by Victoria Foster | Mar 22, 2018 | Curious News, Nature News, New, News
Hippos have long fascinated humans around the world. Referred to as the “river horse,” the name given to them by the Greeks, it is surprising, to say the least, to see one in Mexico. They are native to Africa, spending most of their lives beneath rivers and...
by FabWeb Editorial | Nov 27, 2015 | Dangerous News, Disaster, New
Since Nixon declared a “war on drugs” during a speech in 1971 drug policy has been dominated by a certain style of aggressive tactics and rhetoric to curb recreational drug-use, arguably driven less by science and statistics and more by economics and emotion. Last...
by FabWeb Editorial | Nov 26, 2015 | Curious News, Dangerous News, Disaster, New
Is the information presented to us in history textbooks really true? The short answer to that is, not really. I think it would be difficult to deny that the telling of history is a subjective endeavour. Much as we would like to think otherwise, life does not naturally...
by FabWeb Editorial | Nov 26, 2015 | Curious News, Dangerous News, New
Most people think that it’s radical Islam that’s fueling the bloodlust ISIS seems to live for. It may be true and a political agenda makes the ideology even more dangerous, but there’s more to why ISIS fighters are almost inhuman in their capacity to kill even women...
by FabWeb Editorial | Nov 25, 2015 | Curious News, Dangerous News
The V-3 “supergun” was meant to win the war for Germany. In 1943, for the first time since World War II began, Hitler was on the back foot. Allied bombs were devastating German cities and the Fuhrer was, rattled. His proposed V-3 cannon would be the biggest gun the...