A biochemist was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole Friday for killing her estranged husband by knocking him out and stuffing him into a vat of acid, possibly while he was still alive.

I'm sure it's an update, but I can't find the original post if it is. picked by psycmoe 2 months ago

The Tunguska catastrophe in 1908 evidently led to high levels of acid rain. This is the conclusion reached by Russian, Italian and German researchers based on the results of analyses of peat profiles taken from the disaster region. picked by AutumnLotus 1 week ago

18 year old Fernando Gonzalez was found on a waist high vat of sulphuric acid in the PCB factory where he works picked by pocksucket 10 months ago

A man has been found guilty of murdering a Sydney accountant by pouring acid over his face at gun point. picked by teaya21 2 years ago

This is your face. This is your face on LSD. (article with video) picked by gnikgnok 1 year ago

James Fagone was convicted of murder after pouring gallons of hydrochloric acid over his boss' husband's body, after knocking him out with chloroform and a stun gun. picked by BrownTrout 1 year ago

It's not often that a bomb squad is asked to help clean up a pharmacy. But experts say a 2-ounce sample of picric acid in the basement of Sharrow Drug Store packed the punch of nearly half a stick of dynamite. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

She then appears on an interview wearing a shirt that says "I didn't do it" and rubs the acid powder all over herself. picked by escaflowne 1 year ago

Seriously, I'm having a major lack of faith in the future of mankind when twisted people are hiding at every turn. picked by craziesean 7 months ago

Farm-raised tilapia, one of the most highly consumed fish in America, has very low levels of beneficial omega-3 fatty acids and, perhaps worse, very high levels of omega-6 fatty acids. picked by karenben 2 weeks ago

Albert Hofmann, a scientist who accidentally discovered and created the drug Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) in 1938, has died today at the age 102. picked by AutumnLotus 3 months ago

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfR) in Bonn have detected for the first time a molecule closely related to an amino acid: amino acetonitrile. The organic molecule was found with a 30 metre radio telescope in Spain and two radio interferometers in France and Australia in the "Large Molecule Heimat", a giant gas cloud near the galactic centre in the conste... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

An attacker splashed his victim in the face with acid that was so strong it stripped the paint off nearby cars. picked by VooDooPeacock 1 year ago

A bloom of ocean algae that produces a toxic acid has sickened and killed hundreds of birds, sea lions and dolphins in California, environmentalists said. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

U.S.researchers are developing a clinical trial to see if omega-3 fatty acid slows the progression of Alzheimer's disease. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

I suffered from chronic heartburn for years. In 1996, it irritated me so much I went to see a doctor about it. He diagnosed me with Esophageal Reflux Disease (acid reflux) and prescribed Zantac. I took it until the prescription expired. Guess what? The heartburn returned as soon as the last tablet wore off. picked by RTCA 1 year ago

If you like acid jazz you'll really enjoy this song. This is a fan made video, but I think it suits the song quite well. picked by 86Apex 1 year ago

A primary school has been accused of being alarmist for covering up the faces of pupils on its website – apparently to protect them from paedophiles. Bizarrely, the images have been altered with the type of smiley faces popular during the Acid House dance craze of the 1980s. The decision was taken at Cann Hall Primary School in Clacton, Essex. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

Albert Hofmann, the Swiss chemist who invented LSD, died Tuesday at the age of 102. Although psychedelic drug enthusiasts are busy writing online tributes to Hofmann (who died from a heart attack, not from attempting to chew off his elbow in an acid-induced freak-out), there's also a sense that few people under the age of 30 have heard much about LSD, picked by DerAlt 3 months ago