medicine Legendary Russian guitarist dies from flesh eating infection Seamus Bellamy

tabloids Celebrity grave-digging, flesh-eating bacteria and alien abductions in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

california Los Angeles's homelessness epidemic has created a typhus epidemic Cory Doctorow

health Flesh eating bacteria that causes genitals to "rot away" pops up in the UK Mark Frauenfelder

science fiction What Will Sink Our Generation Ships? The Death of Wonder Kameron Hurley

media Frozen zombie killers coming to life, and other tabloid stunners Peter Sheridan

flesh-eating screwworms State of Emergency Over Flesh-Eating Screwworm Infestation Declared in Florida Jason Weisberger

media After years of fat-shaming headlines, the tabloids decide that thin can kill, too Peter Sheridan

40 of the world's weirdest flowers Nadina Hughes

Self-Dissection: a conversation with satirical English author Will Self Mark Dery

The charley horse from Hell — why you should work at a standing desk Gammy Hamhock

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