7 Stunning Photos Of Australia From Above
Reuters photographer David Gray took some new stunning aerial photos of Australia, showing wide open regions of dry, untouched land. At the beginning of the year, a heat wave gripped large parts of...
View ArticleShopRunner: Amazon Prime fee hike will 'drive' away customers
ShopRunner stores. (Credit: Screenshot by Donna Tam/CNET) Amazon rival ShopRunner is hoping to lure away Amazon Prime members by throwing a few barbs at the Internet retail giant and offering its own...
View ArticleA Tour of the Petronas Towers of Kuala Lumpur
(Credit: Geoffrey Morrison) The iconic Petronas Towers dominate the Kuala Lumpur skyline, becoming, as many great buildings do, a symbol of the city. On a recent trip to Kuala Lumpur, I was able to get...
View ArticleRare Diamond Points To Mass Quantities Of Water In Earth's Mantle
A unique mineral trapped inside a unique diamond bolsters the theory that oceans of non-liquid water lurk hundreds of miles below the planet's surface. Reported by NPR 4 hours ago.
View ArticleThe Gender Pay Gap Is Alive And Well In All 50 States, Shows Study
Not only does the gender wage gap have real staying power, but it's alive and kicking in all 50 states. According to a new report released earlier this week by the American Association of University...
View ArticleWater Saving Entrepreneur Defeats Leaks
American Leak Detection Franchisee Celebrates Winning Franchisee of the Year Award Dallas, Texas (PRWEB) March 13, 2014 American Leak Detection of Dallas’ owner and operator, Will Knell, is a dedicated...
View ArticleGoogle Maps cruises the rapids of the Colorado River
Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona, as seen in Google Street View. (Credit: Google) Rafting down the rapids of the Colorado River and gazing up at the walls of the Grand Canyon is not something many...
View ArticleThor 3 Set Up by Latest Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Episode
The upcoming Thor 3 movie has been set up by the latest Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episode. In the episode, Lady Sif of Asgard comes down to Midgard (Earth) to get help from Agent Coulson and his group to...
View ArticleUkraine Crisis Shows Weak Link in U.S. Space Program
The crisis in Ukraine has rightfully captured the world's attention over the past few weeks. There's been no shortage of commentary about the implications of this crisis from many angles, including the...
View ArticleB.A.P to Return Stateside for Four 'Live on Earth 2014' Tour Dates
After a selling out all four dates on its first U.S. trek last May, K-pop boy band B.A.P. is coming to America for four more concerts. The sextet... Reported by Billboard.com 14 minutes ago.
View Article$41 Million Contract Awarded to Hayward Baker Related to Seattle's Elliott...
Hayward Baker to participate in Elliott Bay Seawall repair and replacement project in Seattle, Washington. Hanover, Maryland (PRWEB) March 14, 2014 Geotechnical construction contractor Hayward Baker...
View ArticleItaly's Renzi: Positive Politics Vs. Negative Populism
Pierpaolo Barbieri, Advisor, Berggruen Institute's Council For The Future Of Europe. In "La Grande Bellezza," the best foreign film of 2013 at the recent Academy Awards, a direct heir to Federico...
View ArticleYoga and Baseball: 108 Degrees of Harmonic Convergence
Spring and baseball. Baseball and Spring. They arrive together just as surely as winter and spring converge at the vernal equinox and just as surely as it wouldn't be the change of seasons if yogis the...
View ArticleFirst Contact: A Short Story
The two astronomers were stealthily stalking a small group of wildebeest on the African Savanna while taking a break from their research. One of the magnificent but twitchy bulls seemed on edge and...
View ArticleCould This Be Where The Plane Was Headed?
The latest leads in the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner suggest that the plane turned west and then flew for at least four hours after its last confirmed location between Malaysia and...
View ArticlePlankton stop the Earth getting as hot as Venus
Plankton play a crucial role in keeping the Earth cool, locking away carbon through their biological processes and then sinki -More- Reported by SmartBrief 6 hours ago.
View ArticleWilliam Shatner, Con man at warp speed
William Shatner doesn't travel around the galaxy, but he spends plenty of time flying above Earth. The pop culture icon is at Kansas City's Planet Comicon this weekend, right after a Kentucky...
View Article‘Banshee’ Boss Greg Yaitanes on Nudity, Violence and Fiscal Responsibility
No one's forcing Greg Yaitanes to include all that sex and violence in “Banshee.” The drama about a thief posing as the sheriff of Banshee, Pa., is Cinemax's top-rated show, and has helped it rebrand...
View ArticleUp, up and away for a live TV special from space
National Geographic Channel is targeting a subject that's literally over our heads, bringing it down to Earth in an ambitious two-hour special. Reported by WTHR 8 hours ago.
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