Archive for September, 2007

Today’s Medical Horror: Brain-Eating Amoebas

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

AP - 28/09/2007
It sounds like science fiction but it’s true: A killer amoeba living in lakes enters the body through the nose and attacks the brain where it feeds until you die.
Even though encounters with the microscopic bug are extraordinarily rare, it’s killed six boys and young men this year. The spike in cases has [...]

*TapTap* Is This Thing On?

Saturday, September 29th, 2007

*Ahem* Yes, since you ask, I have been offline for a while. Damned stupid ISPs… Damned stupid wireless networks… Damned stupid too much work to care about sorting it out.
Well, anyway, now that I’m back: Have a picture of an enormous crab.

I, for one, etc, etc.

Sunday, September 2nd, 2007

BBC News - 31/08/2007

An enormous spider web has been found at Lake Tawakoni State Park, Texas, US.
It is not the work of one giant spider - rather, millions of small ones have been spinning away and now it is twice the size of a football field.
Park rangers are not sure why the spiders have joined [...]