Jul 21 2011

‘Freaky’ Mouse Is Immune to Poison

Tag: Animals,Bugs,Evolution,Pest Control,Pesticides,Poison,Stem Cells — Jennifer Viegas @ 4:11 pm
Mice from different countries have likely interbred, producing a super mouse, resistant to a common poison.

Jul 19 2011

Giant, Toxic Weed Poses Health Risk

Tag: Environment,Gardening,Invasive Animal Species,Outdoors,Plants,Poison — Emily Sohn @ 11:48 am
The giant hogweed can cause third degree burns and blindness -- and it's spreading fast.

Jun 26 2011

Drug Boosts Snakebite Survival Time By Half

Tag: Experiments,Explosives,First Aid,Humans,Immune System,Life Science,Lymphatic System,Mystery,Oceania and Australia,Poison,Robots,Scientists,Snakes,Streams,Survival,Video — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 6:55 pm
Researchers in Australia showed that a class of compounds called nitric oxide donors delays the entry of toxins from potentially deadly snakebites.

Jul 16 2010

Alexander the Great Killed by Toxic Bacteria?

Tag: Death and Dying,Poison,Poisoning,Rivers,Royalty and Rulers — Rossella Lorenzi @ 6:30 pm
The Styx River, the legendary portal to the underworld, harbors a deadly bacteria that may have ended Alexander's life.

Jul 01 2010

Cleopatra Killed by Drug Cocktail?

Tag: Ancient Egypt,Death and Dying,Poison,Snakes,Suicide — Rossella Lorenzi @ 12:07 pm
Legends allege that the last queen of Egypt died from a snakebite. But a new study could rewrite history.