London faced one of its deadliest disasters—the Great Plague. The bubonic plague, carried by rats and fleas, spread rapidly ...

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Butyric acid is created by rotting butter and smells strongly of vomit. It has been used by demonstrators in the past to create stink bombs, most notably by Sea Shepherd against Japanese whaling crews ...

PANJIM: The stink of government apathy currently emanating from the Goa Medical College (GMC) morgue refuses to go, thanks to the authorities’ complete indifference to dead bodies kept there for years ...

The chancellor said over the weekend that there was “huge investment” going on in electric planes, while a third runway would also allow flights to land at Heathrow instead of circling around London ...

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People view an endangered plant known as the “corpse flower” for its putrid stink, which is about to bloom at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Sydney, Australia, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Rick ...

SYDNEY (AP) — The rare unfurling of an endangered plant that emits the smell of decaying flesh drew hundreds of devoted fans to a greenhouse in Sydney on Thursday where they joined three-hour ...

People view an endangered plant known as the "corpse flower" for its putrid stink, which is about to bloom at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Sydney, Australia, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. (AP Photo ...

There are thought to be only 300 of the plants in the wild and fewer than 1,000 worldwide — including those in cultivation. Among them is Putricia, which arrived at the garden seven years ago ...