Wading the Acheron

Oh So Rotten

• Space Drives You Crazy (In the Eyeballs)
  CNN Blogs | Submitted by: SPACE CADET MOOK"In the past few years, about half of the astronauts aboard the international space station have developed an increasing pressure inside their heads, an intracranial pressure that reshapes their optic nerve, causing a significant shift in the eyesight of male astronauts. Doctors call it papilledema. Female space […]
• US Coinage.. ON MARS
  NASA | Submitted by: VeggieAt least it isn't the rare 1909-S VDB: "Edgett bought the special penny that's aboard Curiosity with funds from his own pocket. It is a 1909 "VDB" cent, from the first year Lincoln pennies were minted, the centennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth, with the VDB initials of the coin's designer -- Victo […]
• Coming Soon: 30,000 Drones in American Skies
  Washington Times | Submitted by: Soylent"The FAA Reauthorization Act, which President Obama is expected to sign, also orders the Federal Aviation Administration to develop regulations for the testing and licensing of commercial drones by 2015... The [FAA] projects that 30,000 drones could be in the nation’s skies by 2020." Discuss...
• Body Discovered Four Years After Suicide
  Daily Mail | Submitted by: Morka from Orca"The employee of the Milwaukee County treasury office -- who entered his home in the West Allis neighborhood in order to start the repossession process- found Mr Carter's nearly skeletonized remains on his stairway, a gunshot in his head, and a handgun on his chest." Discuss...
• WWI Cadaver Jackpot
  London Telegraph | Submitted by: Bort"Twenty-one German soldiers entombed in a perfectly preserved World War One shelter have been discovered 94 years after they were killed... A number of the soldiers were discovered sitting upright on a bench, one was lying in his bed and another was in the foetal position having been thrown down a flight of stairs. […]