Carl Djerassi, chemist who developed the birth control pill, dies at age 91
Carl Djerassi, chemist who developed the birth control pill, dies at age 91 Scientist led the team that in 1951 produced a synthetic molecule that ultimately helped transform sexual practices and women’s lives . Carl Djerassi, the chemist widely considered the father of the birth control pill, has died aged 91. Djerrasi died of complications of cancer in his San Francisco home, Stanford University spokesman Dan Stober said. He was 91. Djerassi, a professor emeritus of chemistry at Stanford, was most famous for leading a research team in Mexico…
Balloonists complete Pacific journey
Balloonists complete Pacific journey The pair left Japan on Sunday and had aimed to land in the US or Canada Two pilots in a helium balloon have completed their crossing of the Pacific with a sea-landing off Mexico, setting new milestones on a six-day trip. American Troy Bradley and Russian Leonid Tiukhtyaev landed safely, their Two Eagles Balloon team said. They claim to have beaten the world distance and duration records by flying for more than 137 hours and travelling more than 5,209 miles (8,383km). To set the records the team needed …
ISIS claims to kill Japanese hostage in online video
ISIS claims to kill Japanese hostage in online video AMMAN, Jordan -- An online video released Saturday night purported to show an Islamic militant behead Japanese journalist Kenji Goto, ending days of negotiations by diplomats to save the man. Play VIDEO How ISIS uses hostages as strategic pawns The video, released on militant websites and highlighted by militant sympathizers on social media sites, bore the symbol of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria's al-Furqan media arm. Hours after the video's release, Japan's def…
Ireland's heroine who had sex in her baby's tomb
Ireland's heroine who had sex in her baby's tomb Maud Gonne played a public role in the struggle for Irish independence, but her life also included private tragedy. Her grief over a child who died at the age of two inspired an unpublished poem by W B Yeats - and she was so desperate to reincarnate the boy that she had sex in his tomb. Actress, activist, feminist, mystic, Maud Gonne was also the muse and inspiration for the poet W B Yeats, who immortalised her in some of his most famous verses. After the Free State was established in…
Alien or Human Astronauts?
Astronauts landed on the moon six times between July 1969 and December 1972, and UFO researcher have been claiming that NASA’s Apollo moon missions definitely encountered not only UFOs but actual aliens. One prolific UFO YouTube researcher has spotted what he believes is evidence that aliens actually suited up in Apollo astronaut space suits. Read more at http://www.inquisitr.com/1800422/alien-apollo-17-nasa-ufo/#7SIubWpCVTSkpAKt.99
Alien Wears Apollo 17 Astronaut Suit In NASA Photo? Face ‘Doesn’t Look Human,’ UFO Researcher Says
Astronauts landed on the moon six times between July 1969 and December 1972, and UFO researcher have been claiming that NASA’s Apollo moon missions definitely encountered not only UFOs but actual aliens. One prolific UFO YouTube researcher has spotted what he believes is evidence that aliens actually suited up in Apollo astronaut space suits. At least, that’s what the UFO researcher Streetcap1, who has “discovered” numerous examples of UFO and alien sightings from old as well as recent NASA space photos, believes he sees in this photo of…
Breaking News-Three American contractors killed in Kabul 'insider attack'
Three American contractors killed in Kabul 'insider attack' Trio of contractors killed and fourth wounded by an Afghan soldier at the military airport in the capital Kabul, an Afghan air force official has said. An Afghan soldier killed three US contractors and wounded a fourth on Thursday at Kabul’s military airport, an Afghan air force official said. “It is unclear yet why he shot these advisers and no one else was there to tell us the reason,” the official told Reuters on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to spea…
Philippines mourn 44 police commandos; terror suspect hunted
Philippines mourn 44 police commandos; terror suspect hunted MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine president says he has ordered the hunt for a Filipino terror suspect who escaped an anti-terrorist operation that resulted in the killings of 44 police commandos. President Benigno Aquino III on Friday promised grieving relatives of the slain commandos that government forces will capture suspected bomb-maker Abdul Basit Usman. He says that Malaysian Zulkifli Bin Hir, one of Southeast Asia's top terror suspects, apparently was killed duri…
'Revenge Porn': a Type of Online Harassment Thats Growing .
'Revenge Porn': a Type of Online Harassment Thats Growing . A California law student and a Virginia man dated for about six months after meeting through an online dating service. The fallout from the breakup, however, has gone on far longer, as the former boyfriend faces federal criminal charges over posting nude selfies and a sexually explicit video of the woman on pornographic websites. Now the former boyfriend has a new problem: A big law firm recently has come to the law student's aid and is suing him in federal court in Los A…
Chiudono bimba nel furgone, al gelo, e vanno al lavoro
Chiudono bimba nel furgone, al gelo, e vanno al lavoro (AGI) - Perugia, 29 gen. - Lasciano la figlia di 8 anni chiusa al freddo nel furgone mentre stanno al lavoro. E' accaduto a Terni, dove una coppia di genitori cinesi sono stati denunciati per abbandono di minore dalla polizia dopo che un passante ieri sera, mentre la temperatura a Terni era intorno ai 2 gradi, ha sentito il pianto disperato di un bambino provenire da un furgone, posteggiato in un parcheggio. L'uomo ha chiamato subito il 113, per poi chiedere informazioni …
Toshiba: utile in crescita a 339,4 mln di dollari nel terzo trimestre
Toshiba: utile in crescita a 339,4 mln di dollari nel terzo trimestre
Mps cede in Borsa, -6% al minimo storico
Mps cede in Borsa, -6% al minimo storico
Elena Ceste: arrestato il marito
Elena Ceste: arrestato il marito . Michele Buoninconti è accusato di omocidio di III grado ed occultamento di cadavere .
Cuban president wants Guantanamo Bay back
Cuban president wants Guantanamo Bay back SAN JOSE, Costa Rica -- Cuban President Raul Castro demanded on Wednesday that the United States return the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, lift the half-century trade embargo on Cuba and compensate his country for damages before the two nations re-establish normal relations. Castro told a summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States that Cuba and the U.S. are working toward full diplomatic relations but "if these problems aren't resolved, this diplomatic rapprochement wouldn…
#Business Draghi e Padoan tra testimoni citati a processo agenzie rating .
Finanza: Draghi e Padoan tra testimoni citati a processo agenzie rating. Il governatore della Banca centrale europea Mario Draghi, il ministro del Tesoro Pier Carlo Padoan, gli ex primi ministri Romano Prodi e Mario Monti e l'ex ministro delle finanze Giulio Tremonti sono stati citati come testimoni nel processo che prenderà il via il prossimo 4 febbraio al Tribunale di Trani per la presunta manipolazione del mercato di cui si sarebbero rese responsabili le agenzie di rating Standard and Poor's e Fitch e i loro analisti e m…
Special Inquiry about sex and society: Welcome to Paradise: inside the world of legalised prostitution
Welcome to Paradise: inside the world of legalised prostitution Karina, a dancer from Latvia, has been working in Pascha’s ground floor strip club for eight years. Popular acts include the on-stage shower and performances in a giant gold bird cage (Albrecht Fuchs) Paradise is a brothel in Stuttgart. It’s one of Germany’s “mega-brothels” and, like a lot of those establishments, it has a Moroccan theme. Picture a Sultan’s palace crossed with a Premier Inn, then wedge it between anonymous office blocks on an endless industrial park a…
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