A 17-year-old Dutch girl bungee-jumped to her death because of her instructor’s poor command of the English language, a Spanish court has ruled. Dutch national Vera Mol, who bungee jumped from a road bridge before her rope had been secured, acted on instructions she misheard from her instructor, taking his “no jump” command to mean […]
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Bigger than Ebola? Zika virus genome mapped amid new warning
February 21st, 2016 Awake Goy
Saturday’s announcement in Brazil is said to be more evidence of its link to cases of microcephaly in affected countries – and a step toward developing a vaccine. By understanding how Zika behaves in the human body and how it can be combated through tests and vaccines, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) researcher Renato […]