

Man assaulted 5-year-old nephew for playing with his Pokémon cards

A man from Salisbury, Maryland, is facing child abuse and assault charges.

This follows accusations that he attacked his 5-year-old nephew for playing with his prized collection of Pokémon cards last week.
According to the Wicomico County Sheriff's Office, when 29-year-old Kyle T. Burford discovered his nephew was playing with his Pokémon cards, Burford got upset and struck the boy hard enough to knock him off his feet and into a wall.
Burford, who reportedly lives at the same house as his nephew, was taken into custody and charged with second-degree child abuse and second-degree assault and ordered held on $20,000 bond in the Wicomico County Detention Center.

Human humidor lady arrested for possession of marijuana

20-year-old Carneeka Sanders was arrested in Florida on Sunday night on an outstanding warrant after a car she was traveling in was stopped by St. Petersburg police.

After being patted down by a police officer, Sanders "stated she had marijuana and a cigar in her vagina," according to a criminal complaint. Sanders then “provided the marijuana and cigar” to an officer.
Sanders was arrested for marijuana possession and the outstanding warrant (which was related to her alleged failure to return a rental car). Sanders, who was arrested twice last year for marijuana possession, was released from custody early on Monday morning after posting $5,000 bond.
Police records list Sanders’s employer as the Steak 'n Shake restaurant chain. The complaint does not detail the weight of the marijuana seized, the size of the cigar, or whether the said cigar was stuffed with marijuana.

Cops raid couple for drinking tea and shopping at a gardening store

Police Dog Attacks Infant Girl After Cops Detain The Wrong Guy

Cops let their police dog viciously attack a man’s 17-month-old girl AFTER they had already determined they were talking to the wrong guy. This B.S. has got to stop.

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Little Girl Uses Dog's Tail as a Paintbrush

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Scarlett needed a paintbrush. Miko's tail was handy, so she went right to work. Lance Ellis, their father, filmed them getting creative. Miko is incredibly patient with this unorthodox use for his signaling device.
Question: which breed of dog offers the best tail paintbrush?

Top Ten Weirdest Animals

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Meet America’s most lethal animal

Bees are pictured on a honey gofer in Bucharest on April 4, 2014 [AFP]

Meet America’s most lethal animal

Not all human-killing animals are large.

Meet the Tardigrade

Meet the Tardigrade, a Strange Animal with 'Alien' DNA

Tiny tardigrades can survive in extreme climates -- even outer space, where they've not only survived but also bred. It gets weirder, too. It turns out nearly a sixth of their DNA isn't even theirs

U.K. Zoo Attempts to Save World's Rarest Magpie

U.K. Zoo Attempts to Save World's Rarest Magpie

The critically endangered Javan green magpie gets what may be its last shot at survival.

Animal Pictures

Saturday, January 2, 2016

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Today in History

1492		The catholic forces under King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella take the town of Granada, the last muslim kingdom in Spain.
1758		The French begin bombardment of Madras, India.
1839		Photography pioneer Louis Daguerre takes the first photograph of the moon.
1861		The USS Brooklyn is readied at Norfolk to aid Fort Sumter.
1863		In the second day of hard fighting at Stone’s River, near Murfreesboro, Tenn., Union troops defeat the Confederates.
1903		President Theodore Roosevelt closes a post office in Indianola, Mississippi, for refusing to hire a Black postmistress.
1904		U.S. Marines are sent to Santo Domingo to aid the government against rebel forces.
1905		After a six-month siege, Russians surrender Port Arthur to the Japanese.
1918		Russian Bolsheviks threaten to re-enter the war unless Germany returns occupied territory.
1932		Japanese forces in Manchuria set up a puppet government known as Manchukuo.
1936		In Berlin, Nazi officials claim that their treatment of jews is not the business of the League of Nations.
1942		In the Philippines, the city of Manila and the U.S. Naval base at Cavite fall to Japanese forces.
1943		The Allies capture Buna in New Guinea.
1963		In Vietnam, the Viet Cong down five U.S. helicopters in the Mekong Delta. 30 Americans are reported dead.
1966		American G.I.s move into the Mekong Delta for the first time.
1973		The United States admits the accidental bombing of a Hanoi hospital.
1980		President Jimmy Carter asks the U.S. Senate to delay the arms treaty ratification in response to Soviet action in Afghanistan.
1981		British police arrest the “Yorkshire Ripper” serial killer, Peter Sutcliffe.
1999		A severe winter storm hits the Midwestern US; in Chicago temperatures plunge to -13 ºF and19 inches of snow fell; 68 deaths are blamed on the storm.
2006		A coal mine explosion in Sago, West Virginia, kills 12 miners and critically injures another. This accident and another within weeks lead to the first changes in federal mining laws in decades.