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Monthly Archives: September 2011

12-Year-Old Cat with Two Faces

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I know many people with two faces but I have never heard of a cat with tow faces though. Meet Frank and Louie, a cat born with two faces, two mouths, two noses, three eyes and tons skeptic views of a ‘living’ future. Well Frank and Louie surely surprised all those who doubted their ability to live because they just turned 12 years old. Their owner, Marty Stevens rescued them from being euthanized 12 years [...]

Your Car Won’t Start if You’re Drunk

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How many times do people drive drunk, get into accidents and kill innocent people? There are people with sufficient moral values not to drive while drunk but there are some that just don’t care. Thankfully there is a coming solution to this problem. The Japan-based automotive safety product supplier is developing a device that uses an infrared sensor to determine a driver’s blood-alcohol level with the help of TruTouch Technologies, a company that specializes in [...]

360° Rotating Power Surge

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The designers Cheng-Hsiu Du & Chyun-Chau Lin understand our needs when it comes to outlet surges. Adapters sometimes can be difficult to plug, especially when you have a free spot at the middle of the outlet. The design of Cheng-Hsiu Du & Chyun-Chau Lin allows you to add as many sockets as you want and they are able to rotate 360°. Sadly this design is a concept but will soon be on the market. Blog [...]

Cancer Trial Drug Successful

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Alpha radiation drug is the key to treat prostate cancer. A new trial held at London’s Royal Marsden Hospital was stopped much earlier than expected due to tremendous success. The doctors gave the patients a powerful alpha radiation drug which make them live longer, and experienced less pain and side effects. Another reason why they stopped the trial was because they feel it was unethical not to offer the treatment to all the patients (especially [...]

Confused Sheep thinks He’s a Dog

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Jack the sheep has a case of mistaken identity. He tries to bark, play fetch and even gives paws. Th 6-month-old sheep is best friends with a 9-year-old spaniel named Jessie. When farmer Alison Sinstadt from Shropshire put rescued Jack with the rest of the herd, he acts like a  sheepdog guarding. He even enjoys taking a walk wit Alison and Jessie. Thanks to Jack’s extraordinary abilities or confusion if you may, he won’t be [...]

Could the Kindle Fire be the iPad Killer?

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I like Apple products but I’m no apple freak. I like the iPad but it’s a little too big for me. I like kindle, but I think I’m going to LOVE Kindle Fire! It has all the functionality of your regular tablet pc but smaller. It has a 7″ screen which is perfect for me because it’s small enough to not be easily detected, it’s a great size still to watch movies, and it’s the [...]

Orange Crocodile

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A crocodile over 8 foot long turned orange in an Australian park. Snappy is the name of  reptile and he didn’t turn orange because he was sick or from eating carrots but it was because he chewed and broke the water filter and the PH of the water went down. The high amount of acid in the water changed the croc’s color, iron, tannins from leaves, or red algae that oxidizes when it dries. Thankfully [...]

Two-Year-Old Chews On Used Condom at McDonalds

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AUSTRALIA – The little two-year-old girl picked a used condom in McDonald’s playground and was chewing on it. The father said that he was absolutely disgusted and immediately washed his daughter’s mouth and hands with soap. According to the father, he showed the used condom to the junior manager, and he said that it was the second one they found that day. After the incident, people were grabbing their kids and left the restaurant in [...]

Major Flaw in Barcelona Uniforms

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FC Barcelona, the best football team on the planet are being held down thanks to their Nike jersey. The players have been complaining to Nike that the jerseys absorbs too much of their sweat and weigh at least twice as much by half time. Poor fellas! Nike announced earlier this year that the jerseys were suppose to be 13% lighter than the previous version. They featured a special fabric made partially from plastic water bottles. [...]

Living Woman Pronouced Dead in Brazil

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Imagine that doctors declared your mother dead while she’s alive! In Brazil a nurse and a doctor found a woman, Rosa Celestrino de Assis, without any vital signs, they pronounced her dead. Rosa was hospitalized due to a severe case of pneumonia and shortly after her “dead” they sent her to the morgue. Devastated by the news, Rosangela, Rosa’s daughter went to the morgue to give her mother one last morgue and noticed that her [...]

Two Cups of Coffee a Day May Prevent Depression

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A new research suggests that women who drinks  two or more cups of coffee a day are less likely to suffer from depression. The scientist aren’t clear on why it has this effect, but they do believe that caffeine in coffee may alter the brain’s chemistry. This is mainly due to the fact that decaffeinated coffee did not have this same effect. These findings are published in the Archives of Internal Medicine and they come [...]

Radiation-Detecting Bracelets by Gang Wang

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Gang Wang designed a radiation-detecting bracelets, the Care Bracelet, due to the dangerous effect electromagnetic radiation on people’s health, especially on pregnancies. Therefore bracelet is especially designed for pregnant women to protect their babies. The Care Bracelet detects the levels of radiation in its proximity thanks to a detecting chip, micro motor and thermal energy conversion module that allows it to change colors. For instance when you’re not in a polluted area, the bracelet’s color [...]

The Link Between Milk and Cancer

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People who drink more than two glasses of milk a day, tend to have less bone fractures than those who drink less. On the other hand, drinking too much milk may increase the risk in certain cancers. This all is according to Walter Willett, the Fredrick John Stare Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition, and Chair of the Department of Nutrition. Willett is also a Professor of Medicine at the Harvard University. Several studies were conducted [...]