Hijab Day: Islam Imposed on Citizens in Minneapolis
The counter-jihad website Creeping Sharia reported Monday that “according to a Facebook post, Somali staffers that work at Minneapolis City Hall declared February 28 ‘Hijab Day’ at City Hall and...
View ArticleEarth’s Crust May Contain a Lot Of Water
A tiny crystal trapped in a rough diamond, blasted from 400 kilometers below earth's surface, indicates that there may be a lot of water deep beneath our feet.In a report, published in the magazine...
View ArticleUS Drone "Intercepted" Over Crimea By Russian 'Self-Defense' Forces
An American scout-attack drone, "almost invisible at a height of 4000 meters" has, according to AFP, been intercepted in the Crimean sky. Reports from the Russian state arms and technology group Rostec...
View ArticleBack to the Party
Ashley Feng discusses American-educated Chinese youths entering the world of politics at home Top US colleges are packed with American students who dream of becoming senators, Secretaries of State,...
View ArticleNASA Astronaut Mike Hopkins Available for Satellite Media Interviews
WASHINGTON, March 14, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins, who returned to Earth March 10 after 166 days aboard the International Space Station, will be available for live...
View ArticleHow I Got A Meeting With Rupert Murdoch When I Was Exhausted And Hungover
It was Wednesday, November 10, 2004, 7:30 a.m. in London, England. Alone, bleary-eyed and mainlining coffee, I’m seated at a table in Indigo Restaurant, within the confines of the very shi-shi One...
View ArticleProfNet Experts Available on Earth Day, Brain Injuries, Adult Film Industry,...
NEW YORK, March 14, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Below are experts from the ProfNet network that are available to discuss timely issues in your coverage area. If you are interested in interviewing any of the...
View ArticleDot Earth Blog: Face to Face with Blog Commenters
A call for blog comment contributors to show their faces. Reported by NYTimes.com 5 hours ago.
View ArticleThe Worst Little Town in America
This week's poll from the Lester & Charlie Institute of Forward Thinking! Have you ever wondered how corrupt a place would have to be to compel an awesome power to swoop in and just wipe it off the...
View ArticleInterview With Author Neal Wooten on The Balance
Neal Wooten is the author of a new and exciting young adult novel titled The Balance. In the distant future, three classes of people live in a precarious and ultimately untenable balance. the Children...
View ArticleSXSW Film: Damnation, a Documentary That's Testing the Waters of Corporate...
In 1935, FDR promoted the building of dams and this grew to include over 75,000 dams standing more than 3 feet tall throughout the United States. Many of these dams have outlived their usefulness, and...
View Article10,000 free folding microscopes traded for inspiring ideas
(Credit: Prakash Lab/TED) The Foldscope -- a low-cost microscope that can be constructed like origami out of a sheet of paper with components embedded -- has the potential to revolutionize health care...
View ArticleClick City, Episode 40: No escaping from an awkward reunion
With Beth at his side, Roger stopped in front of the Trick Dog restaurant on a hipster industrial street in the Mission District, where young professionals strolled into the trendy restaurants...
View ArticleCrave Ep. 151: Neil Young's Pono dreams soon to come true
Neil Young's Pono dreams soon to come true, Ep. 151 Subscribe to Crave: iTunes (HD) | iTunes (SD) | iTunes (HQ) RSS (HD) | RSS (SD) | RSS (HQ) Neil Young's PonoMusic service blew past its Kickstarter...
View ArticleFourth Turning: The People Vs. Big Brother
Submitted by Jim Quinn of The Burning Platform blog, “The risk of catastrophe will be very high. *The nation could erupt into insurrection or civil violence, crack up geographically, or succumb to...
View ArticleUpcoming ESA Satellite to Track Earth's Missing Methane
Officials with the European Space Agency (ESA) announce that they will next year start an in-depth campaign to monitor the amounts of methane that appear to be missing from Earth's atmosphere. At the...
View ArticleHollywood Playbook: Friday's Top 5 News Items
*1. Andy Serkis to Direct 'Jungle Book' for Warner Bros* You gotta give it to this guy. Andy Serkis makes his name as a performance-capture actor and works his way up to directing an A-picture for...
View ArticleGemma Sheridan: ‘Google Earth Finds Woman Trapped on Deserted Island’ is...
A viral article is claiming a woman named Gemma Sheridan was stranded on a deserted island for seven years before she was found via Google Earth after she put up an “SOS sign.” However, the article is...
View ArticleEveryone Knows Where They Belong
A pie chart of the society in Divergent, the YA franchise coming to theaters Friday, would have five slices, representing the five types of people in the fictional universe devised by author Veronica...
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