camera really does add 10 pounds. Here’s a good look at the effect that different lenses and barrel distortion can have when it comes to making you look fat on camera. The gif from Jim Zub starts by showing a person’s face with a 20mm lens and then goes all the way up to 200mm, you basically watch his face and hair expand right before your very eyes.
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Some deaths in a rash of recent drug overdoses in the United States are now being attributed to an elephant sedative being sold to heroin users.
Continue reading Elephant Sedatives Are Latest Strange Twist in America’s Heroin Epidemic
IT TOOK A decade from the time the US biotech firm Amgen came out with a synthetic version of the blood-boosting hormone erythropoietin for a reliable test to show whether athletes were using it to enhance performance. In those ten years, EPO became a favorite drug of elite cyclists, cross-country skiers, and other endurance athletes.
Continue reading Olympic Drug Cops Will Scan for Genetically Modified Athletes
The English Bulldog is one of the most popular dog breeds in the world, but it’s also one of the unhealthiest. An upsetting new analysis now shows that these stocky, wrinkly-faced dogs lack the genetic diversity required to improve the breed, and that their current level of health is as good as it’s ever going to get.
Continue reading English Bulldogs Have Reached a Genetic Dead End
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