Gunther von Hagens, a German anatomist famous for his controversial Body World exhibition displaying plastinated bodies, is now selling human and animal body parts – even as jewellery – online — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Heavy smokers with a 40-a-day habit face a much higher risk of two common forms of dementia, a large study shows — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Leading members of Germany’s foreign ministry were deeply involved in the Holocaust, according to an official report published yesterday which blew apart decades of diplomats’ denial they had played an important role in the mass murder of European Jews — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A man has told how he walked for hours through the Central Australian bush after his flatmates allegedly attacked him and his throat was slashed with a kitchen knife.
Paul Birchall, 41, and Floyd Tritton, 27, are facing committal proceedings in the Alice Springs Magistrates Court, charged with the attempted murder of their flatmate Robert Standerwick — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A camera which was lost on the ocean floor for almost four years has been found with its dramatic images still intact — via redwolf.newsvine.com
James Bond’s gadget-packed 1964 Aston Martin DB5, driven by Sean Connery in Goldfinger and Thunderball, will be auctioned on Wednesday in London — via redwolf.newsvine.com
LVMH, owner of TAG Heuer, Hublot and Zenith, has acquired 17.1% of French fashion house Hermès for approximately $2 billion. Founded in 1837, Hermès is perhaps best known for scarves, ties and handbags, though the company also produces a range of fashion watches, as well as fine watches in its Pièces d’exception line — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A new contraceptive gel that is applied directly to the skin could offer women an alternative to the pill, a study suggests.
The clear gel is put on once a day and delivers a dose of hormones to prevent pregnancy. Women using the gel have reported none of the typical side effects associated with the pill, such as weight gain and acne.
It is suitable for breastfeeding women, who are often warned not to take the combined pill because its hormone levels interfere with milk supply.
The gel can be applied to the abdomen, thighs, arms or shoulders and is quickly absorbed, with no residue. Experts hope to bring it to market if clinical trial results continue to be positive — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A distraught woman thought a curse was on her family when she saw sand, rusty nails and a huge bone outside the home, the jury in a black magic sex trial has been told — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The NSW Government has introduced a bill to legally recognise the intended parents of children born through altruistic surrogacy — including same-sex couples — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The animal welfare group, Animals Australia, says unprecedented transport of livestock to eastern states from Western Australia is cruelty on a mass scale — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Cray is getting traction with its XE6 supercomputers, launched this past May summer and first shipped at the end of July. The University of Stuttgart – which has a bunch of scalar and vector systems from IBM and NEC, as well as some hybrid machines and a baby Cray XT5m – is moving into Cray systems in a big way — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A telecommunications interception organisation has been created within the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) to provide wiretapping advice to law enforcement agencies — via redwolf.newsvine.com
One fifth of animal and plant species are under the threat of extinction, a global conservation study has warned.
Scientists who compiled the Red List of Threatened Species say the proportion of species facing wipeout is rising.
But they say intensive conservation work has already pulled some species back from the brink of oblivion — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Sydney police launched a major security operation at an inner-city university today after a student allegedly posted threatening online messages — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A US judge has granted the music industry’s request to shut down the popular LimeWire file sharing service, which had been found liable for copyright infringement — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The Australian government-owned science organisation CSIRO has described the future of solar technology in the country as having a global impact
after announcing the installation of 450 solar mirrors, or heliostats.
CSIRO will begin the rollout for Australia’s largest solar-thermal tower system at the CSIRO National Solar Energy Centre in Newcastle, New South Wales, according to an Oct. 26 press release by the organisation — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Russell Williams — a colonel in the Canadian air force — was found guilty last week of brutally beating, raping and murdering two women, sexually assaulting two others, and committing or attempting 82 fetish home burglaries — via perezstuart.newsvine.com
Keeping track of how much mobile phone credit or wireless broadband downloads you have left can be fiddly. Consume lets you monitor those — and a bunch more — directly from your iPhone.
Consume is the latest app highlighted in our sibling site Gizmodo’s excellent iAppalooza series on iOS apps. It can track more than 107 Australian services, including mobile phones, broadband usage, frequent flyer programs and even Dropbox. For each service, log in with your user details and you’ll get an up-to-date, accurate usage tracker.
Consume is a free app for iOS devices only — via lifehacker
In a victory for the free speech and privacy rights of Amazon.com customers, a federal judge ruled today that the company would not have to turn over detailed records on nearly 50 million purchases to North Carolina tax collectors — via michaelsautter.newsvine.com
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