The size of the index: an indicator of the cancer of the prostate

Gentlemen, look well at your fingers... According to a survey led by the scientists of the Research institute on the cancer (ICR), if your index is longer than your ring-finger, you have less luck to develop a...

Baby Born In Bay Area With 12 Functioning Fingers, 12 Toes

Daly City, CA - A Daly City couple is beaming, after having a beautiful, healthy baby boy with a rare case of polydactyly in perfect formation. "Baby Kamani Hubbard has six-fully formed and functional fingers and...

The First Aid: Iceman May Have Dressed His Own Wounds

" The 5,000-year-old Tyrolean iceman may have used bog moss as a prehistoric wound dressing, according to a new analysis of his body’s remains. From Wired Science: Suffering from an arrow wound and a deep cut to the right hand, the iceman, known as Ötzi, may have...

Human Digits Evolved from Fish Fins

A new study which examined existing fossil records has found that human fingers and toes did not develop in tetrapods 365 million years ago as they crawled from the sea onto land, but 380 million years ago within...

"Voodoo" Woman Produces Children's Fingers in Court

Pandemonium broke out in a London court today when an alleged "voodoo" practitioner charged with fraud pulled out two fingers.   It is not known whether this was a gesture to the judge     " A woman...

Faces of Bali - Goa Gajah

"Located in a steep valley just outside of Ubud near the town of Bedulu. Built at least 700 years ago, the cave was rediscovered in the 1920s and fully excavated 30 years later. Literally means ‘Elephant...

Physicist Debunks Cellphone Popcorn Viral Videos

"Physicist Debunks Cellphone Popcorn Viral Videos By Jenna Wortham June 09, 2008 | 5:37:20 PMCategories: Advertising, Video, Viral, Web/Tech   YouTube videos that show a group of friends...

Canadian Farmer: Jeff Gill's "Inconvienient Truth"

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorCanadian Farmers, the backbone of Canada, are in jeopardy when cheap food imports flooding the Canadian Market sometimes makes one wonder if it is worth getting up at...

The Oreo invades Britain

Was just in the UK and saw the recent "Twist, Lick, Dunk" ad campaign for Oreo.   Seems like the tagline for a porno, but hey, you gotta get the Brits attention somehow with all of those tasty biscuits...

Mexico drug gang clashes kill 15 in border city of Tijuana

"Gun battles between rival factions of a Mexican drugs cartel have left at least 15 people dead in the city of Tijuana, near the border with the US.Police said all the dead were from the Arellano Felix cartel, which has come under pressure from a rival gang.Two were wearing...

145 Homes In Danger After City of Belleville, Ontario Floods

Many residents were hoping their belongings and homes were intact after the worst flooding in 27 years hit the Belleville, Ontario area. Six homes were evacuated and more than 145 homes were in the path of the...

'Severed fingers' of hostages sent to US

The severed fingers of five Americans being held hostage in Iraq have been sent to officials in the United States. Although a grusome package to receive, it does give the family of the victims hope that their...

CBC Series: A week without women

This certainly will be an interesting program to watch, as a small town loses all of it's women and the men have to fend for themselves, Kids and all.  Sort of reminds me of Al Bundy and his fictious No MA'Am...

Farmer Cuts off Right Arm With Pocket Knife to Save Life

Man Saved Himself From Fire, Bleeding To Death, makes one wonder what they would do in that situation. That is aTwilight Zone moment."A farmer from Kershaw County, South Carolina, cut off his own arm after it got...

Find Any Missing Digits

Digital Disaster a Post-Katrina Syndrome""Lucky" is a relative term in post-K New Orleans, where dozens if not hundreds of unfortunate people ... have caused a unique and rather bizarre local trend: an uptick in...

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