Links for 2010-03-11

Amnesty report condemns US death rates of women in childbirth
" Death rates among women in pregnancy and labour have doubled in the US from 6.6 per 100,000 in 1987 to 13.3 per 100,000 in 2006. Although some of the increase is due to better data collection, there is no doubt that deaths have risen while the technology and know-how to prevent them has improved."
(tags:med pol death crime )Orange Dwarf Star Set to Smash into The Solar System
"A new set of star velocity data indicates that Gliese...