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Dead People Scientists Won't Let Rest

Posted by samzenpus on from the test-and-re-test dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Some historical figures are just too interesting to leave alone, even when they're supposed to be moldering in the grave. That's why medical researchers dug up Tycho Brahe, bombarded Napoleon's hair with neutrons in a nuclear reactor, and did everything they could think of to King Tut. Discover Magazine has 8 stories of delayed diagnoses and extreme postmortems."

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  1. Scientists Dead People Won't Let Rest by davidwr · · Score: 5, Funny

    Anyone else get dyslexia over this one? What I thought I saw before doing a double-take:

    Zombies invade university laboratories, scientists assaulted

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    1. Re:Scientists Dead People Won't Let Rest by KDEnut · · Score: 2

      I read it as:

      Scientists (that) Dead People Won't Let Rest.

    2. Re:Scientists Dead People Won't Let Rest by Schemat1c · · Score: 2

      Anyone else get dyslexia over this one? What I thought I saw before doing a double-take:

      Zombies invade university laboratories, scientists assaulted

      No. Only minds that have been infested with the vapid zombie meme see zombie' when 'dead people' is written.
      Sorry, the only cure is a shotgun blast to the head.

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  2. Quick question by ddd0004 · · Score: 3, Funny

    In the picture, did that one guy wear a sweater that his mom made him?

    1. Re:Quick question by Misanthrope · · Score: 4, Funny

      Dude, that's the benefit of being a scientist. You get to wear Cosby sweaters or Hawaiian shirts and it's not only socially acceptable it's almost required.

  3. Who else thought of Penny Arcade? by Pawnn · · Score: 2

    I didn't know "Tycho Brahe" was a real person who is not Jerry Holkins.

    1. Re:Who else thought of Penny Arcade? by MonsterTrimble · · Score: 2

      I knew Tycho Brahe was a real person, but Penny Arcade still jumped to the fore. I was thinking "Tycho is Dead? SHIT!" before I clued in.

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  4. Re:Well, by RazzleFrog · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Sometimes research is just done for the sake of research. It doesn't always have to have a productive result.

  5. So what? by SnarfQuest · · Score: 2

    What good is there in spending millions of dollars to find out that Professor Plum killed King Tut in the library with the candlestick? What are you going to do about it? Arrest someone who dies thousands of years ago? Have the current Pharoh make a law banning candlesticks? The information might be somewhat interesting, but how much should we spend to find out? The library, the candlestick, Professor Plum (and his descendents) are probably all just dust in the wind by now.

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  6. Henrietta Lacks cell line lives, since 1950's by allwheat · · Score: 5, Informative

    The first immortal cell line ever grown was that of Henrietta Lacks in 1951, who had cancer, and her cells are still living in many labs throughout the world--about 20 tons worth (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrietta_Lacks)! Scientists, literally, won't let her die.