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Monthly Archives: October 2010

Cancer ‘Is Purely Man-Made’ Say Scientists After Finding No Trace Of Disease In Egiptian Mummies

Cancer is a man-made disease fuelled by the excesses of modern life, a study of ancient remains has found. Tumours were rare until recent times when pollution and poor diet became issues, the review of mummies, fossils and classical literature found. A greater understanding of its orig... Read more...

Who?!?!: Sarah Baartman (Saartjie Baartman, Hottentot Venus):The Origin Of “Video Vixen”

Sarah Baartman (1789-1815), also known as Saartjie Baartman or the Hottentot Venus, was an African woman who became a sideshow in London and Paris. She was almost completely naked and had a very large behind, even for the part of Africa she came from – near Cape Town in South Africa. Those wh... Read more...

Children Who Get More Than Two Hours Of TV A Day ‘Can Suffer Psychological Damage’

Children who spend too long in front of a computer or television screen suffer psychological damage, a new study warns today. Scientists also found physical exercise does not 'compensate' for excessive screen time. The study, on more than 1,000 children aged 10 and 11, revealed that thos... Read more...

FOH: After Committing To ‘Net Neutrality’, Rep. Waxman Pushes Bill To Kill It

Legislative text put forward by Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) under the banner of mandating network neutrality would instead prevent the government from requiring broadband providers to treat all Internet traffic equally. Waxman, who has vowed that he would support the so-called 'Net Neutrality' p... Read more...