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Things That Will Kill Us: Long-term Cellphone Use and Brain Tumors

You have always heard that cellphones can cause brain tumors. Then you probably heard jokingly that they cause brain tumors, and that they really were no threat. Now, are we being told that they are actually a risk? Just look at some of the history of studying this issue. This article from 2006 claims they [...]

Things That Will Kill Us: Space Junk

with all the stuff floating around the Earth it is no surprise that many feel they will be a great risk to not only rockets and spacecraft, but maybe to us on the ground as well. Space junk clutters the orbit around Earth that includes disabled satellites, lost space tools, and discarded rocket test stages. [...]

Things That Will Kill You: Toxic Algae

You damn global warming freaks are going to kill us all! A widely accepted strategy to combating global warming is to add iron to the ocean waters. Unfortunately, it appears now that it actually results in promoting toxic blooms in the ocean. DUN DUN DUN! Louisiana State University’s Sibel Bargu, along with her former graduate [...]

We’re All Gonna Die: Dawn of Anthropocene Epoch

Well…this is just a name for something that some people believe they already knew was going on. According to geologists from the University of Leicester, which includes Nobel Prize winner, Paul Crutzen and atmospheric chemist. Yes. This guy winning the Nobel Prize automatically makes the whole thing true right? While this stuff doesn’t sound like [...]

New Species: Giant Rat!

Ok…so giant rats aren’t really that exciting. I just know people don’t like rats much, but this one seems more like Michael Jackson’s Ben than Williard’s rat Ben from the movie Willard, or the original Willard. A couple rats that had some sort of bioidentical hormone replacement austin. A Smithsonian Institution biologist, working with the [...]

We’re All Gonna Die: Oxycholesterol

In teh world of avoiding trans fats, regular fat, calories, cholesterol, and any other killer of the year, scientists have surmised that it is “Oxycholesterol” that is the biggest risk to heart disease. While we have heard of LDL cholesterol, better known as “bad cholesterol”, probably as young as sitting at your preschool furniture, and [...]

Greenland Ice Sheet Melting Faster than Expected

Well…more great news for those that want human life to end. The Greenland ice sheet, according to a new study led by a University of Alaska Fairbanks researcher and published in the journal Hydrological Processes, suggests that it is melting faster than expected. It also states that the melting may have caused almost 25 percent [...]

Robots to Kill Us All

Straight out of 50′s sci-fi futures we have a man that is warning about the application of future robots. British robotics expert Professor Noel Sharkey, of the University of Sheffield, has called for international guidelines to be set for the ethical and safe application of robots before it is too late. Oh no! Starkey believes [...]