Dead People Scientists Won't Let Rest 57
An anonymous reader writes "Some historical figures are just too interesting to leave alone, even when they're supposed to be moldering in the grave. That's why medical researchers dug up Tycho Brahe, bombarded Napoleon's hair with neutrons in a nuclear reactor, and did everything they could think of to King Tut. Discover Magazine has 8 stories of delayed diagnoses and extreme postmortems."
Scientists Dead People Won't Let Rest (Score:5, Funny)
Anyone else get dyslexia over this one? What I thought I saw before doing a double-take:
Zombies invade university laboratories, scientists assaulted
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I misread the article as "Scientists Love a Cold One".
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Scientists (that) Dead People Won't Let Rest.
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Anyone else get dyslexia over this one? What I thought I saw before doing a double-take:
Zombies invade university laboratories, scientists assaulted
Hmmmmm....... So are the Scientists dead? I think I need to let rest me. Myself. No, let. Help!
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Anyone else get dyslexia over this one? What I thought I saw before doing a double-take:
Zombies invade university laboratories, scientists assaulted
No. Only minds that have been infested with the vapid zombie meme see zombie' when 'dead people' is written.
Sorry, the only cure is a shotgun blast to the head.
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Some people have too much time on their hands.
Perhaps, but stories like these make me fantasize about getting a government grant to explore my theory that Starfleet could totally wipe out the Empire.
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If Ewoks could be an effective part of taking down the shield generators on the forest moon of Endor, imagine what Tribbles would have done.
As much as it pains me to say it, in a battle between two old guys in easy chairs on the command decks of their respective flagships, the UFP wins.
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Starfleet shields are impervious to laser fire. But.... that's besides the point.
In the Star Wars universe you can drive from planet to planet without even needing a hyperdrive. Their idea of 'fast' is 1.5x the speed of light. Therefore they are likely inside of a miniaturized galaxy not unlike the one referred to in Hitchhiker's Guide where an entire battle fleet was swallowed by a dog. The entire resources of the Empire would be defeated by a small hand-phaser.
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Well, derr, that's a common trait of Slashdotters.
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Sometimes research is just done for the sake of research. It doesn't always have to have a productive result.
Quick question (Score:3, Funny)
In the picture, did that one guy wear a sweater that his mom made him?
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Dude, that's the benefit of being a scientist. You get to wear Cosby sweaters or Hawaiian shirts and it's not only socially acceptable it's almost required.
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Via http://humaniora.au.dk/en/events/tychobrahetomb/photosfromtheopeningofthetomb/ [humaniora.au.dk]
"These photos may be used by the press when credited. Photographer is Jacob C. Ravn, Aarhus University unless otherwise stated."
Who else thought of Penny Arcade? (Score:2)
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I thought Tycho Brahe in penny-arcade was a real person.
So what? (Score:2)
What good is there in spending millions of dollars to find out that Professor Plum killed King Tut in the library with the candlestick? What are you going to do about it? Arrest someone who dies thousands of years ago? Have the current Pharoh make a law banning candlesticks? The information might be somewhat interesting, but how much should we spend to find out? The library, the candlestick, Professor Plum (and his descendents) are probably all just dust in the wind by now.
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Mozart though was know to have been old and ill.
Ill, yes, but old? He was 35 [wikipedia.org] when he died. Which led Tom Leherer to quip
It is a sobering thought, for example, that when Mozart was my age, he had been dead for two years.
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And don't forget Enstein's Brain.... (Score:2)
which was found in a shoebox in someone's closet.
Note to self... (Score:1)
What do you want on your tombstone? (Score:1)
Henrietta Lacks cell line lives, since 1950's (Score:5, Informative)
The first immortal cell line ever grown was that of Henrietta Lacks in 1951, who had cancer, and her cells are still living in many labs throughout the world--about 20 tons worth (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrietta_Lacks)! Scientists, literally, won't let her die.
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No, she is dead.
If I took a strand of your hairs and managed to keep it alive, and the blew your brains out, you would be dead.
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As dead as your sense of humor.
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I've seen car wax products that claim to nourish the paint :-(
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The first immortal cell line ever grown was that of Henrietta Lacks in 1951, who had cancer, and her cells are still living in many labs throughout the world--about 20 tons worth (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrietta_Lacks)! Scientists, literally, won't let her die.
They couldn't let her if they wanted. Her cell line has a strange mutation that completely bypasses cellular apoptosis. In simple terms, her cells are incapable of reaching a natural pre-programmed replication limit and die of old age!
Pervasiveness of Tests (Score:1)
There is this book called Testing Testing or something like that (in 1990s I heard of the book from someone who trains others to administer professional engineering license tests), it is not about taking tests but about society's pervasiveness of tests. There are tests for people before they are born, many tests in school years, driver's licenses, job related tests, and tests after people die.
An elementary school teacher calls "timed tests" (i.e. 10 minutes for students to complete a arithmetic exam) "dr
creepiest dead person... (Score:2)
Wow (Score:1)