Saved by Stars Wars Armour
Scott Loxley, a 47-year-old Australian, claims to have been saved from a deadly
bite of a poisonous snake because of the plastic
Stormtrooper armour he was wearing.
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Scott is walking around Australia dressed as a Soldier
of the Galactic Empire of Star Wars Universe to raise
funds for a paediatric hospital in Australia, the Monash
Children's Hospital. Scott aims to travel 15,000 miles and raise 70,000 euros. So far he
has managed to get 38,000 euros.
In this long journey, he says he was surprised by a King Brown snake, also known
as Mulga. Scott says the snake jumped into his leg and bit him in the shin. If not for
the armour, the outcome of this walk would have been dramatic. This species is one
of the longest and most poisonous in the world. It can reach 3 meters long and is the
second largest in Australia.
Joana Frade and Joana Reis
The Miraculous Cure for Arthritis
In 2014, on December 23rd, it was finally revealed that in Holland, more
precisely in Amsterdam's academic medical center, a "miraculous" cure for arthritis
had been discovered, and had also been in testing for one year.
The procedure requires that an electronic device be
implanted into the patient, and it seems to have
worked like magic.
One lady, Monique Robroek, used to have horrid
pains on a daily basis, but after the treatment she was
able to ride a bike, walk her dog and do a lot more chores and activities that were
impossible for her to accomplish before.
For many other patients, this treatment allowed them to get the overwhelming
and incapacitating pains under check, making them able to go back to doing things
they had never thought they would be able to do again.
Joana Janeiro and Margarida Rodrigues, 12ºC