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Does Wi-Fi damage sperm?
If you’re worried about infertility, don’t try to Google the term with a computer on your lap, says the London Telegraph. A new experiment suggests that radiation from a single Wi-Fi-enabled laptop may be strong enough to cause cell damage ...
Barking Cop Makes Arrest
■ Police in New Haven, Conn., frightened a pair of suspected car thieves into surrendering by barking at them like dogs. The two masked men had holed up in an abandoned house, where police surrounded them and threatened to unleash ...
Why insomnia makes you eat
The less sleep you get, the more likely you are to be overweight. Now, The New York Times reports, scientists have discovered one reason why: Sleep loss causes changes in the brain that make you crave high-calorie foods and weakens ...
Spanish Woman Claims Ownership of The Sun
A Spanish woman has filed papers staking an official legal claim to the sun. Angeles Duran, 49, states in notarized documents she is now the official "owner of the sun, a star of spectral type G2, located in the center ...
Lead Exposure And Crime – The Connection
The question has puzzled criminologists for decades: Why did violent crime rates start to soar across the U.S. from the 1960s, before beginning “a spectacular decline” in the 1990s—a decline that’s continued ever since? Theories abound, from improved policing strategies ...
Pesticides damage sperm
Eating fruits and vegetables contaminated with pesticide residue may lower men’s sperm counts, a new study has found. Researchers at Harvard University surveyed 155 men who had sought fertility treatment about their eating habits. They found that subjects who ate ...
NASA paid people to lay in bed
That's right... NASA paid people to lay in bed! NASA asked for volunteers who'd like to lie in bed for 24 hours a day for 10 weeks to volunteer for a program to study prolonged idleness. The test subjects, had ...
Scaphism – Most Horrifying Ancient Torture Technique
Scaphism was a method of torture that caused its victims to be eaten to death by bugs. It's even more horriffic than it sounds. Scaphism, also called "the boats," was an ancient Persian method of torture and, inevitably, execution. The ...
Fellow Motorists Scold Driver For Bad Parking Job
A driver who parked his car taking up two parking spaces was treated to a series of very humorous passive-aggressive notes on his windshield. Irked motorists left a series of handwritten notes on the car after it was spotted sprawled ...
Family gets $17,000 internet bill for trip to Canada
A Canadian spring break trip turned out to be pretty expensive for one Michigan family. As the parents drove over the Ambassador Bridge into Canada, their 11 year old son was unknowingly racking up thousands of dollars in roaming data ...