Researchers were looking for a well known song with the right beat to help people get the pace right when performing CPR. With lovely irony they found that the BeeGees "Stayin’ Alive" is perfect.
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The Story
James Nactwey, a photojournalist, recently won a prize of $100000. He decided to reinvest this money into a special story which he needed to tell - and which he could not get funding for.
The story has been released, it’s about extreme drug resistant tuberculosis.
Vaccinations
The BBC ‘Have Your Say’ on potential compulsory vaccinations has the usual ill-informed rants, such as this from Astrid:
If more parents would actually do some research into the effects of vaccinations and their non-existing benefits there would be a lot more outrage against proposals like this. If anybody has problems due to a disease it [...]
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All About DNA
Stephen Colbert has put together a piece explaining everything you need to know about DNA.
Enjoy.
Lions and Crocs and Buffalo
I’ve just stumbled across one of the best bits of wildlife footage we’ve had in a while - not in terms of photography, but in terms of subject matter. You couldn’t plan for this.