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'Death Stench' - Universal Ancient Warning

Sunday, September 13th, 2009 - 14:02:25 - Ehud Rattner

The smell of recent death or injury that repels living relatives of insects has been identified as a truly ancient signal that functions to avoid...

Ancient Death-Smile Potion Decoded?

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009 - 09:04:58 - Anuradha Menon

Thousands of years before the Joker gassed comic book victims into a grinning death, Phoenician colonists on the island of Sardinia were forcing...

Iran Blogger Dies in Evin Prison

Sunday, March 22nd, 2009 - 12:08:13 - Sarah Gingichashvili

Reports from Iran say Omid Mirsayafi, a blogger who had been jailed for insulting the country's ruling clerics, has died in Tehran's main prison. The...

Death March of the Penguins?

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009 - 16:09:08 - Ehud Rattner

Climate change may be poised to claim its first Hollywood celebrities. Shrinking sea ice could wipe out the tuxedoed cast of March of the Penguins -...

Unique 'Magnetic Death Star' Fossil

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008 - 18:01:04 - Anuradha Menon

An international team of scientists has discovered microscopic, magnetic fossils resembling spears and spindles, unlike anything previously seen...

AMD Co-founder Turney Dies

Friday, October 17th, 2008 - 18:04:18 - Ehud Rattner

Ed Turney, who co-founded Advanced Micro Devices with seven others in 1969, died Wednesday at age 79, of brain cancer, his family said in a...

Low Testosterone Increases Risk Of Death

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008 - 12:36:24 - Ehud Rattner

Men may not live as long if they have low testosterone, regardless of their age, according to a new study. The new study, from Germany, adds to the...

Vitamin Pills May Lead to Early Death

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 - 20:44:14 - Iddo Genuth

We swallow them by the bucketload at great expense but there is no evidence vitamin supplements do us any good, and they may even be doing us harm...

Don't Sleep Too Much – It Might Kill You
Thursday, October 18th, 2007 - Asaf Peer
Researchers report that sleep deprivation can double the chances of dying from a cardiovascular event. However, too much...