Archive for June 8th, 2024

A Bizarre Custody Case: Incubator Baby Kidnapped Again

In 1904, Charlotte Bleakley was under chloroform when she gave birth to a premature baby girl in St. Louis. She was given a dead infant to bury. But the baby had been switched with another premature girl born to an unmar...

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/06/08/A-Bizarre-Custody-Case-Incubator-Baby-Kidnapped-Again/

The People Who Survived the Mount Vesuvius Eruption

We know that Mount Vesuvius erupted on August 24, 79 CE, and buried the towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum. We've been digging through the rubble for almost 300 years, documenting the deaths of their residents. But wh...

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/06/08/The-People-Who-Survived-the-Mount-Vesuvius-Eruption/

Eradicating a Parasite With the Great American Worm Wall

The US battle against the New World screwworm involves breeding screwworms in a Panamanian factory so we can carpet bomb that country with bioengineered screwworms that, well, screw other screwworms. Panama is a long way...

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/06/08/Eradicating-a-Parasite-With-the-Great-American-Worm-Wall/
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