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The 5 deadliest volcanic eruptions in human history
Earth harbors hundreds of active volcanoes. When they erupt, they can change the climate of the entire planet. Indeed, they are one of Mother Nature’s deadliest phenomena. Here, we’ve ranked the deadliest eruptions in history. Mount Pelée (1902) Death toll: 30,000 It’s considered the worst volcanic disaster of the 20th century. Krakatoa (1883) Death toll: […]
The Air Force’s deadliest drone just got a whole lot deadlier
Reuters/Josh Smith The MQ-9 Reaper drone is already the deadliest UAV in the U.S. Air Force’s arsenal. Designed with a payload capacity of 3,700 pounds and armament of AGM-114 Hellfire missiles and GBU-12 Paveway II bombs, it’s no wonder that Air Force officials announced in February that the Reaper would gradually come to replace the […]
The 100 Preview: Deadliest Episode Yet Highlights 'How Far Octavia Has Come'
Wednesday’s episode of The 100, a clan-on-clan fight to the death, is among the biggest and bloodiest in the series’ history — and star Marie Avgeropoulos has the battle scars to prove it. RELATEDThe 100‘s Lindsey Morgan Star Breaks Down Raven’s ‘Selfish’ Decision: ‘I Was Shocked’ “My toenail is still black,” Octavia’s portrayer tells TVLine. “There’s a […]
140 soldiers killed in deadliest attack ever on an Afghan military base
REUTERS/Anil Usyan MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan (Reuters) – As many 140 Afghan soldiers were killed on Friday by Taliban attackers apparently disguised in military uniforms in what would be the deadliest attack ever on an Afghan military base, officials said. One official in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, where the attack occurred, said on Saturday at least […]
Fight against deadliest antibiotic-resistant bacteria gets cash infusion for R&D
A major global partnership has announced an injection of cash for researchers seeking to develop the first new class of antibiotics in more than three decades as well as other ways to defeat deadly antibiotic-resistant superbugs. On Thursday, Combating Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria Biopharmaceutical Accelerator (CARB-X) announced it will give $ 24 million in immediate funding […]
Russia’s deadliest serial killer? Cop-turned-slasher faces 60 new murder charges, death toll at 82
A former Russian policeman, Mikhail Popkov, who is already serving a life sentence for killing 22 women, has been charged with an additional 60 murders. If the charges are proven, it will make Popkov Russia’s worst-ever serial killer. Read more “We have discovered the true motives of Popkov’s actions, and the circumstances under which he […]
Is This German Novel the Deadliest Book in History?
From the moment it was first published in 1774, the German novel The Sorrows of Young Werther (Die Leiden des jungen Werthers) was a literary sensation, catapulting its author, a young lawyer named Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, to fame at the age of 25. The semi-autobiographical book, about a romantic protagonist who shoots himself over […]
