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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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    Knowledge is how to play a game, intelligence is how to win, wisdom is knowing what game to play.
  2. 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. 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.