Scientists are trying a new approach to stop the spread of malaria: Rather than attempt to kill the mosquitoes outright, they’re using a genetically-altered fungus to kill the parasite in the mosquitoes who spread it, NPR reports. “The trick we did was to engineer the fungus so that it produces…
Continue reading …Muntazer al-Zaidi, the Iraqi journalist who shot to fame after throwing a shoe at George W. Bush , was arrested yesterday for encouraging people to join today’s protests, Reuters reports. His family say he and his brother were taken away by security forces; they don’t know where the two are being…
Continue reading …You know all about Lady Gaga—but how about Baby Gaga? That’s the name of a new ice cream, made from human breast milk, being sold by a London restaurant. One serving costs about $23, reports the BBC . Fifteen women have signed up to donate their breast milk to the…
Continue reading …After two years of being walloped by the global financial crisis, Irish voters are expected to boot out the ruling Fianna Fáil party in elections today, replacing it with the more conservative Fine Gael. Analysts—and bookies—believeFine Gael will not get enough votes for an outright majority, and will…
Continue reading …A fox found living at the top of the UK’s tallest building is now back at ground level. The animal, nicknamed Romeo, survived by eating food from the workers who are still constructing London’s 945-foot Shard skyscraper, the BBC reports. Animal control workers, who believe Romeo entered the building through…
Continue reading …Wisconsin’s assembly approved a controversial bill stripping public sector workers of collective bargaining rights early Friday morning after a bitter 61-hour debate. The bill now heads to the state Senate, where 14 Democratic lawmakers have been absent for a week, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. Republicans in search of a…
Continue reading …A New York City billboard that pictured a young black girl under the slogan “The most dangerous place for African-Americans is in the womb” was taken down after a single day. The outdoor advertising company involved said it was taken down for reasons of public safety after workers in the…
Continue reading …Glenn Beck apologized on his radio program yesterday for comparing Reform Judaism to “radicalized Islam” earlier this week. “It was stupid,” he said. “I made one of the worst analogies of all time.” On Tuesday, Beck said that Reform rabbis “are generally political in nature. It’s almost like Islam, radicalized…
Continue reading …The White House grooved to the Motown sound at a star-studded celebration Thursday night. Before artists including John Legend, Seal and Jamie Foxx took the stage, President Obama called Motown music “the soundtrack of the civil rights era” and credited the Detroit sound with helping “blur the line between music…
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Recent events in Libya, Tunisia and Egypt have been called ‘Twitter revolutions’ – but can social networking overthrow a
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