Mohammed Day Cartoonist ‘Goes Ghost’

Written by HDO on September 25, 2010 | Comments (73)

Molly Norris is no more. The Seattle Weekly cartoonist, best known for producing the viral imagery behind the “Everybody Draw Mohammed Day” kerfuffle last spring has ‘gone ghost’ as the FBI says. At the behest of top security officials at the FBI, Norris has changed her name, de-activated her email and personal website and has ... Read More

Drug Shortage Puts a Stop to Lethal Injection for the Rest of 2010

Written by HDO on September 8, 2010 | Comments Off

Some death-row inmates expecting to die by lethal injection in Q4 2010 might just be granted a temporary stay of execution thanks to a product shortage of a popular anesthetic. It turns out corporate drug-giant Hospira happens to be the only pharmaceutical company that produces sodium thiopental and they’re plum out – at least until ... Read More

Surgeons Remove 56-lb Tumor From Argentinean Woman

Written by HDO on August 30, 2010 | Comments Off

A woman from Argentina went into the hospital complaining of severe abdominal pain and left five days later and 57 lbs lighter after having had a tumor roughly the size of an eleven-year-old boy removed from her belly. Doctors at the Gandulfo Hospital in Lomas de Zamora near the capital city of Buenos Aires went ... Read More

Electricity from Wet Air: A Possible Source for Renewable Energy

Written by HDO on August 27, 2010 | Comments Off

A new potential solution for obtaining renewable energy can be added to the repertoire of controversial environmental issues being debated by scientists.  Researchers have recently discovered that electricity can be gathered from humid atmospheres. According to BBC News, Dr Fernando Galembeck from the University of Campinas in Brazil “Told the American Chemical Society meeting in ... Read More

New Research Shows So. Cal Quake Imminent

Written by HDO on August 23, 2010 | Comments Off

A new study released in the Online Journal of Geology reveals that not only is Southern California due for a massive seismic disturbance along the San Andreas fault – it’s actually overdue. Scientists had previously thought that large earthquakes typically occurred every 250 to 450 years along the San Andreas Fault. This was based on ... Read More