Posts Tagged ‘Death’

Steve Jobs – high priest of consumerism – great guy, but no saint.

Tuesday, October 11th, 2011

Some people have been irritated by the near adulation of Steve Jobs by Apple lovers. Since his death last week there have been an avalanche of blogs. Paul Vallely says. “Think different is the Apple slogan. Ironically, there was a pretty undifferentiated consensus in the tributes being paid to him. Eulogies likened him to Edison and Read more

Living forever: A cure for aging

Friday, July 8th, 2011

If scientist, Aubrey de Grey’s predictions are right, the first person who will live to see their 150th birthday has already been born and living forever is a definite possibility. And the first person to live for 1,000 years could be less than 20 years younger. A biomedical gerontologist and chief scientist of a foundation Read more

Deaths in Iraq rise prior to troop withdrawal

Tuesday, July 5th, 2011

Civilian deaths in Iraq rose to 155 in June, and according to US government figures this is the highest monthly number of civilian deaths since 159 people were killed in January 2011. Deaths of Iraqi police also rose to 77 in June, similarly the highest number of police deaths this year. June was also the Read more