Props to Slashdot.com(PDF file) picked by Bornbad 9 months ago

Boy, how would you like that job.

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We're familiar with drug testing for athletes, but officials at the Beijing Olympics will be taking things one stage further and examining competitors whose sex is in doubt. And it is far from being a new problem, as Emine Saner discovers picked by funkfrost 2 months ago

A student has identified a new species of flying grasshopper which lived 115m years ago. Sam Heads, a PhD research student, was examining fossils from a German museum labelled as 'stick insects'. But he knew immediately he was in fact looking at an ancient ancestor of the modern grasshopper. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

An unreleased recitation by Johnny Cash will be available as part of a new documentary examining Cash's views on America. In "I Am The Nation," the deep-voiced singer personifies the country with references to important events and people in American history. picked by bingo 3 weeks ago

Scientists at the University of Bonn have discovered a new rare type of haemoglobin. The new haemoglobin type appears optically to be transporting little oxygen. Measurements of the blood oxygen level therefore present a similar picture to patients suffering from an inherited cardiac defect. After examining two patients, the scientists now understand that the new type of haemoglobin distorts the l... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

A series of articles and multimedia examining the human toll, global impact and political challenge of China’s epic pollution crisis. picked by Hilton 1 year ago

Amid a citywide building boom, 13 people have died in construction accidents this year, one more than the total for all of 2007. These include the 7 people who died in a crane accident. A city inspector was arrested after it was found he falsely claimed he had inspected the crane. picked by 2manyusernames 6 months ago

Man said that emergency room staffers insisted on examining his rectum and held him down while he begged, "Please don't do that." He hit a doctor while flailing around and staffers gave him an injection, which knocked him out, and performed the rectal exam. picked by DemureArt 9 months ago

An audience of search marketers examining social media sites such as Digg.com and Reddit.com see them as a goldmine of lucrative Web traffic. picked by DemureArt 12 months ago

What started out as a routine gynecological visit took a tragic turn yesterday when one doctor lost his footing while examining hotel heiress Paris Hilton. picked by chichisyayo 2 years ago

Doctors examining her for abdominal pain "debate" whether she needs a psych consult. picked by BrownTrout 2 years ago

But that's not the only flying robot / ray gun combo the U.S. military is examining. The Air Force is also toying with the idea of mounting its Active Denial System (pain weapon) on a drone, too. That way the robots can make us feel like we're on fire, before they temporarily blind us. picked by BrownTrout 2 years ago