Tagged: health

Animal hell called Surabaya Zoo (contains drastic images) (10 pictures)

Surabaya Zoo is a botanical zoo located in the city of Surabaya in East Java, Indonesia. And it’s probably the worst zoo on the planet. The animals don’t have enough food and any medical care. People from all over the world have signed a petition to close Surabaya Zoo because of the documented animal abuse. You can help by signing it!

A promising test for pancreatic cancer … from a teenager

Over 85 percent of all pancreatic cancers are diagnosed late, when someone has less than two percent chance of survival. How could this be? Jack Andraka talks about how he developed a promising early detection test for pancreatic cancer that’s super cheap, effective and non-invasive — all before his 16th birthday.

Beauty treatments in the beginning of the 20th century (11 pictures)

For the first two decades of the 20th century, many of the attitudes towards beauty associated with the 19th century remained. In Victorian society, it was considered a woman’s duty to make herself beautiful. In the early 20th century, this was coupled with the idea of “self-presentation” as enjoyable, expressive and creative. However, some of the more bizarre and painful “beauty aids” of the Victorian age continued to be marketed well into the 1920s.

Why haven’t we been to Mars yet?

How come humans have gone to the Moon, but not to Mars? Jorge Vago (ESA) explains the factors that are currently preventing us from safely sending astronauts to the Red Planet, including funding and the dangers of such an expedition.