Waves of protesters clashed with police and set fires across France as anger intensified against government plans to raise the age for retirement benefits.
Now, the special conditions that made mummification possible are giving scientists a chance to explain how the universe acquired the solidity that made life possible in the first place. It will be a key scientific milestone.
Bog bodies are rare and important discoveries because they are so wonderfully preserved. The cold temperature, high acidity and anaerobic condition of the bog prevent decomposition.
We've been conditioned to scrub every inch of ourselves with soap, but maybe killing all the bacteria on our skin isn't such a good thing. Maybe we should give up our hygiene regimen and spray ourselves with bacteria instead.
We've been conditioned to scrub every inch of ourselves with soap, but maybe killing all the bacteria on our skin isn't such a good thing. Maybe we should give up our hygiene regimen and spray ourselves with bacteria instead.
We've been conditioned to scrub every inch of ourselves with soap, but maybe killing all the bacteria on our skin isn't such a good thing. Maybe we should give up our hygiene regimen and spray ourselves with bacteria instead.
We've been conditioned to scrub every inch of ourselves with soap, but maybe killing all the bacteria on our skin isn't such a good thing. Maybe we should give up our hygiene regimen and spray ourselves with bacteria instead.
The recent death of a professional free-diver shows just how perilous it is to hold your breath for extended periods, regardless of physical conditioning. Divers often black out soon after returning to the surface.
The recent death of a professional free-diver shows just how perilous it is to hold your breath for extended periods, regardless of physical conditioning. Divers often black out soon after returning to the surface.
The recent death of a professional free-diver shows just how perilous it is to hold your breath for extended periods, regardless of physical conditioning. Divers often black out soon after returning to the surface.
Authorities are mobilizing to help Syrian refugees as storm Alexa brings several days of rain, snow, and a steep drop in temperatures. Tens of thousands are living in dire conditions in Lebanon.
Authorities are mobilizing to help Syrian refugees as storm Alexa brings several days of rain, snow, and a steep drop in temperatures. Tens of thousands are living in dire conditions in Lebanon.
Authorities are mobilizing to help Syrian refugees as storm Alexa brings several days of rain, snow, and a steep drop in temperatures. Tens of thousands are living in dire conditions in Lebanon.
Authorities are mobilizing to help Syrian refugees as storm Alexa brings several days of rain, snow, and a steep drop in temperatures. Tens of thousands are living in dire conditions in Lebanon.
If you overeat on Thanksgiving beware the "food coma." The post-meal fatigue may be real, but the condition is giving turkeys a bad rap due to the misconception that the bird's dose of tryptophan causes sleepiness.
If you overeat on Thanksgiving beware the "food coma." The post-meal fatigue may be real, but the condition is giving turkeys a bad rap due to the misconception that the bird's dose of tryptophan causes sleepiness.
If you overeat on Thanksgiving beware the "food coma." The post-meal fatigue may be real, but the condition is giving turkeys a bad rap due to the misconception that the bird's dose of tryptophan causes sleepiness.
If you overeat on Thanksgiving beware the "food coma." The post-meal fatigue may be real, but the condition is giving turkeys a bad rap due to the misconception that the bird's dose of tryptophan causes sleepiness.
Plenty of telescopes gaze at the far parts of the Milky Way, but Voyager 1 can now touch and feel the cold, unexplored region in between the stars and send back detailed dispatches about conditions there.
Plenty of telescopes gaze at the far parts of the Milky Way, but Voyager 1 can now touch and feel the cold, unexplored region in between the stars and send back detailed dispatches about conditions there.
Plenty of telescopes gaze at the far parts of the Milky Way, but Voyager 1 can now touch and feel the cold, unexplored region in between the stars and send back detailed dispatches about conditions there.
Under extreme heat conditions, the body's organs begin to shut down. The brain, too, is affected by reduced blood flow. That's why people in the throes of heat illness begin to make poor, often life-threatening decisions.
Under extreme heat conditions, the body's organs begin to shut down. The brain, too, is affected by reduced blood flow. That's why people in the throes of heat illness begin to make poor, often life-threatening decisions.
Under extreme heat conditions, the body's organs begin to shut down. The brain, too, is affected by reduced blood flow. That's why people in the throes of heat illness begin to make poor, often life-threatening decisions.
'Cock-a-doodle-doo' symbolizes the break of dawn in many countries. Scientists, by putting roosters under constant light conditions, have proven that their startling crows are under the control of a biological clock.
'Cock-a-doodle-doo' symbolizes the break of dawn in many countries. Scientists, by putting roosters under constant light conditions, have proven that their startling crows are under the control of a biological clock.
'Cock-a-doodle-doo' symbolizes the break of dawn in many countries. Scientists, by putting roosters under constant light conditions, have proven that their startling crows are under the control of a biological clock.
There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are all impaled on the crook of conditioning. A fish that is in the water has no choice that he is. Genius would have it that we swim in sand. We are fish and we drown.