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37,000 Nailgun Casualties
about 37,000 nailgun injuries a year, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [ 1 ]. nailgun injuries have risen about 200 percent since 1991, the CDC said. the CDC looked at who was getting injured, it became clear that the number of work-related nailgun injuries had stayed stable since 1998. it was consumer-related injuries that had soared. the popularity of DIY home improvement is causing America more casualties per year than 4 years in Iraq (24,314 wounded in action, [ 2 ]). one thing is for certain- just because you can buy it does not mean you know how to use it.
What Will PETA Do?
Bees are suddenly and mysteriously dying off worldwide. Now some scientists blame RADIATION FROM CELL PHONES and cell phone towers, which they say interferes with bees' navigation, so worker bees go out to find pollen, and never find their way back to the hives. i would like to see PETA, ALF, and the ELF start going after telecom's in defence of the helpless lil fellas...
US Military Killbots
jakosc writes@/. : "The Register has a short commentary about a proposed new set of laws of robotics for war robots by John S Canning of the Naval Surface Warfare Centre. Unlike Azimov's three laws of robotics , Canning proposes (pdf) that we should 'Let machines target other machines and let men target men.' Although this sounds OK in principle, 'a robot could decide under Mr Canning's rules, to target a weapon system such as an AK47 for destruction on its own initiative, requiring no permission from a human. If the person holding it was thereby killed, that would be collateral damage and the killer droid would be in the clear.'"
GIANT KILLER MICE INVADE SOUTH AFRICAN ISLAND
Hordes of giant mice are devouring endangered seabird chicks on a remote South Atlantic island and may be pushing some of the birds to extinction, scientists report. The carnage has harmed the breeding success of endangered Tristan albatrosses and threatened Atlantic petrels on Gough Island, a British territory a thousand miles (1,600 kilometers) off the coast of South Africa. Video cameras revealed one pack of ten mice feeding on a Tristan albatross chick's wounds as it nested on the ground. Footage also showed mice devouring Atlantic petrel and great shearwater chicks. "Like a House Cat Attacking a Hippo" Nearly three feet (one meter) tall, a Tristan albatross chick can weigh up to 22 pounds (10 kilograms), or about as much as a turkey. Gough Island mice weigh just 1.2 ounces (35 grams) on average. The birds did not fight off their attackers, even as some mice fed inside the body cavity of one albatross chick. Researchers say the footage provides t