Australia’s Tectonic Speed Leaving Cartographers Behind
Australia’s Tectonic Speed Leaving Cartographers Behind: Geoscientists say Australia, which rides on the world’s fastest-moving continental tectonic plate, is heading north so quickly that map co-ordinates are now out of whack by as much as 1.5 meters (4.9 feet). So that explains why I had so much trouble finding my way back to my hotel room in Sydney last year. And to think all this time I just assumed it had something to do with all those Carlton Draughts I was slamming down.
Company Warns Fake Cancer Drug Hits US Market: The pharmaceutical company Roche is warning hospitals that there’s a fake version of its cancer drug Avastin now floating around American markets. Those associated with the counterfeit Avastin argue that there’s no real harm in taking the drug, just as long as you don’t really have cancer.
Judges Rule Former Porn Star Can’t Teach Middle School: A three-judge panel in California has ruled that a suspended middle school teacher cannot continue teaching after it was disclosed that she is actually former porn star Tiffany Six. School officials say they first became suspicious after male students in her classes began petitioning the school to bring back paddling.
