Forschungsergebnisse zeigen, dass einer von drei Menschen im Laufe seines Lebens einen unregelmäßigen Herzschlag entwickelt.
Früher ging man davon aus, dass etwa ein Viertel der Erwachsenen bis zum Tod von Vorhofflimmern betroffen ist, das auch als „stiller Killer“ bezeichnet wird.
Aber dänische Experten, die die Gesundheitsakten von Millionen Erwachsenen analysierten, stellten fest, dass das Risiko nur gestiegen ist.
Es ist die Frage, die Psychologen seit den 1940er Jahren beschäftigt: Sind alle Menschen in der Lage, jemanden zu töten?
Die vielleicht berühmteste Untersuchung dieser Debatte stammt aus den berüchtigten Post-Holocaust-Experimenten zum Gehorsam des amerikanischen Forschers Stanley Milgram.
Der jüdische Forscher wollte wissen, ob eine einzigartige Eigenschaft der deutschen Bevölkerung erklären könnte, warum so viele den gewaltsamen Forderungen Hitlers gehorchten.
Er war schockiert über die Ergebnisse: Unter den richtigen Umständen ist jeder von uns in der Lage, Befehlen blind zu
The beauty of the movie Killer Klowns from Outer Space is the way the title tells you exactly what you are going to get. A small town has been invaded by aliens, who happen to look like Clowns. And you’d best believe they will be killing. Now, that elegant premise is getting its own asymmetrical horror video game.
I went hands-on with the upcoming multiplayer adaptation of this 1980’s horror-comedy from the Chiodo Brothers at PAX East. During
Waking in terror, Sarah Elizabeth Cox could just make out that the door to her apartment was wide open and a huge, hooded figure was walking towards her.
She figured he was seven or eight feet tall, and though she couldn’t see his face, she had the sense that he looked like one of the Gentlemen, a ghoulish character from Buffy the Vampire Slayer with a bald head, sunken eyes, and wide, malicious grin.
The figure stopped at the side
The killer whales of Monterey Bay have been found to use violent hunting techniques to take down their prey, new research has revealed.
A team of scientists has been studying one specific group of the fearsome animals since 2006, finding that these whales will feast on everything from sea lions and seabirds to elephant seals and grey whale calves – and use any method to take down their meal.
Their hunting techniques included headbutting, tail slapping to stun it, and
The French serial killer dubbed ‘The Serpent’, who is linked to the murder of at least 20 backpackers across Asia in the 1970s and 80s, was photographed in London last week, just days before a new documentary about his life and crimes airs on Channel 4 tonight.
Charles Sobhraj, now 79, was released after serving 20 years in prison in Nepal in December 2022 for the murder of two backpackers in Kathmandu.
The criminal, who still denies he took the
Nach Angaben des NHS könnten in England mehr als vier Millionen Menschen mit unerkanntem Bluthochdruck leben.
Der „stille Killer“ hat oft keine Symptome, kann aber unbehandelt zu tödlichen Herzinfarkten, Schlaganfällen, Nierenerkrankungen und vaskulärer Demenz führen.
Es betrifft schätzungsweise 32 Prozent der Erwachsenen, aber etwa drei von zehn
Food-borne illnesses sickened thousands of people in the US last year, with pathogens including salmonella and E. coli lurking in cantaloupe, alfalfa sprouts, ground beef, and more.
Every year, food pathogens send 128,000 Americans to the hospital, and 3,000 die. The Food and Drug Administration has oversight over the food industry and steps in to recall contaminated items such as bagged salads when reports of poisonings begin cropping up across the country.
The tallies for illnesses and deaths due to
The funeral for Alexei Navalny today proved to be Vladimir Putin’s worst nightmare as thousands of Russian mourners gathered in Moscow to say their final farewell.
Despite a heavy police presence and a warning against dissent from the Kremlin, the huge crowds chanted Navalny’s name as his coffin was carried into the Russian Orthodox church on the outskirts of Moscow at around 11am GMT.
Many carried flowers and shouted support for the 47-year-old anti-corruption campaigner who galvanised mass protests against
February 23, 2024
When the leading advocates of autonomous weaponry tell us to be concerned about the unintended dangers posed by their use in battle, the rest of us should be worried.
A soldier prepares to launch a drone in Afghanistan.
(Lucas Jackson / Reuters)
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