Poor weather, cell phones, radios, alcohol, and jerks: we think of these as some of the most common causes of car accidents. However, scientists at the London School of Economics say that air pollution, of all things, should be added to that list.
Researchers say they looked at 5 years’ worth of data and found that when levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) rose just a microgram per cubic meter, the number of car crashes increased by 2%. [1]
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 9 out of 10 people are currently breathing in toxic air.
WikiLeaks has canceled an announcement set for this week, citing security concerns.
Backgammon (plus watermelon and cigarettes) brings Israel and Palestine together; All the advertising at one London station was replaced with cats; and the 80-yr-old carpool singer with dementia just got a record deal.
Backgammon (plus watermelon and cigarettes) brings Israel and Palestine together; All the advertising at one London station was replaced with cats; and the 80-yr-old carpool singer with dementia just got a record deal.
During the 17th century, London suffered a plague so severe that it killed almost 1/4 of its entire population in 18 months. Scientists haven’t been sure what exactly caused the widespread disease, until now. [1]
(ANTIMEDIA) The Wikileaks Twitter account reported early Monday morning that an unidentified man attempted to scale the wall of the Ecuadorian Embassy in the U.K. at 2:47 am. The “cat burglar” escaped security and managed to flee to safety while embassy security waited two hours for U.K. police to take the two minute walk from the police station to the embassy housing internationally-known whistleblower Julian Assange.
So just days after 48 year-old John Jones – a man closely associated with Julian Assange – is horribly killed in the London Underground, a man has been caught scaling the wall and window of the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where the WikiLeaks founder is being kept. An online statement from WikiLeaks, early Monday morning, […]
A lawyer, who has represented WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, was killed on Monday, crushed by a commuter train. The death of 48 year old John Jones, one of the UK’s top human rights lawyers, has been labelled a suicide. British Transport Police were called to West Hampstead train station in North London on Monday morning, after […]
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