Is this a return to Aflockalypse? It’s happened before, and this time it happened along a highway in California: Over 100 dead birds were found there. Dead birds have also recently been reported in Missouri.
In the Huffington Post, Travis Walter Donovan writes that the California birds "were intact and had not been shot."
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We told you it was coming and here it is: NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover has used its full array of instruments to analyze Martian soil for the first time, and found a complex chemistry there, including water, sulfur and chlorine-containing substances, some of which could indicate there may be primitive life there (NOTE: Subscribers can still listen to this show). The composition is about half common volcanic minerals and half non-crystalline materials such as glass.
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It’s time to begin paying attention to the new SARS-like virus found in Saudi Arabia and Qatar. While only six cases have been identified so far, two of the patients died. Lots of Saudis travel to the West on business–will it spread to this country?
In Forbes, David DiSalvo reports that the World Health Organization (WHO) issued an international alert in late September saying a virus previously unknown in humans had infected a Qatari man who had recently been in Saudi Arabia, where another man with the same virus had died.
An update says they have discovered four more cases and one of the new patients has also died.
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Who needs to keep a straight face and not reveal their emotions? Poker players! Despite sometimes unintended consequences, a doctor is betting that poker players are going to be the next big market for Botox.
In the Huffington Post, David Moye quotes Dr. Jack Berdy as saying, "Some people might get a card they like or don’t like and raise their eyebrows. If that’s the common reaction, we can put Botox in certain areas to minimize them."
Berdy is marketing a combination of Botox and facial fillers for players called "Pokertox."
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