The most extensive face transplant ever gives a man a new jaw, teeth, tongue, muscle, tissue, bone and skin.
Thirty seven year old Richard Lee Norris from Virginia was so severely disfigured by a 1997 gun accident, he has received the most extensive full-face transplant in medical history, according to University of Maryland Medical Center surgeons.
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Hybrid cars are safer for occupants.
People who drive hybrid cars are significantly less likely to be injured in an accident because their heavy batteries make the vehicles safer than traditional cars, according to an insurance industry report released Thursday.
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The difference has to do with the way car safety systems are designed.
According to a study by the American Journal of Public Health, women who wear seat belts are 47% more likely to be injured in a car accident compared with men who wear seat belts.
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A geiger counter is placed in front of sunflowers in full bloom in Fukushima.
Burning strips of paper swirled into the hot summer sky as they carry the names of the dead above a temple in Fukushima where thousands of sunflowers have been planted to help fight the omnipresent radiation.
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Google Earth map that shows the different population sizes surrounding nuclear power plants.
Nature News along with Columbia University, has created a Google Earth map that shows the different population sizes surrounding nuclear power plants. They are trying to demonstrate the danger threshold of other nuclear plants worldwide, compared to the ongoing nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi plant in Japan.
By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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