Daily Archives: 30.10.2015

Scare Yourself With Science: Here’s How to Sniff Out Bodies in Shallow Graves

By Esther Inglis-Arkell

Why bother with fiction when you can be horrified by everyday life? We’ve found a paper about how to locate bodies in “clandestine graves” by analyzing the gas emissions they give off.

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Source:: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/w-COPg8DJ-U/scare-yourself-with-science-heres-how-to-sniff-out-bod-1739680773

      

Scare Yourself With Science: Here’s How to Sniff Out Bodies in Shallow Graves

By Esther Inglis-Arkell

Why bother with fiction when you can be horrified by everyday life? We’ve found a paper about how to locate bodies in “clandestine graves” by analyzing the gas emissions they give off.

…read more

Source:: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/w-COPg8DJ-U/scare-yourself-with-science-heres-how-to-sniff-out-bod-1739680773

      

Get Ready For “Spooky,” the Halloween Asteroid!

By George Dvorsky

On All Hallow’s Eve, an asteroid dubbed “Spooky” will make its closest approach to our planet. Hurtling along at an impressive 78,830 miles per hour, the 1,300-foot-wide object poses no threat to Earth…or does it? This …

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Source:: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/MC5ic_SV_is/get-ready-for-spooky-the-halloween-asteroid-1739677679

      

How Bad Data Caused the Fires That Leveled the Bronx in the 1970s

By Alissa Walker

“The Bronx is burning.” Throughout the 1970s, hundreds of buildings went up in flames in New York City’s poorest neighborhoods. But nowhere were the fires more prevalent than The Bronx, where on a single night in July 1977, 400 blazes were raging. And flawed urban planning data was to blame.

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Source:: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/MOOey_uSiBU/how-bad-data-caused-the-fires-that-leveled-the-bronx-in-1739665794

      

Women Aren’t the Only Ones With a “Biological Clock”—Men Lose Fertility as They Age, Too

By Diane Kelly on Throb, shared by Ria Misra to Gizmodo

Women know that menopause can put a “sell by” date on getting pregnant, but common wisdom says that men retain much of their fertility well into old age. That common wisdom is wrong.

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Source:: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/OFem1X23Ppw/women-arent-the-only-ones-with-a-biological-clock-men-1739494191