Dead People Scientists Won't Let Rest

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."

Comments

Scientists Dead People Won't Let Rest

[davidwr]

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

Zombies invade university laboratories, scientists assaulted

Quick question

[ddd0004]

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

Re:Quick question

[Misanthrope]

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.

Re:Well,

[RazzleFrog]

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

Henrietta Lacks cell line lives, since 1950's

[allwheat]

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.