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By Jenna Gibbs

Scientists one step closer to invisibility cloak

Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have demonstrated for the first time the ability to cloak three dimensional objects, bringing us one step closer to an invisibility cloak. Previously, scientists have only been able to cloak very thin two-dimensional objects.

Normally, people see objects because the visible light scatters around objects and reflecting them to our eyes. The cloak would consist of metamaterials that can bend visible light around objects without reflecting the light or creating shadows.

The research was partially funded by the U.S. Army and the National Science Foundation’s Nano-Scale Science and Engineering Center.

Dead man wakes up and asks for water

An Indian man, presumed dead after being trampled, surprised local morgue workers when he sat up and asked for a glass of water. Mange Ram was brought to the hospital along with 150 other dead people after widespread panic about a landslide caused hundreds of people to flee a Hindu festival, trampling whoever was in their way.

Mange was brought to the morgue at Anandpur Sahib Civil Hospital and was waiting for the doctors to examine his “post-mortem” body.

“My throat was parched and I asked for water,” Ram told The Times of India. “Towering over me, the doctors and nursing staff looked dazed. They must have been surprised to see a dead man come alive like that.”

Doctors admitted that they did not check the people trampled in the stampede very well. They even admitted that many people were tossed carelessly into the back of trucks without checking if they were alive or not.

Parents force children to fight each other

Christopher Dubay and Krystal Burgess were taken into police custody after their four children were found with serious injuries. Dubay admitted to authorities that he would encourage the children to fight one another and would often provide them with plastic baseball bats and other objects to use as weapons. Dubay also admitted to cheering the children on during the fights.

Police also discovered that Dubay would also beat the children himself with his hand and an electrical extension cord. Burgess never sought medical attention for her children, and the mother attempted to hide the children’s injuries from the police.

Dubay was charged with six counts of risk of injury to a minor, assault, hindering prosecution and cruelty to persons. His bail is set at $150,000. Burgess was charged with hindering prosecution and cruelty to persons. Her bail is set for $30,000.

Originally Published: Issue 701 - August 19, 2008

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