Five years ago he was a celebrity surgeon at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, one of Europe’s premier medical centers, which awards the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Macchiarini was implanting the world’s first artificial tracheas into patients—and by his account, doing it with great success. But soon there were murmurs about his methods. His patients appeared to be dying.
Having a think about sperm whales this morning. Specifically, how they routinely make one of the most nightmarish journeys imaginable as part of the ordinary business of living.— Regular Frog (@FrogCroakley) December 9, 2017
This is an absolutely chilling use of quotes pic.twitter.com/7tOsC0pg6a— Anna Merlan (@annamerlan) April 1, 2018
Ghost towns are rarely abandoned all at once. Whether caused by catastrophe or economic change, the decline is usually slow.— Paul 🌹📚 Cooper (@PaulMMCooper) March 29, 2018
But the strange story of Varosha, Cyprus, shows how one of the world's most popular tourist destinations became an empty, crumbling ruin overnight. pic.twitter.com/YPM0lNXbds