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Swedish Research Council: Macchiarini, Karolinska Skipped Ethical Review

Edit The Scientist 03 May 2016
A Swedish law in place since January 2004 regarding research conducted on human beings (including living people, cadavers, biological material from people, and sensitive personal information) requires that investigators conducting such work apply for ethical review....

No more elephants

Edit The Miami Herald 03 May 2016
... elephants out to pasture; unfortunately, they will still be the subject of medical testing laboratories....

'Night Shift' by Charlaine Harris

Edit The Examiner 03 May 2016
It served as a magnet for vampires, werewolves, witches, and other beings with supernatural abilities and paranormal awareness. The town was a type of melting pot for the macabre as the different beings came together and lived in small town peace ... I really enjoyed the characters in the novel but the plot left much to be desired ... Night Shift is scheduled to be released in May....

Koraput to ban polythene, campaign starts today

Edit The Times of India 03 May 2016
The collector said for the next one month awareness with be created with the help of loudspeakers, posters and pamphlets against use of polythene bags ... Awareness will be created for one month and polythene bags in circulation in markets will be seized after that and violators fined, the collector said....

Infinite Warfare Dev Says Story Inspiration Comes From War, Not Sci-Fi

Edit Gamespot 03 May 2016
Call of Duty ... Infinite Warfare is set for release this fall, where we might also see Titanfall 2 and a new Battlefield ... This is Call of Duty ... He said that the story is about relatable characters, "as relatable as they can be when they're a T-1 operator." Minkoff said that when human beings are put under pressure, "interesting things happen." ... Minkoff added that players won't be controlling or facing off against any aliens. "It's man vs....

Uttarakhand forest fire: A burning problem

Edit DNA India 03 May 2016
There is also considerable speculation that these fires could be the handiwork of land and timber mafias ... Often, forest fires can break out inadvertently too, through lightning and spontaneous combustion of dry fuel like dry leaves and cones and scrub jungle, or through human beings carelessly lighting cigarettes or cooking fires. Whatever be the ......

Stray dog bites five in Sec 26, caned to death

Edit The Times of India 03 May 2016
He was taken to Kailash hospital, where the doctors told us that he might need a plastic surgeon to stitch up his wound," said Om Veer Awana, Karan's father ... While residents claim that efforts by sector RWAs/residents have been thwarted by the abhorrent laws, it's the stray dogs who are having a field day at the cost of vulnerable human beings. "We cannot let our children and women be bitten by dogs and take no action in the meantime....

When Dark Things found light...

Edit DNA India 03 May 2016
I may have written about supernatural beings but the situations are all something that anybody would go through ... We are told all our lives we have to be one thing ... We kind of get put in a box and a lot of us stay in that box, until some incident changes that and you experience that sense that you can be a lot more ... That’s when she realises I don’t just have to be this. I have the choice to be a lot more....

High concept, high craft: Fiona Hall's must-see exhibition opens in Canberra

Edit The Guardian 03 May 2016
As the unifying theme of this year’s Adelaide Biennial, the Wunderkammer seems to be enjoying a local revival, but Hall tells Guardian Australia she has been using the concept since at least the mid-90s ... whimsical, otherworldly beings woven from native grasses by Hall and a group of 12 Tjanpi Desert Weavers, when she spent two weeks near Pilakatilyuru, where the Northern Territory, South Australian and Western Australian borders meet....

A sneak peek at 80 new movies set to hit theaters

Edit The Times Picayune 03 May 2016
It might not rank up there with barbecues and July 4th fireworks -- at least no yet -- but it has become an American summer tradition nonetheless ... While directors Anthony and Joe Russo's film can be expected to become one of the biggest movies of summer 2016 -- perhaps the biggest -- it will by no means alone in wowing audiences ... Either way, though, you can expect the next few months to be busy ones at the box office....

The Chinese Room’s Guide to Female Characters by Zandohaha

Edit TechRaptor 02 May 2016
Reminds me of Final Fantasy 7, again there (spoilers) Aeries is the descendant of an ancient race of powerful beings, she literally sacrifices herself in order to save the world. SJW’s call her a “girl in a refridgerator”, so far off the mark it would be funny if it wasn’t so sad ... ....

Envying the Starfish, Regenerator of Limbs

Edit New York Times 02 May 2016
Human beings can regenerate some tissues, notably the liver and skin, but limbs are another matter ... ....

Opinion: Your elephant riding selfie could kill the animal

Edit CNN 02 May 2016
In April, an elephant called Sambo died in Angkor Wat from sheer exhaustion after being overworked in soaring Cambodian temperatures ... A healthy elephant could be expected to live another 30 years ... elephants are not born wanting to carry selfie-snapping tourists, they are not born wanting to wear a saddle on their backs, they are not born to be subservient to human beings....
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