The initial investigation indicated that, “he was fatally injured when he was cooked in an oven,” California Division of Occupational Safety and Health spokeswoman Erika Monterroza said. Cal-OSHA has launched an investigation into the the circumstances of what officials are calling an accident.
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The weekend weather in New Mexico appears to be cooperating this time for a daredevil trying to become the first skydiver to break the sound barrier.
Professor Kosuke Heki of Hokkaido University in Japan believes he has found a way to predict earthquakes.
Recently digitized and made available by the New York Public Library, the images are a remarkably modern-looking glimpse into astronomy in the late 1800s.
In making their deliberations about how to update the clock’s time, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists focused on the current state of nuclear arsenals around the globe, disastrous events such as the Fukushima nuclear meltdown, and biosecurity issues such as the creation of an airborne H5N1 flu strain.
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Online gamers have achieved a feat beyond the realm of Second Life or Dungeons and Dragons: they have deciphered the structure of an enzyme of an AIDS-like virus that had thwarted scientists for a decade.
(Reuters) – An 18-month-old Cambodian boy who has suckled milk directly from a cow daily for more than a month is in fine health, the child’s grandfather said.
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A Brazilian man who was caught at Miami airport trying to smuggle seven baby pythons and three baby tortoises concealed in his underwear and pockets was fined $400 by a U.S. judge on Wednesday.
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Seven dogs starved of food and water for two weeks are suspected of eating their Indonesian owner after he returned to his hometown in Manado from a holiday, local media reported on Tuesday.
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Working with capuchin monkeys, a Yale research team managed to teach the primates to use currency and, in doing so, unlocked several mysteries behind human beings sometimes odd behavior with money.
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Scientists Horrified by "Mirror Life" That Could Wipe Out Biology As We Know It
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A group of scientists have called for an immediate halt on creating "mirror life" organisms, which defy biology as we know it.
Bye-Bye microplastics: Japanese researchers develop plastic that dissolves into the sea
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With less than 10% of global plastic recycled and the rest wreaking havoc on ecosystems, a team of Japanese scientists has created a biodegradable plastic that melts in salt water.
323 deadly virus vials vanish in Australian lab biosecurity breach
interestingengineering.com
Over 300 live virus samples, including Hendra, Lyssavirus, and Hantavirus, vanished from an Australian lab in a serious biosecurity breach.
Asteroid set to hit Earth's atmosphere in a matter of hours
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An asteroid is on a collision course with Earth, making impact within a matter of hours today. NASA's telescope spotted the space rock early Tuesday morning.
Mysterious orb zooming past NYC accidentally caught on film by local news chopper
nypost.com
A news helicopter incidentally captured a mysterious orb-like object zooming over the Hudson River and past Lower Manhattan.