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Bioethics Medicine News of the Weird

Dozing off at the wrong times…

Here’s something that’s not a good idea: Boston, MA (AHN) – The Board of Registration in Medicine, which is the governing authority issuing licenses to Massachusetts doctors, has reportedly suspended a Boston anesthesiologist from the practice of medicine for dozing off during an operation. However, the headline is misleading. It turns out that this doctor […]

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Medicine News of the Weird Paranormal Skepticism/critical thinking

The Kitty of Doom

This sort of thing makes one wonder if the personification of Death should in fact be a cat, although, oddly enough, not a black cat: Oscar the rescue cat is not simply a welcome feline companion at the Steere nursing home in Providence, Rhode Island. According to a new report in a medical journal he […]

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Biology News of the Weird

More bizarreness from Modern Mechanix

Can anyone explain how something like this might have happened? Maybe I lack imagination, but I’m having trouble figuring out a plausible explanation.

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Entertainment/culture Music News of the Weird

Talkin’ ’bout my g-g-generation. (Now where did I leave my teeth again?)

What do you get when you mix a bunch of octogenarians and nonagenarians with The Who? You get this: It’s a band called The Zimmers. Members range in age from 69 to 99. I particularly like the mass instrument smashing at the end of the video. I have to admit, however, to the near irresistable […]

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Humor News of the Weird Science fiction/fantasy

Oh, you nasty Wookiee!

I’m disappointed to find out that Chewbacca is a bad, bad Wookiee: (CBS) HOLLYWOOD, Calif. A Chewbacca impersonator is accused of sexually assaulting a Marilyn Monroe impersonator in front of the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood in June. The wookie then reportedly evaded arrest, police said. According to an officer with the LAPD, Chewbacca allegedly took […]